So are the only options,
1.pay people ?
2.trick people ?
3.have millions of connections on social networks?
I guess non of those options are that viable for me at least.
If you don't want to spend money on these thinks then video marketing should be another option to consider. Utube videos are easier to rank in google search engine compared website ranking. Use annotations with a call to action. Annotations are those little text boxes that you have probably seen over top of Utube videos before. Annotations take only a few moments to publish but if you include them they can send a steady amount of traffic to your site over time. Include a hyperlink in your video description.