# Creating awareness about a forum

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**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [June 23, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-awareness-about-a-forum/30371 "2015-06-23T12:57:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/astonj/32/215041_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-awareness-about-a-forum/30371/2 "2015-06-23T13:05:09Z")

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I have seen initiatives like that in the past but they are often dogged with problems (fake sign ups, spam posts etc)

Instead, I would advise you give people a reason to join and/or participate in the forum - such as with giveaways or competitions.

We had one on one of my forums where every month for an entire year we gave away a Black & Decker Steam mop - I think it worked well. Members needed to log in at least once a week to get their weekly entry - but we threw in bonus entries several times a month too, which gave people a reason to log in every day.

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