Most effective method for link building?

[eli.boda]

From your experience, what have you found to be the most effective method for link building? It's starting to look like the only way to receive good links is by writing great content or offering great services and allowing the links to come in naturally (which is obviously the most important thing anway), but are there still any effective methods of getting valuable links through link building, apart from having personal connections and relationships with site owners?

[Adam.Whittles]

Danny Sullivan's epic rant about link building.

Priceless!

[eli.boda]

Well Danny's right

[rmontanez]

Great article!  Thanks for the link.  I totally agree as well.

P.S. I love his Grumpy Old Man image.