How to SEO for a SMF Forums !!

Hello,

Now a day's forum became most popular platform in Internet marketing. Forum is very much helpful for newbie . They can ask frequently there problem and many of experts there help us. But 1st time when you start a new forum you have get problem with visitor or members. It will be valueless when in this forums have no post or visitor where have no discussion.

So now I'm want to know about how can Promote a new forums site for collecting members who are participate in this forums and make more traffic with visitor? Also people can make there post with contain there asking topic?

Share your idea for promoting a forums site. Because i think just one people can't make a lager forums. So what is the main important things for Making huge communication?

1. Search Engine Optimization?
2. Local Marketing?
3. Social Marketing (SMM)

or others batter idea for that? Please share with me.

Oh another 1 things. There have any SMF experts who can tell me how can optimize a SMF forums for Better rank in SEO? Like have any mods for making seo friendly Permalinks?

Adding Meta tag on it?
And others?


Thanks of reading my Topics.