Best ways to promote a new forum?

[mediadrug]

What are possible ways to promote a new forum? Which has few members to contribute and much less content then its fellow other forums.

[frank]

First of all you will have to build content if you want to succeed in your promotion campaign.
And in order to promote your forum start posting in other forums of your niche. Build authority, promote your own forum with the signature, once you have build trust people will come looking for your forum.
Another way to fasten the promotion process is to use ad networks. Start using facebook sponsored ads they are much cheap and easy to use but yet very effective.
Try guest posting in your niche blogs. In this way you will build authority along with good backlinks.
Engage & establish a relation with your audience in mass query platforms such as Yahoo answers or Quora.

[brian]

Start gaining members from your fellow members through forum marketing.
Forum are not blogs and needs a lot of attention & patience to grow. So, I will suggest that invest a little amount money in PPC or CPM campaigns to promote your forum.

[avinash]

Try using PPC programs. They may need money but they will get the job done.

[AlyLauren]

Creating trendy topic and promoting it through other mediums.

[ksmith29]

Try SMO. They may take some time but the social media sites can really help you grow.

[amanrai]

To promote a new forum be active on it an continuously add questions and post in it. Visitors don;t like blank forums. Promote it on social media sites.

[steveposter]

One of the best place to promote your new forum is a platform that is active online like also a related forum site in which you will establish your name as a contributor.