1. Content only is not enough
If you are starting your own blog, spend half of your time in promoting the content you post on it. Just the way you made your Twitter profile and investing in Facebook ads, use social media networks. It is the easiest way to take advantage when it comes to creating more traffic to your blog.

2. Building lists
If you are not going to focus on building lists, you should not have a blog at all. It is the biggest mistake you may be making. Use your mailing list to notify everyone of your blog.

3. More content = more visitors
Writing a few blog posts are not enough. You have to write at least once a month before you could notice how the traffic is improving.