Nice article. I have done this a lot. Another option I don't know if you have considered is using transactional replication. It is nice because it splits the logging from the transaction, but it can still be nearly real-time in a lot of systems.

Setting it up is pretty easy - just configure replication taking all of the defaults, and then modify the stored procedures it creates at the subscriber. There are a few snags to deal with, but it works pretty well overall.