How can I market my new online website with limited resources?

[JMichael]

If your social networking site is geared towards a particular subject matter, you can begin writing articles and blogs and submitting them. You also want to make sure fresh and relevant content is added to your site every day. A good free course is at thirtydaychallenge.com
You can also use other social networks to spread the word.

Here are the ways traffic is being driven to websites today:
1. Pay per click (google, msn and yahoo ads)
2. SEO (designing your site to rank high in search engines)
3. Cost Per View Advertising (pay per view ads)
4. Media Buys (buying ad space over a set period of time)
5. Social Media Contest (eg. free gift card to person who retweets a message to the most friends)