Task: Online Advertising

Buy ads on Google Adwords or Facebook Advertising.

Please read this section first to learn about how to optimize Google Ads: http://startitup.co/guides/514/google-adwords

If you have some budget, this is a pretty good way to give you guaranteed traffic. While this might not bring you a lot, you do this just to kick off your service to people who are interested. 

Also read: 10 Facebook ads that work

Other great ad networks:

1. LinkedIn Ads - This is great for B2B companies, of if you are looking for candidates
2. Bing & Yahoo Ads - Some people have found more success with Bing and Yahoo because there is less comeptition there

Traditional Marketing Tools:

1. Media Planning and Buying Calculators
2. SRDS Media Buyers info - Find out about advertising rates and data

Mobile App Location / Ad Platform / Misc

1. Placed – location based analytics for mobile apps & websites
2. G6Pay – pay-per-install platform
3. Burstly – mobile app monetization tools
4. Yozio – campaign tracking & viral optimization for mobile apps
5. Tapjoy - mobile app turnkey ad platform
6. Appbackr - market, sell and distribute your apps
7. Chartboost – make money with mobile games
8. Playtomic - game analytics for all platforms
9. Google AdMob – monitize and promote your mobile games
10. Vungle – integrate video ads into your apps