The document discusses eight tactics for acquiring links that are still effective in 2016 and 2017: 1) Newsjacking, 2) Thought leadership, 3) Visualizing own data through maps and infographics, 4) Quizzes, 5) Surveys, 6) User-generated content, 7) Events. It notes that these tactics involve creating valuable and shareable content that journalists and other websites would want to link to, in order to drive traffic and discussion.