Blog often and comment on other blogs as well Sponsor events or workshops relevant to your industry Give something away for free (we created a free WordPress

Blog often and comment on other blogs as well Sponsor events or workshops relevant to your industry Give something away for free (we created a free WordPress theme and are releasing some open source projects) Give your product away for free to influential/VIP customers. This helps a lot if you get the right people. Developing a couple relationships like this can really help you early on. Submit your app/site to magazines for review. Check out HARO. I made some connections there ... to early to tell if its valuable though http://www.helpareporter.com/ http://www.helpareporter.com/