Well if you haven't heard about buildmyrank.com it is a site much like many others that allow you to build links back to your site.

You can sign up to get 10 free links (though for some reason I only got 5 Must not have posted fast enough. (Update - I have gotten more than 10 links but only 5 posts. So links not post get counted. Something to be aware of).

You get one link per 150 words.

I have three live articles and 2 pending. (Now all 5 articles...