Spread the word!

Okay, so you're probably quite bored of these forums, because there's only 30 members, of which most are inactive. I found a way to increase the member count, but we need YOU to help us!

1. Advertise this forum on other forums or websites. If advertising at a forum, be sure to put it in the advertising section or in your signature. For websites, you could try putting it in the guestbook or hooking up with the affiliates page. This step is a major key in getting new members. When advertising this forum, you may want to put the advertisement in the form of a mondo, eye-catching banner. Remember, don't do it if it's against the rules of the site, because not only there'll be less places to advertise on, but our forum will be more frowned upon! Also, do not annoy people with your constant advertising! That'll bring the good image of this forum down even more. Finally, don't intensely force people to sign up at SMBF. Chances are, they didn't have the motivation to post at it before, and they certainly won't post when they are pestered to join.

2. Refer to your good friends about this forum, especially if they like Mario. Tell them to spread the word too - this will get a LOT of members!

3. Keep this forum active! Visitors probably wouldn't like to visit a dying, inactive forum, with only a few active members and a couple of hundred posts. We want to get into the thousands!

4. Try your best to shine the light on all the other members. If any member feels left out or is being mistreated, then they're most likely going to leave. Not only did we just lose a member, but we lost the member's ability to promote this forum. So be nice!

5. Post ideas to make this forum bigger! These threads can be posted in the Site Feedback forum, and must include a poll with the options 'Yes' and 'No'. The more 'yes' votes the ideas get, the more features we get!

Hopefully, if we do the above steps, this could be the most popular Mario forum on the web!

Thanks,
SMBF Staff