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I guess the problem is that when you start to use a service you can't be sure of the quality. There are definitely services out there but they tend to be less than trasparent on the blog directories that you will be submitted to!
http://www.best-web-directories.com/blog-submission-service.htm
http://www.blogsubmissionservice.com/
http://www.links-building.com/blog-directory-submission.php
If you are going to do it I would suggest you locate and submit manually.
I am with Peter on this one. The quality of the links will probably be pretty low in the eyes of Mr Google and i think your time could be spent better elsewhere.
Hey there Peter,
Would the real time analytics function be any good for you? Or are you trying to get a full on report? I hope you don't have a super busy site!!
http://analytics.blogspot.com/2011/09/whats-happening-on-your-site-right-now.html
I agree with Egol here. Quality content can beat these kinds of sites in the SERPs. If the pages don't have that high a Page Authority then you stand a good chance with a solid opage of good content with a couple of sdecent links pointing at the respective page.
I thought you might be able to use the outbound link scraper to grab the outbound link onto the page. Pop in your URLS of the pages you want to scrape and it will spit out our a list of those domaind and urls. You can take those urls and put them into the contact finder and it will return the contact details for those sites. Combine the two spreadsheets for an epiuc list of blogs to contact for your outreach.
This is obviously for link building rather than subscribing - sorry if I have misunderstood what you were trying to do 
Hi there,
Well, Keris response reminded me of this question and the fact that I found a tool for scraping these kind of lists:
Here it is (with some other cool tools) , have fun:
Hey there, I have to agree with Marc on this one. Cutting corners with link building is never a great move. As a rule of thumb - the easier a link is to get the less it is worth.
Yes, it definitely is worth learning more about and implementing MicroFormats, particularly with your directory application.
They certainly will have an impact on how users interact with your directory, for example if you included review information.
The major search engines have created an alliance (schema.org.) in order set standards and to enhance their search results, however there isn't evidence that it will be influencing rankings.
Could it influence rankings in the future? Very likely in my opinion, and if you start now then you'll be on board.
Of course there are lots of different MicroFormats for you to consider that could be appropriate for your directory: geotagging, contact info, authoriship, review info...
hey there - look at the top right - creat account - company...its dead easy - just make sure you dont sign up as a journalist
Well, when everything starts to fall into place you will. Consider this a way of saving time in the future!
Hey Dunamis,
I would reiterate what the other guys have said. OSE is indispensable, the keyword difficulty tool is used a lot by myself and the rest of our team. The scorecards can be great for identifying the potential in pages that you havent even considered.
The toolbar gives you a quick look guide for choosing sites that you may want to get a link from.
I really like the competitive link tool as well, which will help you identify some of the links that are working well for your competitors.
The other link tools also help out when you are starting any campaign - and on top of this if you are pro the campaign manager is a great way of organising loads of information so you don't forget what it is that you need to be fixing or doing this month!
I am with Peter on this one. The quality of the links will probably be pretty low in the eyes of Mr Google and i think your time could be spent better elsewhere.
Yes, it definitely is worth learning more about and implementing MicroFormats, particularly with your directory application.
They certainly will have an impact on how users interact with your directory, for example if you included review information.
The major search engines have created an alliance (schema.org.) in order set standards and to enhance their search results, however there isn't evidence that it will be influencing rankings.
Could it influence rankings in the future? Very likely in my opinion, and if you start now then you'll be on board.
Of course there are lots of different MicroFormats for you to consider that could be appropriate for your directory: geotagging, contact info, authoriship, review info...
Absolutely - especially if you have a company that operates in a certain locality. A plumber for example - you may have a few services that you offer to a certain loaction. If you have the address in the footer it can help with your local SEO
Deep links with your brand name shouldn't hurt too much but if you build several keyword rich anchor text links to deep page, too quickly you can be temporarily penalised. if the site is pretty new as well it is always a good idea to kick off with branded links to your home page. Keep it all natural. Don't forget that Rand has been sayinf for quite a while now that brand is super important and there has been definite brand bias recently in the serps. Build steadily!!!!
Is good white hat link exchange an oxymoron?
That is pretty much what i was saying as well!!!