Agora, I can't stop wondering. In your step 3 you say about SEM and links in articles and press releases...
But you also say that you use whitehat techniques?
At the end of July, Google updated the Link Schemes section of its Webmaster Guidelines. The new addition states that “links in articles or press releases distributed on other sites” are an example of unnatural links that are in violation of Google’s guidelines.
http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/press-...eo-link-value/