Way to promote site....

[motionz]

Nice post, but you must remember that link exchanges are not good now as Google sees those links as spams.
I my opinion the best way to promote one's website is through the social media by targeting those users who are actually looking for the specified niche or the people working on that niche. This can be easily done via Linkedin search for groups in your niche then send them invites, interact with them, asks for feedbacks & suggestion etc.