Have you tried commenting on other blogs for traffic, publicity, and maybe some readers?
Commenting is one way that may get you some regular readers. Leave a comment on someone elses blog and include a link to your own if you can, otherwise leave your URL. If you comment on another persons blog, don’t leave spam, instead say something about their post.
Don’t expect Google PageRank from your comments, as blogs can make use nofollow and not give you a “vote” of PageRank.
Don’t leave a comment like:”H3y com Chck out my Bl0g at http://www.myblogurl.com”, instead write a comment like:”That post was great, I especially liked the part about dogs, those are my favorite animals.”
Some blogs may have comment-moderation turned on. With comment-moderation your comment may not ever appear publicly, but don’t let this cause you not to comment, go ahead and comment, what could it hurt?
You might consider using http://www.thelinktrack.com/ , this will let you track some(maybe all) traffic from your comments.
Don’t let this be your only way of advertising, use other methods also.