Quantity Is As Important As Quality In Links

Links exchange is a popular technique being adopted in seo campaign. There are generally two views over its effectiveness. Some people say that it is waste of time whether some do not think it so. The ratio of people having these two type of views is almost fifty fifty. One positive aspect of this technique is that it is great in getting lots of backlinks to any website. You need both quality and quantity in them; both are equally important.
You have two options to pick from to get links. First one, as discussed above, is a link exchange method and second one is by paying big amount cheque for one way links. However, for quantity of links, link exchange is one and only way. However one way link will provide you quality and would be expensive if you use it to increase number of links to your site. 
The best and recommended strategy is to adopt both of these methods simultaneously. If you keep getting 20 to 30 links each day and continue it regularly and at the same time you also attempt to get one way links for quality links it will result much better than your expectations. You can get one way links from article submission or through some other sources. You will have to pay to get the services of these resources. If both methods are used in maximum of their potential it will impose maximum impact on your site rankings. 
I think you are much now clear about both of these methods i.e. about quality one way link & about quantity link exchange. Link exchange is a method which depends upon mutual interest of both of parties. If your site is a quality site then others will response positively to your request. You are in a big competition with other sites and you need quantity also to conquer high competition keywords.