Is bum marketing still effective?

Yes. But the Article With Quality content will not be banned by any Directories. !

Agreed. Focus on quality content rather than 100s of spun low quality articles.

Not only Bum Marketing still effective but also it pays for my college,food,car and all expenses

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Definitely still works, that's how I build all of my lists. Just focus on writing what your target audience wants to read, not how many articles you can do a day.

In my opinion: Yes, this would provide anyone with great benefits, provided the "bum" writes content which aims to inform, educate, entertain and persuade target readers into taking action beneficial both for them and for the "bum" author. What is the action? Go to the linked page in the resource box. What is the next action? For the reader to do something on that linked page which would provide both the target reader and the "bum" with benefits. What are actions which can provide the target reader and the "bum" with benefits? Sign up to the "bum"'s mailing list and download free products, software or anything, fill out a CPA offer, click a relevant ad, buy an affiliate product/service, buy a product/service of the "bum", bookmark the page, link to the page, share the page with the reader's friends/colleagues/relatives, share the page on forums and blogs, leave a testimonial or comment, sign up for a membership subscription and contact the "bum" for possible JVs among others which I can't think of at this time.

Quality articles will never get banned. Make sure your articles have some good information for the readers. Article directories will always need articles which offer relevant and good information to their readers. Bum marketing (article marketing) is still very effective.

Bum marketing is definitely still effective. It is one of the traffic-generating strategies I like to use.

Yup it works for me! But like everyone else says, you need to have unique content. I find that submitting a bunch of spun articles doesn't get me ranked very high in the search engines and they aren't "user friendly" because spinning them takes the natural feeling out of the articles and they sound like they were written by robots.

I personally like to write all of my articles by hand. This way I can have full control of what I am saying and I also find that writing high quality articles generates more sales. I normally use my spun articles only for building backlinks to my authority sites.

Content is very vital. Remember that you're trying to get clients to do business with you and a not low quality article defeats this purpose of article marketing. Make sure to create high quality ones or at least those that will be helpful for the clients.

Yes. I am proof it works. It's a GREAT way to kick start any online
marketing career because the one thing it does better than making
money...

is create a sense of BELIEF.

Belief that money CAN be made online, and belief that the right hard
work DOES pay off when done right.

It makes you want to work harder when you get a sale or two a day
on auto-pilot. Makes you want MORE. Makes you want to take it to
the NEXT level -- building a list.

When you get immediate sales from bumming, it inspires you to take
more risks you wouldn't have taken before. Taking more risks gives
you more opportunities to fail, which also give you opportunities to
succeed.

Bum Marketing is wonderful, but it should not be used exclusively by
itself. It should be a stepping stone to even bigger things that are
far more worthwhile -- as I said, building a list to drive traffic instead
of doing it manually all the time is a good next step to take.

Luckily, it kind of comes "naturally" when you SEE first hand what a
bit of success selling affiliate products taste like.

As far as the crap you're reading about article directories deleting
accounts and such...yea, it happens -- it's a part of the game --
but you get to decide if you will let it be your EXCUSE...or your DRIVE.

I, too, was frigthend by the same fears as you. In fact, it stopped me
for months from doing it, until I decided to be a leader and choose to
take the word of people like Travis and follow success instead of failure...

and the strangest thing happens:

The fear of your articles being taken down is mostly unfounded. Yes,
you will have a few articles taken down, yes you will have an account
shut down for one reason or the other...but guess what? I, and people
like me STILL make good money doing it because they are problems
that are LESS than ourselves.

And for the record...

20-30 articles a day is not realistic. It's a nice round number to tell your
self is POSSIBLE because it sounds achievable...and maybe for one day
of focused work it is (assuming you're writing them by yourself)...but it
is NOT consistent.

10 - 15 articles a day is about the most I learned any sane humanbeing
can handle by themselves in one day.

Yes very much soo....great for long term traffic.

Everyone you see here with a link in their sig is BUM marketing. If that answers your title question.

Yes, it still works like a charm. Just make sure you have original, quality articles. Plus, with bum marketing you don't have to spend money for webhosting or advertising. So, start writing several articles now and do it every day so you'll begin building a steady and substantial income.