I agree with Hersheys, but the articles will also help in back links. The article link counted by the google in back link. I say this because i have some back links from my articles
Social bookmarking, link building, directory submission..all are good ways to gather links for your website..
Do not waste your time after worthless article dir. links. You have placed, word, some... Don't share your content on Article dirs, in love of links. Just publish n yr own website, will definately works to get traffic as time passes on.
Articles, Forums, Blogs, Directories, Classified sites are all sources for easy backlinks, however most are not going to pull much weight in the serps.
These forums are great for backlinks, just keep posting decent posts and threads and you will be on your way Will.
There are so many ways to enhance your back links but you have time because SEO is a continuous process. To know in more detail please PM me. SEOGenies
Write good content, and share it with others. Then others will voluntarily link back to your site because of your content
I think article submission to directories like ezine will increase your links many fold because if your article has a catchy title and good content, chances of the article quoted by the ezine publishers are great thus fetching you valuable backlinks at the quickest possible time.