Building Authority
The more high quality sites that link you, the more authority you’ll get. The higher up in the search results you’ll be, and the more traffic you’ll get from search engines. When you’re first starting out, it’s not always easy to get links. There’s a few places that allow you to link to yourself, though.
There’s a number of social bookmark sites out there, probably the most popular being del.icio.us. Sign up for an account, and bookmark posts as you publish them with a few choice tags.
Then there’s digg, but be careful, only digg your own work occasionally, and only your highest quality, or most interesting stuff. Digg has a culture and doesn’t suffer outsiders spamming them well. Diggers are cynical of pages with advertising on them, for example. You might want to turn ads off a page when you first digg, and if it builds momentum, you can always turn them on again later.
Stumble upon can get you a few visiters, same rules apply to digg.
Traffic from delicious and search engines finds your site based on text, get the right words in the right order on your page, and you’ll get some traffic. For success on digg and stumble upon, you’ll need more of an angle. A pretty page, an interesting story, humor and a reputation doesn’t hurt. Experiment, but don’t try and force your way in. Participate from the sideline, occasionally having a go in the middle yourself.