what are some ways that I can get the word out about my flash games site and gain traffic? (and i don’t mean through search engines)
and if forums are really the only way does anyone know any good ones for flash gaming sites and any suggestions on how to talk about the website without being too spammy?
Do u want to promote your in local or globe?
global but i am trying to get more usa and europe traffic
Its really traffic came from doing bookmarking in USA related bookmarking site and profile’s… add more links from your website in Facebook and twitter account and connect more friends… do rss feed for the bookmarking profile pages…
it could be done in many ways.
one easy way to start with is to see if there are any related forums. if there are join and participate there.
Yes, the above suggested ways are correct. I will suggest one more that create ads on free local classified sites.
Tag in facebook 
Join social networking sites and promote your website on it. (facebook, twitter, myspace and many more)
When it comes to SEO it a bit hard to gain traffic with flash website cause search engine does not crawl flash. Joining in forum might your website gain traffic but bare in mind the pros and cons.
Article directories are a wonderful way to get traffic and backlinks to your website. There are many well established article directories that have been proven to get websites traffic.
Posting in business directories is still an effective way to get backlinks and small amounts of traffic. Most directory sites have many listings that are organized into.
Classifieds are a common way to easily make posts for free, and reach large amounts of people. They tend to work better for business or service-based websites.Social bookmarking sites can be an amazing way to promote your website.
Most important for promote your website -
registering the site with search engines
Post some high pr social book marking sites
Post some high pr article sites
doing some blog standard SEO
pestering friends and family to promote the site, and
creating back links to my website
Hello for me has been a very good thing to give freebees, like some tricks for the games you promote. Put them in social media places and in forums, use an opt-in also. That way you get leads and create list at the same time.
You should look at finishing it first smartmovies! The site is not fully functional yet!
Social media can be a good way to generate traffic to your gaming site without having to rely a lot on google.