Affiliate Marketing Secrets

I’m thinking about buying Rank Builder by Alex Goads and was wondering if it really works or not. As you know it’s hard to find a real honest answer.
WAIT, Before you spam me with links I have and affiliate link of my own that I’ll use if the product is worth buying.
Anyone??

Do articles need to rank high at Search Engines to have around 600 views or
submit at main articles directories also generate traffic?
Articles have been proven high producing top marketers. Every article has around 600 views. How to select keywords or simply use main keywords of a niche?

I’m creating a Travel Writing Community where travel writers get ranks based on community participation. They get points for doing stuff such as creating new blog posts, participating in forums, etc. Every post they create will be monetized with Google Adsense and writers will earn 100% of their revenue generated.
I would like the ranks to correspond to where I think they would be in their goal to become a travel writer. So if you have a set amount of points you will be ranked accordingly and most likely earning this type of income on the program. Of course, this will take some testing as far as number of articles published and revenue being generated. Anyway, my main question right now is Rank Titles. Here is what I have so far.
1.) HomeBody
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4.) Tourist
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7.) Travel Writer
That’s the general order of things, I’m looking for more suggestions. There can be more ranks if I get alot of ideas. If you want to view the website or become involved you can create a profile and get started as its mostly up and running, just polishing up some fun stuff. Check it out at http://www.gearupandplay.com