On another site I'm staff on, they do greetings to new members. I believe this makes them feel more at home and more comfortable, and might even help spread the word about our site.
So when ever someone just joins, please (an administrator) send them this:
SUBJECT: Welcome (username)!
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[center]Welcome to the RaGe forums! We hope you enjoy your stay here, and if you have any questions
please feel free to create a new topic in the questions catagory or
just personal message an administrator!
Happy Posting!
[i]-The RaGe Forum Staff[/i][/center]
BECAREFULL!
Only one person send them a greeting pm. An over flow will make them leave most likely, thinking that it's an automatic thing, a bot of some sort. A single personal note it better then a number some of copies.
I will happily do the first three.
DATE: Within the first three days of joining time, do this. Check the date when they just joined, and send asap if it was within the three days. This may seem hard, but it's quite easy once you ge used to it. c: