Here's an excellent blog post by Kim roach concerning linking. It's a great compliment to this thread as there is almost no repetition betwee these two resources:

http://www.zanypixel.com/blog/untapped-link-building-strategies/

Here's a summary, she provides resources for each:
- Ebay blog
- contests
- CSS galleries
- Lists sites like Listable
- How to get links from Flickr.
- Submit to "cool sites"
- Convert Blog Posts to Podcasts automatically, then submit to podcast directories
- Submit your content to the top 35 torrent sites.
- free ebooks ...submit it to ebook directories…
- Social media campaigns are one of the best ways to build links.
- exchange reviews with other blogs. "There are numerous sites that do blog review trading."
- create and promote Wordpress themes
- Wikis
- widget marketing

Between Kim's tips and the strategies I listed above, there's really no reason why you can't DOMINATE your niche, except you don't do it.

Again, SEO is all about putting as many words on as many pages as possible, then linking to those pages.

Just think if you keep pounding out pages, and I'll teach you how over the coming months, and then exploit just one or two of these link strategies each week for a year...Your success is up to you.