ive been posting everyday for a year and a half and have 500 to 1000 EVERYDAY on my site, 80% of which are unique visitors and i have 2 members that come on once in awhile. what can i do to have people want to join and be a part of my community. i dont want to do contests, what are some things that mite make want people to join. theyre all coming from other forums so they are people who want to talk to other people and post, all my traffic comes from The Internet Movie Database which is a forum. people love to talk about celebs, what theyre wearing or whatever, ive been visiting sites for years and theres tons of people. http://celebnook.proboards.com
Reserve your forum most popular category for private; member only. On that way you can convert visitor to be your forum member. Imdad
you can use the social web sites and give the message strongly to your visitors that they can easily pick your message and enjoy.
you need to target your audience in other forums, where you can see peoples are talking about and I guarantee you will receive most unique visitors to your site.