Like all other platforms, links. And stick your navigation on the right to push the real value content up.
Post at least once a day with rich content, and each time you do make sure to use a pinging service such as pingoat.com to let them know you've updated. Get backlinks to your blog. Add social bookmark icons into your template, and bookmark every post.
Contents and links. Submit your blog to Blog directories. Try Technorati and then ping them once you update.
Three way link building, quality content, and ping your blog using Technorati. Or if you are brave enough, try using BH methods.
quality content! Everyone is saying it so I know I'm being redundant but in my humble opinion, quality is everything.
Submitting your blog to different blog directories can you a lot. Joining blog directories like technorati can help you boost you traffic