How do I promote my forum?

[Peter L]

IMHO forums success is nearly always determined by the admin.
Determination and actual knowlage of the topics is important.
But in all honesty i think its rare any new forum will take off.
Every possible topic and neiche has been used and used again.
Search any keyword and you will find a forum already populated.
I personally would never invest money on a forum now days if its just starting out.
Far to many forums on the net now.

My philosophy on the topic is: if you never give up and even after ~2years of ups and downs you will end up with a successful forum. Most forums don't last that long, and if you stick it out for 2 years all the others forums from your time period will have died out and your forum will be the "veteran forum" people want to go to.