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Promoting a health blog through text link ads

I want to advertise my new health site. There are still only a few places where you can buy permanent text link ads and paid inclusion directories are still the most common. So I'm promoting my new healthspan blog in a few:

Jtrotta - health
Umdum - health & fitness - aging
Bluefind - health & fitness - general health
Sevenseek - health - education

Naturally, my own directory doesn't cost me anything, but I'll let you know what kind of investment this turns out to be. I'm new at promoting health sites, so comments are welcome.