I read through this article and I could not agree more.
I especially love the phrase "You're playing marbles on the highway." That is an awesome way to describe exactly what is occurring.
I do agree with the article with one caveat. It does take some time to get to the point where your content gets out there for those links to begin to occur. There are very few overnight wonders on the web, alright maybe Candy Crush, I digress.
Like anything in life you get out what you put in. Once you get good content and a good reputation then you can pretty much go on auto-pilot for a time. A good example is this website, I am certain if you talk to the founders of the site, Rome wasn't built in a day. But with the amount of good content and the people that support it, it is humming along just fine and I am pretty certain growing daily.
Mike