incredibleworkethic

I don't really want to give away one of the projects I'm working on, but I have a small niche site.

I apologize if the lack of details makes it difficult to answer this question.

Competition in my keyword targeting is decent; there's a few big boys in the industry dominating the serps as they should be.

My site is small and growing. Daily updates, etc, but I just can't seem to break the serps like my competition.

I'm on page 2 and sometimes page 1 for certain keywords, and actually doing quite well in that regard specifically, considering the age of my site being around 2 years. A lot of my "medium" competition is below me most of the time, but many are higher a lot of the time, pushing me back.

Theoretically, if I grow and keep adding to my site, should I become competitive? Say I grow to the size of my competition, does that mean I stand a chance? Say my content is just as good as theirs or better?

I've done no link building for this site, so my thoughts are focusing on the link building is a dumb idea for my particular site. I think quality of content is the best route to go. But what are your thoughts? Say you had any site that you wanted to grow, what obvious steps would you do to grow besides adding to your site daily, producing great content, and caring about the end user?

Thanks kindly, and yes, another business thread!