For aspiring entrepreneurs, taking a concept from inception to launch can happen faster an cheaper than ever before. You just launched a shiny new site, and your product has been thoroughly tested and debugged — and now you’re in the hot seat (either from investors, co-workers, or yourself) to ramp up your almost non-existent marketing efforts.

Here are 10 relatively lightweight efforts (in no particular order) that just might get you on the cover of your favorite magazine before you know it:

10.Network / Hustle / Get After It: Sure, social tools have facilitated your digital hustle, but there’s no substitute for making great connections in person. Leverage your network to get bloggers, writers, creatives, and fellow entrepreneurs to write about you, think about your work, or at least like you enough to help you out down the road.

  1. Add yourself toCrunchBase, which is an publicly editable Wikipedia of tech companies, people and investors.

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  1. Add yourself toYouNoodle, which is a place to meet other likeminded individuals.

  2. Apply and participate in University or city/org sponsored business plan competitions. Keep in mind what the real value is here, it’s not necessarily the 10 or 20k prize money… but the random collection of angel investors, press, and talented technologists/creatives that hang around these events (even on other teams).

  3. Add yourself toStartupWeekend’s Startup Database

  4. Get to know your localStartupDigestleaders/editors

  5. Get to know any local startup aggregators, likeProudly Made In DCorWe Are NY Tech

  6. Sponsor and attend eventslikeTech Cocktailor your localBarCamp

  7. Apply for incubator/accelerator programs… see #7 for a similar value proposition.

  8. Be excellentand build awesome stuff that people talk about.

Are we missing something? Undoubtedly so… let us know below!

Story byDJ Saul

DJ is the CMO of iStrategyLabs, focusing on new venture creation Grandstand while also developing the various community focused programs th(show all)DJis the CMO of iStrategyLabs, focusing on new venture creationGrandstandwhile also developing the various community focused programs that iStrategyLabs champions. DJ is a co-organizer for theDC Tech Meetup, the founder of Colonial Entrepreneurs, and is a DC Ambassador forSandbox, a group of 600+ inspirational leaders from 45 countries, all under the age of 30.

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