I run ThatHigh.com. I chalked the shit out of the quad at my college. Then I visited another college and did the same thing. Simultaneously, I put $5 into st

I run ThatHigh.com. I chalked the shit out of the quad at my college. Then I visited another college and did the same thing. Simultaneously, I put $5 into stumbleupon advertising. Because users liked our site, they voted up and it got a TON of traffic from SU. Early on I also submitted the site to College Humor's "sitelinks" section, which is basically a big moderated bastardization of something like reddit. It got to the frontpage and despite being just a tiny link in the sidebar, gave us a huge influx of traffic very early on. It basically eliminated the need for me to seed the stories, users, and votes myself (by faking it). From then on, I never had to submit or fake any activity. Getting involved with bloggers is helpful. There's so much to this, it's difficult to know where to begin. There's much in common with affiliate marketing and the "dark" and "spammy" corners of the internet. A lot of those methods work though, and early on, most people will do anything to get any traffic at all. Remember: any attention is good attention. Just make sure you are committed, because when attacks come, sometimes they're brutal. Just keep on working and don't give up.