I agree with you if you have a Domain Rating of 30 or above, and still, then it's always good to convert some of these opportunities when you have very little result from your link-building campaigns (I'm talking of getting 10 low-quality backlinks during that month instead of a flat line of nope with 0 new referring domain, to keep a little pulse)

But if you have a new domain with 0 referring domains, then having backlinks from a few "Web Directory", "Local Directory", and make sure you have all your profile page ready on "Review Sites" and "Social Media" and interlink everything together will definitely move the needle big-time and put you on the map.