Radio Silence (https://radiosilenceapp.com). It evolved from a side project to my main income this year, and there's a few valuable lessons learned. I don't think I could live off the app without them.
The biggest thing for getting incoming links was to release a free related app under the same domain name. I built Private Eye (https://radiosilenceapp.com/private-eye) and didn't charge anything for it. A lot more people are willing to blog/share/tweet about a free app.
The second thing was to simply cold email reporters and bloggers. I used to think getting featured in the big sites required some kind of magic. Then I started writing emails to individual writers, and the hit rate has been astounding.
The biggest thing for getting incoming links was to release a free related app under the same domain name. I built Private Eye (https://radiosilenceapp.com/private-eye) and didn't charge anything for it. A lot more people are willing to blog/share/tweet about a free app.
The second thing was to simply cold email reporters and bloggers. I used to think getting featured in the big sites required some kind of magic. Then I started writing emails to individual writers, and the hit rate has been astounding.