Nina is right, and yes exchanging links is a very frustrating and time consuming thing that just has to be done.
One thing you may find that works against you is that you have not had any google
pr assigned to your site yet. Some webmasters will only exchange with sites that have
pr. (I do not totally agree with this method...and in fact I have already exchanged with you on one site)
I have just visited your site again, and one thing I noticed was that your home page took forever to load. You may want to look at your images and be sure they are optimized....
Don't give up.
Rick
Universal4