Is there a way to get brand new users without SEO?

Know where your target audience hangs out online. Once you discover that place, keep in touch with them in their online community and share your content to them when they need the information you're sharing on your site. It could be through social media, or through forums like this. Just make sure that you're going to follow their rules when it comes to sharing links and stuff.

SEO isn't everything.

Go where the newbies go and get your ad in front of them. This could be by posting useful information on a newbie-oriented forum, media/ad buys, Adwords, etc.

Certainly not a full blown outline, but something to chew on.

There is a difference between saturation and competition. Saturation is like a sponge that can't hold any more water. The internet marketing/make money online niche isn't like that. There will always be people looking for ways to make money online and start businesses as a means to achieve financial freedom.

All markets where there is a profit to be made will have some level of competition. It's just basic business. Competition isn't bad. It just means there are lots of products to promote and more opportunities to make money money. Competition is what causes there to be standards for price, quality, and so on in a niche.

Joey

Yes.

List building ---> email marketing.


Joe Mobley

Find your target market forums and get involved.

Use Q & A sites to track down your target market and get involved in answering their questions.

Mark

Tip: StumbleUpon.com. People may be not ready to purchase something now, but it's a good way to make your list grow. And if you give them something for free using Paywithatweet.com or similar, your traffic may grow virally / exponentially, without spending a single dime.

with the panda & penguin thing, SEO become like women, so hard to understand. Maybe you can try out the social media.

4 Different Marketing Strategies besides Search Engine S.E.O. :

Guest Posts
The effectiveness of guest posts varies depending on the size and readership of the host blog, but they are generally beneficial for both parties involved. As such, you shouldn’t be afraid to pitch a post idea to a blog that is much larger than your own, as even the bigger blogs can benefit from increased traffic and new perspectives.


YouTube
There are several ways YouTube videos can result in higher traffic for your blog. Obviously, you want to create videos that people will actually want to watch. Making a “how-to” video for something related to your niche can be a great way to gain exposure. You should include a link to your blog in your profile, but also in the description of every video you post.


Twitter
Twitter represents a powerful promotional tool, and using it in conjunction with your blog can boost your readership considerably. Twitter allows you to release news or generate links to your blog posts automatically, but it can also be used for quick and easy communication with your readers.


Advertising
Purchasing advertising on other blogs or websites can be a great way to get your blog noticed. Alternatively, you could advertise on a smaller but more targeted blog. There are numerous payment models for online ads, with one common method requiring the owner of the ad to pay its host a certain amount of money for each user that clicks through (cost per click, or CPC.


Facebook allows you to advertise to select demographics, choosing only those users who are most likely to visit your blog. For instance, you could specify that your ad appears only to American males between the age 20 and 35. You can further tweak the settings to specify that those of a certain education level or marital status will be excluded. If you know enough about your market, this can be a powerful way to reach out to potential readers.