http://thelethaltrafficblueprint.tiroberts.com Like most newbies, I was extremely overwhelmed when I first discovered the underground world of internet marketing and it didn’t take long for “SEO bandit” to grab hold of me. While in it’s grips and doing it’s bidding, I discovered the following 7 things that I at first thought were my ticket to traffic freedom… but they soon turned into my merciless slave drivers.

1. 7 Things I Hate About
SEO: How I Put An End
To My Content
Marketing Misery!
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2. Endless Article Spinning
Oh… my… word! I can not begin to express my exstream distaste for article
spinning. Don’t get me wrong. I’m sure there may be many of you who enjoy article
spinning and get a good amount of traffic from doing it, but in my opinion
article spinning is the biggest waist of time and money (if your outsourcing it).
When I first discovered article spinning starting out, I didn’t have a marketing budget
to outsource it. So I actually spent countless hours of my own time concocting so
many sentence various, synonyms, and nested spin syntax that I could start my own
content mill.
Today I wouldn’t think of doing that! I’ve traded it in for something much more
effective.
In the same amount of time it takes to spin a 500 to 600 word article and plaster it all
over cyber space, I’ve found that it’s more worth while to spend it writing a truly value
packed article and doing some high profile content syndication on sites like:
 Entrepreneur.com
 ProBlogger.net
 SmartPassiveIncome.com
 FamousBloggers.net and
 BasicBlogTips.com

3. Backlinking
Now I will say that backlinking does play a valuable part in building up
a sites authority and reputation, but it doesn’t take spewing out article
spins to every article directory that’ll accept your articles to get them.
It’s moreso about the quality of the backlinks rather than the quantity. I
used to utilize countless renditions of article marketing spinners,
gizmos and gadgets to get backlinks.
Yet another, huge waste of time and money.
Not only does the Google Gods frown upon them, in my experience it
didn’t really do much to help my SEO traffic. More on that in a minute.
I now participate in a much more fun way of building backlinks to my
site by actually participating in blog commenting.
This has truly become one of my favorite past times
Blog commenting not only allows you to build high quality backlinks, it’s
also fun to engage with your fellow blogging community. Not to
mention the windfall of traffic it’ll gust your way.

4. Article Marketing Software
Let’s see here, 1… 2… 3… oh and let’s not forget #4, lol. Yes, I’ve wasted money on
4 of these CPU draining monsters. And for what? The promise of hundreds of
backlinks to my website, easier spinning, and increased traffic.
Ummm, that didn’t work out for me either.
Granted, it did automate the signups to the article directories (well… the 10% that
would actually allow it to sign up). And it did automate the article submission
process (to about 10% of the sites that it actually signed up for). And yeah, they
even increased my backlinks… by about 1 to 3 links a week (and that was after
blasting countless articles to over 1,000 directories daily).
In the end, I concluded that article marketing software is just about as useless as a
dead smartphone without a charger.
Today I focus on syndicating my content on sites that actually send traffic like:
 BlogEngage.com
 Blokube.com
 BetterNetworker.com
 BizSugar.com (my personal fav)
 Business2Community.com and
 Biznik.com

5. Keyword Research
Ohhhh, the hours of my life lost doing keyword research. As a
newbie just learning about internet marketing and SEO, I was a
keyword research junkie. And with the “overly analyzation
syndrome” I sometimes suffer from, it only made it worse.
I’ve just completely let go of the whole “keyword research”
concept all together. Ugh! What a headache. I’ll leave that to you
niche site gurus
All I focus on now is just creating truly original, useful and
entertaining content with akiller headline
Such a simple concept and much more bearable.

6. Redundant Google Updates
Now this isreally getting old. I’m sooooo over it, lol. First
Panda, Then Penguin, and oh yeah… did ya’ hear about the
latest one? Exact Match Domain Update.
Ya’ know, I’m pretty sure that Google’s gonna always be
around, but with the constant changes that comes when it’s on
“monthly cycle” and it’s constant mood swings… it’s really not
as attractive as it used to be.
I’ve become a firm believer in the power of community
and social traffic. And from what I’m seeing, social media
is definitely where it’s going to stay at. So, my time is better
spent with sites like:
 JustTweet.com
 SocialOomph.com and
 WarriorForum.com

7. Submitting to Article Directories
Lol, this takes me wayyy back… to my early days in internet marketing…
I’m talking like my first couple of months.
One of first traffic generation strategies that I ever heard about was
submitting articles to various article directories. I remember coming
across a list of the top 50 article directories and actuallymanually signing
up for them all and attempting to submit my one article to all of them.
#EpicFail
By the time I got to my 15th article directory, I’d discovered automatic
article submission software. Although at the time automatic submission
software seemed like it was going my saving grace, it barely did
anything to boost my traffic.
Today it’s a whole other ball game
It makes much more sense to focus on high profile article
marketing. It’s all about getting as many people to see your content as
possible, with the least amount of work as possible.
To put it simply:
Work smarter, Not harder

8. The whole SEO process
I actually used to like the whole SEO process. I took pride
in it. Believe it or not, I was pretty good at it. I could get
nearly any keyword I targeted on the front page of Google
within the first 24 to 48 hours. There was even a time
where I deemed myself a “SEO Geek”.
But after a while, I found myself feeling
limited… restrained… like a unruly
schizophrenic wrestling to get out of her straight jacket.
The SEO process is quite intricate and fascinating. And
yes, if done properly (given that you roll with Google’s
punches) you can rake in a good amount of traffic from
it. But in my experience, SEO really diluted my creative
juices and I just can’t imagine ever going back to
the zombie like monotony of the SEO ritual.

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