Following are some tips to boost  traffic to your blog:

1. Get permalinks working as they are the only source to reach the desired post in one click and to add the post in favorites.
2. Try to get blog domain name same as that of your site.Your own domain gives you more control and  makes it easier for people to find you.
3. Allow public comments to boost visitor traffic to your blog.
4. Add a column for your favorite blogs on your blog so as to increase resources for your own blog as well as these links may persuade those bloggers also to link back to you.