TheOutdoorsTrader, with more than 103,000 members and primarily focused in Georgia, has been trying to expand into Alabama (and a few other states) for years with almost zero success. I still do more "business" over there, even though recently moving to Alabama full time, but it is a real pain (not to mention more expensive) to do true gun sales out of state.
My vote is no on additional time/effort/resources on other states and, instead, spend the money on attracting visitors here and growing what you have started. A big draw over "there" has always been the giveaways, some owner sponsored and some from private individuals. I would personally donate a few items to a group giveaway day if you take the time to set it up and plan ahead, letting folks know to engage in a thread in order to be included in some Random Number Generator giveaway, based on the thread number (using the top right number on the thread).
I also have owned several forums through my 20+ years of internet-based businesses and giving back to the members was always money well spent.
My vote is no on additional time/effort/resources on other states and, instead, spend the money on attracting visitors here and growing what you have started. A big draw over "there" has always been the giveaways, some owner sponsored and some from private individuals. I would personally donate a few items to a group giveaway day if you take the time to set it up and plan ahead, letting folks know to engage in a thread in order to be included in some Random Number Generator giveaway, based on the thread number (using the top right number on the thread).
I also have owned several forums through my 20+ years of internet-based businesses and giving back to the members was always money well spent.