Article Syndication, Squidoo, and Guest Posting - The Surest Way for a Broke Newbie to Succeed?

Warning: This is all based on theory not experience since I have not actually tried this myself. (but am going to)

I have been dabbling in IM for a few years now but still have not taking it seriously enough to leave my job and make a full-time living from it.

I have gotten into "google sniping" and SEO practices as well as some other dodgy things like paid traffic (PPC, PPV, interruption marketing, etc.).

But after reading articles on copyblogger.com, Seth Godin, and postings here on the Warrior Forum by Alexa Smith it has all become very clear to me.

The trick to succeeding in IM is VERY simple. Build a site around a topic you love or will love to learn about. Create quality content for people (not the search engines) that reflects your passion about your topic.

Be as genuine, honest, original, and authentic as you can. Type up articles that teaches and entertains.

Get your content out there first by copying and submitting your articles to Ezine Articles. Network around your niche to find other bloggers who accept guest posts. Also be sure to use Squidoo since Squidoo is like a quality content haven.

Ultimately you want to get your content on quality blogs in your niche. Do this by typing in your topic like "health and fitness" plus "guest posting", "write for us", "we accept articles", etc. Get a large list of contacts and submit quality content to them with a backlink at the bottom (resource box).

Practice the fine art of copy writing by writing about your topic every day and make it helpful and entertaining. Have a unique voice on it. And of course have fun writing.

Then once you start to get exposure you can create your own free report to give away. Set up an opt-in form and autoresponder series loaded with your quality content that teaches and entertains with occasional selling of products you have bought and believe in. Sign up to a service like Aweber to do so.

Promote your free gift throughout the content on your site. You will not rely on the search engines like google for targeted traffic but rather visitors from valuable blogs in your niche that are already established and accept guest posts. They are out there. You just have to look for them.

Keep trying to get quality content on those blogs through article syndication and guest blogging.

Capture leads, do some selling in your autoresponder series, and profit. Don't promote the same product. Find other products in your niche that you believe in.

This method is incredibly simple but effective. It is what I believe is honest marketing. You only have one blog that you are trying to make an authority site out of.

You love the topic and don't mind writing about it each day. You don't do ANY off page seo (link building) or even on page seo (keyword density). You don't do any seo. Ironically enough Google wants to see this. They want to see blog posts on other relevant blogs linking to your site. This is the natural way of doing things.

Doing manual link building yourself is time consuming and useless. Buying link building services is risky and 99% of the time does not bring quality traffic to your site.

Just get real people who have real interest in your topic from other trust worthy blogs. Quality content is the life flow of your blog/business. Eventually you may want to take a great step and turn this into a "lifestyle business".

For example if it is a health/fitness blog you may actually workout and eat right in your own life. You may even create your own product to sell.

In closing I must thank Miss Alexa Smith for her wonderful wisdom she has shared on this forum like in this thread... http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post3188316.

I also want to thank Brian Clark and the Copy Blogger team for really opening up my eyes to the power of words.

And I must thank Seth Godin for showing us that marketing can be very honest and a really good thing (unlike guys such as the Rich Jerk). He brought out the concept of permission marketing through the internet. He has created Squidoo which to me is one of the most powerful places to submit free content and get lots of exposure. Be careful as they don't accept spammy low quality content (what a relief).

Blogging is an art. It takes time to master but if you stick with it through the good and the bad you will be success.

Then again what do I know. I have not succeeded... yet.

P. S. Don't be a schemer. Don't go off and get into shady stuff. This may take time but it is long-term. Don't you want that? Don't we all want that?

Don't get shiny object syndrome and make your way over to the WSO thread as it is a waste of time and money.

There is no quick fix. You must have a reliable busines and this is the way to do it. It is timeless. It works. But I have not succeeded this way so how do I know?

Well I don't know first hand but it definitely feels like it is the right way to go. Countless successful bloggers like John Chow has succeeded this way. Just check out his article on how to succeed as a Clickbank affiliate. This is all the education you need to succeed. And it is FREE!!