Baiting A-Listers
One very important factor that can help you to acquire links is baiting big names bloggers in your niche. Almost all bloggers watch their stats very closely, so most of them will know it if you link to them.
Telling a funny story or otherwise using humor to bait an A-lister can significantly increase your chances of getting a link-back from them. If the story is funny, or tells enough good things about the A-lister, they will likely point their readers to the story with a link.
A link from the big time blog in your niche will be more worthwhile than many links from other sources. The links will pass more PageRank and will have more weight and value than other links from lesser sites.
I have seen several parody sites that follow big name bloggers, and most of them are able to easily get links from the bloggers who inspired them. A little bit of ‘hero worship’ can go a long way towards getting an A-listers attention.