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Nice article. Getting people to link to you if you have great information is not always easy, especially if you have not built a name for yourself.
I have an opinion here... if you need fast results, the only way is to get tons of cheap paid links. Like for $300-400 with an aged website you can reach #10 in a month for a 2-4millon competition keywords.