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I opened up shop a little over six months ago and as of today we sit around 300 users. I'm a single founder of a web site called TheMovieTracker.com and although we've had steady increase in usage (very gradual but not downward) it hasn't really taken hold. I'm also aware that it's in a very competitive segment, but that doesn't keep a lot of site from doing much better that I've been doing. Any thoughts, words of encouragement, criticisms, trolling or otherwise for me to keep my spirits up?

I am looking for someone who is interested in working on an existing web application that has the vision and excitement behind building something that is fun and useful to it's users.

I also need a partner who is well versed in more that just programming, but is willing to wear multiple hats (i.e. marketing, customer support, developing, design, etc.).

If you would like more information about this opportunity please contact me at brianchoffman@gmail.com.

The web application is: http://www.themovietracker.com

I have a web site (http://www.themovietracker.com) that I launched a few weeks back. I've had previous sites and generally you start out forcing your friends to join and then you slowly work out to other methods (ads, fan pages, etc.) but usually devolves into soliciting random people to check it out. This generally leads to someone accusing you of spamming.

How do you kick off your site, without spamming, and with no real marketing/advertising budget? Please help!