Yes, thanks for the guide. I agree that it is great for newbies.
What I can add to it for the newbies. I call myself an experienced newbie
To learn how it all works for articles, I recommend doing all the work yourself at first until you get the traffic and rank on page one of the serp for one or more keywords.
Starting with a lower competition keyword helps you learn how to get it on page one and then into #1 spot. once you know how it works, then you can start buying services to do some of the work for you. Then when you get the work done, or ask for it, you know what to ask for and know if an article you buy will work for you.
Buying stuff to start is probably not the best... it might be faster, just not the best.
anyways. that is what I did and now I am going to be buying services and growing, using all income and re-invest into more services.
later
Ryan