I found a site (
Monkey Fartz: 10 Sure Fire Ways to Increase Your Blog Traffic) about how to get more members to a blog. It gave me a real laugh. Robert, feel free to try anything you want. #6 will probably get a ton of members.
To view the list, use your mouse to select everything between the two lines
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1. Discover the cure for a serious disease (e.g. cancer, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, etc.) and release the details exclusively (and incrementally) on your blog.
2. Buy Google, Yahoo, and MSN and have ALL queries return your blog as the #1 pick.
3. Pact with Satan.
4. Instead of reporting the news...MAKE the news. (Note: In addition to #1 on this list, consider invading foreign countries on false pretenses...guaranteed traffic booster).
5. One Word: Manifesto.
6. Two Words: Free Porn
7. Create a blog-based religion and tell your followers that they will go to Hell unless they bring 10 new followers a day. (Note: This takes awhile to generate traffic, but the cumulative effect is awesome...and being a cult leader has its perks...until the very end.)
8. Create a blog dedicated to increasing blog traffic...despite having no experience, actionable advice, expertise, or tools.
9. Crack that whole "cold fusion" thing and post the plans on your blog.
10. Try to create interesting, original content that appeals to a wide audience....wait, that would never work.
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