If you're talking about pre-recorded kicks, some things I'd consider:
Compression
Parallel compression on the whole drum kit
Layering the kick with a "click" and/or some mid range. This can be a little tricky, but I use a plugin called Kick 2 by Sonic Academy for my electronic kicks, and does a good job of layering in clicks.
Sidechain compression - duck your bass out of the way a bit when the kick hits, so the bass and kick aren't fighting for the same space.
EQ bass/kick - You want either your bass to dominate the really low end, or the kick.. pick one.. carve space for it in the other. You may need to EQ both.
Saturation - This can help anything bassy cut through a mix a little better, especially on those crappy speakers that don't respond to the really low end frequencies.
High Pass filter on other stuff - I can't tell you a magic frequency to high pass at, but the goal is to high pass low end out of all that other stuff where it doesn't really need the low end. I.e., get rid of the rumble in other stuff that isn't adding to the sound.
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