I've been researching IM for a few weeks now, but as of yet, I haven't really taken the plunge yet due to a few issues. This is one of them: A lot of people seem to recommend deciding on a potentially profitable niche/sub-niche first. After some research, I seem to have found quite a few. But then people recommend setting up a niche-related article-based freebie product (that includes numerous pages of information) with a mailing list opt-in, along with writing numerous articles regularly to distribute to the various article directories, along with a blog that frequently adds new quality articles for followers. Woah. That's a lot of writing about the same topic. Product review sites (which I'm seriously considering) or various scam techniques seem to be the only alternatives to essentially writing the equivalent of a short book on a particular subject in order to make money from IM. So, for those who feel they do manage to write A LOT of articles, e-books, and blog additions while providing quality content, how are you doing it while avoiding plagiarism or spending 11 hours a day at the library (or do you)?