what topic are you blogging about? If the market you are in is flooded then it may be a little tough at first. Also, make sure you are writing about something you enjoy and post daily. If you don't enjoy it, you will burn out before you start bringing in any real dedicated readers.
First of all, determine what your blog is all about. Second, you have to have quality content so that people will get hooked to your site and gain frequent visitors in the long run. Third, drive more traffic to your site. Fourth, establish your social network. Lastly, always update your blog through frequent blog postings.
"Build it and they will come" Build quality content and the visitors will follow. Trust me. I spend about 90% of my time writing quality content and the effort is beginning to pay off.
>> visit other's blog, leave comment >> Use social sites >> increase the number of backlinks >> optimize your content for search engine >> take patience (I do not know how much time does it take to be a successful blogger, but I can assure you that nobody can become a successful blogger in a day or in very few days. I think my condition is same as you. I am waiting and waiting and doing the optimization)
i just started blogging(using blogger) and thanks for this wonderful info. Still planning to make more posts before promoting it(only one now and will write another today) so it will be useful.