Hey! Well I don't know if i'm 'sucessful' yet but I received exactly 233 unique visitors in only 3 days since my blog went online! It's in my signature - WebCrunch - I'll update on what I did to get traffic but you can have a read if you want to =D
yeah good content, but when I tried linking to my blog, hardly anyone would reply, thats when I decided to make websites instead, traffic for blogs is generally low, unless you can integrate it with a website,
First, build the quality content, then promote it through the social media such as digg and your network friends. On the other hand, go for the SERP and link exchange with the qqality site
^ I agree. Write some articles first before officially 'launching' your site. You would'nt want your visitors to visit then leave. That would not make a very good impression. Launch a "huge" contest or comment on blogs with the same niche as yours
Try some PPC programs like Adwords, Bidvertiser, etc if you want some quick bursts of traffic. Otherwise i'd suggest using OnlyWire and StumbleUpon to give you a little boost.