What is the best way to get visitors to sign up to your forum? I think that with a good welcome header, it would attract visitors to sign up.

u have to me some offer for members or
make some contest at there & give some gifts or $ for free
contest have for a long time because if visitor see it then
they sign up for contest

Generally posting on other forums seems to be the best way. If you can get that forum to not yell at you when you post about your forum you can get members that way. Also advertising via banners and text links will help as well.

Usually gaining members at a large forum. Like if you become well-known at some huge forum or become staff there. They may be people who join a forum if it's advertised at that forum.

it is true this might be the best way around

I have seen a couple things be successful. You must have interesting forums and conversations to attract visitors. Offering some type of sign up bonus is helpful. Rewarding those who refer new members to the forum can also help.

Best of all. Having a forum that is connected or is soon to be connected to a mmorpg like Pokedox forums is always good. Though most people cannot do this.

Bad idea=Affiliating on small forums
Fair=Posting
Good=affiliating on big forums
Better=Ads
Best=1st in Google

Great post. This is what we are going for. We hope to get a good position on google in a couple of months and I bet this forum will have a crazy amount of signups..

Tom Swanson

sure we all are working for it . sure will reach that goal soon with each day traffic is increasing