Here are a few tips I'd like to pass on to aspiring bloggers. I'll publish more as I discover them:

1) Use OnlyWire to bookmark your best blog posts to your own lists on the web services they send to. Yes, I know, it's only YOUR list. You'd be surprised, however, how many other people on the same services search (by tag) for information that you have. This saves you the trouble of going to each of the bookmarking services yourself.

2) Don't be afraid to be controversial. Post what's on your mind. People are attracted to controversy.

3) Check your spelling and your grammar, even if it's not intended to be precise. It reads better!

4) Submit your posts to social news sites such as digg and reddit, but only if your post isn't personal. Don't worry about losing points or being dugg down. You'll still get a a lot of visitors. Bear in mind, however, that people that come from these sites don't click ads and they don't leave comments, usually.

5) Investigate and post to less popular or newer social news sites. Who knows? You could be their next top poster.

An example:

I posted a simple post on reddit, not expecting much. I received over 1,100 unique visits that day. There's no telling how many of them came back later and no telling how many became new repeat visitors. I did manage to get a few comments.