List them here: - Mass Blog posts (Instant BACKLINKS!!!!!!!!!OMGGOGOMGMOGOGMGM) - Directory Submissions - Article directory submissions (Unless all the articles are unique)
If these are stale what aren't. All these blog posts and article submissions aren't for the sake of link building alone, there are genuine content to be published, link building is a by product of such distribution of content.
Article submissions are not old or stale by any means.. I have a site ranking very well due to mostly article submissions and blogpost.
Absolutely, you need to plan your SEO, doing in bulk anything without knowing the consequences will cause damage rather than help.