How to make a strong and successful Clan

Many of you may want to create your own clan but may not know how or have experience how to make it grow.  I, in fact, do have personal experience creating a clan. ( if you want to join us, see post: What clan should you join?)
There are a few steps you need to take to make your clan successful.  These steps are very important if you want a very large strong clan.
First thing you need to do is publicize your clan meaning, every opportunity you get advertise it.  The most common way to do this is through global chat.  Often times, there are many people out searching for clans on global chat whether they need a new one or they just need a clan.  Say something interesting about your clan, something that will catch peoples interest.  Because if you just say,"Join." Than nobody will pay attention to you as there are many people doing the same thing will the same plain old message,"Join here" or "Join" or "Join us."  Whatever it may be, your message must be different.
Something you could say would be: We donate a lot, or we are very active, or something good about your clan.  Make sure you send everyone who is not already in a clan an invite to yours, because, chances are that they will probably see a message in their inbox more likely than a chat message that quickly gets pushed to the bottom on global chat.
Another way to advertise that most people wouldn't think of is to go on the button near the bottom corner of the screen next to the mail button that has a picture of a trophy on it.  It shows a lot of players that are in your league.  Often, if you scroll the whole list, you will see people with no clan.  Invite everybody that doesn't have a clan already.  This is a good way to get people that are your level into your clan.  Check back everyday and invite new people on the list.
Tell your friends who play to join whether permanent or temporary, the hardest part is gathering your first few people.  I mean, who is going to join a clan that has only one person in it?  You need some loyal people, not people who will join take your troops and run, that is a type of hopper.
So get your friends to join to attract more people into your clan.  It will help if your friend is a higher level so he/she can attract more people into the clan.  If they are already in a good clan and don't want to join yours, then tell them to join temporarily as to attract more people into the clan.
A good league to create a clan is silver.  Nobody is going to join a clan that is run by a bronze unless they are other bronzes.  Make your base look good.  Often people will judge you and how good your clan is and will be by how your base looks.  recruit lower level people to get the amount of people in your clan up before you recruit your level people.  If you recruit lower levels first, than you will seem strong to them and they will want to join.  Be nice to your clan members.  You wanna treat the first joiners very well so they will want to stay.
Lastly, I am gong to warn you about hoppers.  There are several types of hoppers.  There is the donation hopper, which is probably the most harmless, yet still annoying.  A donation hopper is someone who joins your clans, than ask for donation and then, shortly after leaves.  Than there is the elder hopper.  These types of hoppers will join your clan, ask for elder, and if you give it to them, they will kick the highest level person in your clan and leave.  This happened to me twice and I lost both of my golds.  This is why I stress not to give out free elder, unless you trust them or they have earned it.
The last kind of hopper is called the leader hopper, and for them to be successful you have to be pretty gullible.  These guys will join your clan and whether or not they are higher than you they will ask for leader.  If your smart you will of course say no.  But if you actually give it to them then they will completely mess up your clan.  Some things they might do it change the symbol, description to say something dumb or inappropriate, and they will kick any members you have perhaps even you.
Once they are done, if they don't kick you and leave the clan, they will pass leadership back to you and leave, leaving you with a messed up clan.  Take these thoughts and suggestions into mind and good luck creating that clan!