Strategy Advise

Hey guys,

I'm pretty new to all of this, been at it for a few weeks now. Read on pretty much every theory out there and have now made a plan and stick to it. Own a few domains, got everything set up. My main project is my personal blog to which the link is guydroog.net - Guy Droog is my name. I mention this because it's an important part of my question, not to spam the link

The blog posts I write for the site also turn into articles that I submit to 400+ article directories and social websites. The part I'm confused about is how effective backlinks are for me. I'm not sure if I know how to form this question right but here goes..

Since backlinks are best formed this way < a href="yourdomain.com">Your Keywords</a > is it of any use for me to have lots of backlinks? I mean there are tons of different articles on my site and my name aren't particularly high traffic keywords.

Now if I do need backlinks, what would be the best way to do this?

My general strategy is to gain blog followers, gain trust and then promote products, combined with quality content, ofcourse.

Thanks in advance.