Affiliation is very important for receiving traffic. Usually, I have a lot of free time and I browse websites. Every website that has a decent amount of affiliates are successful, with plenty active users. I also have a certain attraction toward affiliate buttons, that have really detailed animation. I was with my friend one day, and he was online. I found that he too found attractions for buttons. So make really nice sleek buttons with animation.

Just something I thought might help forum managers.. Good luck ^^