make decent unique content, post on social bookarming sites, articles submissiom, blog comments. forum posting.
You can promote your blog as same as website. But for effective promotion you can try blog directories submission, blog posting, comments on relevant blogs, do forum posting, invite friends to join them, share about your blog on social sites like facebook, twitter etc..
By blog posting, forum postings with signature, article writing in directories, social networks like twitter, facebook etc.
There are lots of ways we can actually promote a blog like submitting your blog contents on social networks, being active on other niche blogs
Most important thing is promote your blog on right direction. In addition, focusing on original content it is very essential because duplicate content generally occupy low ranking as comparison to original content.
PPC advertising takes a lot of studying to do right, and can cost a decent amount of money, but if your site is well designed and converts well, or you are just looking for traffic, it can be a very powerful marketing tool when done right.
Most important is quality content. Also, you must not forgot to promote that blog via social bookmarking, articles submission and after blog got good searh standings, do exchange with sites that are good and in same niche as your site is.
One of the best ways is to find similar blogs in your niche, and add a valuable comment with a link back to your site
Visit other same niche blogs ,comment and leave your url .friendly advice do no spam .Once your comment is approved your blog is promoted .Search engines loves fresh and unique content .directory submission etc .
You can start promoting your blog in various do follow social bookmarking sites, this will help your blog index fast in google. Also submit your blog in google webmasters tools.
there are many ways to promote as what been explained by everyone here, my experience, promoting thru social network drive huge traffic, but of course depend on how wide your network is...
Creating unique, well written content that people want to link to naturally is always the best if possible. If not, stick to link building - things like commentluv will help with do follow links... and above all - patience
Good ranking can bring a lot of traffic to your blog. To get good ranking, you need high quality content and backlinks.
You can use some methods such as backlink, blog comment, social bookmark, article posting. I think article posting works well