7 Tips for Successful Blogging
In addition to submitting your blog to the major search engines, make certain you submit the blog to exclusively blog directories like blogwise, blogcatalog, or bloghub. Many people find blogs through these online directories. But don't stop there! It's time to submit your blog to blog directories. When you do submit your blog to these directories, remember to add a description that will entice your targeted audience to check your blog out. Use free and inexpensive blog traffic exchange communities.

 To Blog Or Not To Blog - A Laymans View
For example, if you had a link to your website on the website of another business. When website owners and bloggers (yeah, I'm now a blogger!) think of linking, they are usually referring to inbound links from external websites and blogs. While adding more inbound links on external sites is important, there is also a sort of 'reverse' link strategy associated with blogs. What!? I wrote it and I have to read it six times to really follow what I'm saying. For example, through GooglePageRank, the receiving page (you) gets a boost up the search engine when that happens, which helps the blog overall by boosting the popularity of the blog, which in turn is what increases the search results, which in turn drives up the search engine rankings.