Promotional tips and tricks

[breezie]

Your best source to get members to your forums is to be an active admin, moderators are a valuable asset as well because a good moderator can make a forum just as fast as a bad one can destroy it.

I am not a fan of paid advertising, especially in the case of a non profit site and find that good promotional strategies work best of anything, good strategy involves getting your forum out there, use whatever means you have at your disposal, include your link in your signature lines on any forums that you are a member of, request that your moderators also do the same.

Use an affiliate exchange offer where you will run their 88x31 banner in exchange for your banner being on the other site.

When you have a new member join your forum, welcome them asap, a friendly forum is a busy forum and it will encourage that new member to spread the word as well.