You wont achieve decent results if you dont put in the hard yards. You need to search for quality and do everything manually.
If everything is so great being done by software or auto tools, why do all the SEO Gurus and SEO Experts do everything manually and with so much thought?
You need to remember that you are competing against the best, so you need to strive to BE the best and DO the best that you can. There is no GOOD easy way........but there are many BAD easy methods.
Just something to think upon