This is just my suggestions:

1 Finding and building quality content
Learn from the experts, go to article directories find out how they write, copy but don't be plagiarist, change the articles with your own way of viewing the issue.

2.Finding quality and relevant one way links
Use google, if you have a really rare niche, it might be hard to find relevant sites, just get your hands on the keyboard and mouse, start build the links.

3.Finding keyword with great number of searches and with low competition
Try google adwords keyword tool, or consider to buy micronichefinder

4.Tracking tools
Google analytics should be fine.

Hope this help, another suggestions here anyone?

Keyword niches are worth looking out for, for many main keywords there is a great deal of competition, maybe go for log tail keywords, ( 3-4 or more words) then build sub pages specifically for those keywords

either do more research on your website content or if you have budget then you can outsource this to any expert...........

quality links can come through submiting link to many free places but link exchange from a PR website will not come until you have something unique to offer........

target on contents first then search for keywords......

Building quality content is easy... problem is distributing content... you need a lot of time..

In finding relevant keywords you can use a keyword digging tool. That way you can filter those keywords which are not relevant to your site.

Start with long tail keywords so that you get some easy traffic, then gradually go for the more competitive ones as your income builds.