The bottom line is that we all want more people to visit our blog. One successful way I have found that attracts people to mine is by doing a series of articles labelled parts 1,2 and 3.
Part one I distribute around to other sites, such as article sites, and as press releases. In that article I reference parts 2 and 3 on my blog with a link to the site.
This works well and I notice it does increase the vists to the site as, of course, people are keen to read the balance of the article.
Of course one must ensure that the content is interesting so the reader feels they made a worthwhile visit.
