Depending on what demograph you are targeting you should start link dropping in a few Sub-Reddit's. Blogs are slow going, but if you get on several social media platforms and rank them, you'll pick up the pace with some hard work
Agree with Sean Gugerty in that it depends on what your demographic is. The other thing you have to realize is blogs are easy to create but hard to drive meaningful traffic to. Hard in the sense that it takes work to meet your goals. My website has a quick guide on setting up a blog if you have any questions, its just my username
You need to update your blog on regular basis with unique and relevant content, please don't share any duplicate content it may harmful for you blog.