Learning Kanji WELL

How do you all learn kanji?

I usually make flashcards with the kun/om on the back and then separate cards for vocabulary with compounds.

Do you have any strategies to learn both how to write the characters and learning the readings?

Quick question:

Is there any reason to memorize the meanings of the kanji? I've been just ignoring them for now, but I feel that later on maybe meanings come into play. So basically learn meanings of kanji or not?