What are the best ways to build member to a website?

[liquidmarke]

I have a web site that I want to do a membership drive for. The site is called
[Edit: URL removed.]
With my site writers can post entertainment stories and link them over to the blogs or web site.

I wanted to know what are the best way you guys have used to build up membership to a web site. Or if you have some suggestions that I could use for my site please let me know. I am open to all ideas.

[seorocks]

put yourself in their shoes, when you joined other sites what was your reason? what did you expect in return? ;)

[moonswamp]

some free stuff maybe very useful!!!

[tonywinrow]

I assume you are already getting traffic to your website. You need to offer something to make it attractive for people to join. Perhaps a newsletter that you can regularly send out to your members.

[Idea Guy]

Yup tonywinrow....I'll go for newsletters...