andjones

What are some techniques that the HN community uses to drive traffic and otherwise promote their website?

Each website is different and I know there is no one shot way to promote all websites. Building a website or online service that people want to use is step one. Assuming that condition is met, what combination of things work well? Paid clicks, organic search engine traffic, phone calls, face to face time, crazy marketing trick X?

In my case, I have a online service based website that I'm trying to promote. I'm making calls to those who sign-up and leave a valid phone number to get feedback (not very often), as well using Google AdSense, following the best search engine practices, signing up for local conferences, and telling everyone I meet about my site and will listen. What else makes sense?