Effective, high traffic link building.

Hey guys, I'm looking for FREE ways to add valuable links to my site. I'm not really looking for "backlinks" in the sense of gaining PR (though if it happens that's great too), but more so links that targeted visitors could just click to go to my site.

I guess a simple way to put it is, I want links that people click, not links for Google. Crazy, I know, but from what I'm seeing in terms of using articles and forum links (which I've read a bit about on this site and how the PAGE needs to have good PR) it has become increasingly difficult for me to find free methods to obtain these. A couple of years ago I ordered Angela's backlinks back when they were only $5/mo for 30 links. I added my link to all of the sites. Checked my PR a week later and it had came up from 0 to 2. Just from the 30 links. I've noticed a lot of people here seem to discourage using profile links and what not, so I'm just curious to see what are your most effective FREE link building methods.

Of course, if you don't use FREE methods, I'd still like to know what you recommend because in the future I plan on implementing paid methods as well. As I've been told my entire life, "You get what you pay for," but I'm hoping there are still some good free methods out there to help get me started. Afterall, I have to make some money before I can invest any in anything other than hosting and domains. Thanks!