Site Promotion could increase your traffic as well as backlinks. Try directory submission, social bookmarkings, link exchange
you need to get back links you do not went to send link form you site you went one way links to you site if you went to starting ranking for keywords whats your site
Yah I guess Link Exchange kind of sucks as a way of getting backlinks because if your PR is low no one cares.. It doesn't affect their site.
1.Making qualified articles, and submit them with back links 2.Anchor-text as to keywords relevant to your site's content All I think could help!