Major ways to promote your blog include RSS feeds, search engine optimization (SEO), social networks, partnerships and community building. Also, popularity is not just measured in total number of unique page hits. You should look for ways to retain readership, beyond a one-time visit. So, see these posts and tips for promotion and blogging ideas:

Why My Blog Gets No Comments:
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/qa-why-my-blog-gets-no-comments/

Daily Blog Tips (Website Traffic Series – 20+ articles, see links at bottom of post)
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/website-traffic-series-part-1-web-design-and-css-galleries/

How to Find Readers For Your Blog
http://www.problogger.net/how-to-find-readers-for-your-blog/

Kick Your RSS: Jumping on the Syndication Bandwagon
http://www.problogger.net/how-to-find-readers-for-your-blog/

Search Engine Optimization for Blogs – SEO
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/08/15/search-engine-optimization-for-blogs/

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tips for Bloggers
http://www.problogger.net/search-engine-optimization-tips-for-bloggers/

Using Social Media Sites to Grow Your Blog’s Traffic
http://www.problogger.net/using-social-media-sites-to-grow-your-blogs-traffic/

21 Ways to Make Your Blog or Website Sticky
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/07/18/21-ways-to-make-your-blog-or-website-sticky/

For further tips about blog traffic issues, search these sites:
Problogger: http://problogger.net
Daily Blog Tips: http://www.dailyblogtips.com/
Blogging Tips: http://www.bloggingtips.com/

Two Words Traffic Ultimatum.
Seems a bit tacky, I know. But the reality is, you are never going to learn from the pros, ALL their best techniques, unless you buy it. George Brown is launching an amazing program, calledTraffic Ultimatum and it is going to cover, in detail, all of his traffic generating tips, tricks and techniques. Dude’s only 19 and he made more money last year, that I have in the past decade at my accounting business. Stop by, sign up and put yourself (and your site) in a position to win… or keep floundering around getting one piece of info here and another one there… until you quit or go broke… Sorry to sound so harsh, but that IS reality.