You don’t have to grind out post after post, day after day, if you take the time to build good, stable, links and have good content that people find useful. Well, you do have to post regularly if you want to socialize with other bloggers but it isn’t necessary to get traffic.

I totally agree that producing good content is important. But it doesn’t equal isntant success as some people belive. Some of the best post I’ve ever read I found on empty lonely blogs.

Building your blog is lot of work and its important to remember that writing posts is only part of it.

It was built on helpful posts, that didn’t turn into popular ones, but gained the loyalty of certain people, who spread the word to other people with similar interests.

The community was also built around the Simple Balance theme, which became popular only due to its quality. For users, it turned out to be a good resource, and one that was developed by Blogsessive, not a link to another website. This resource is also part of the content.

If you’re looking for traffic, start a photography blog and promote it like crazy. If you’re a StumbleUpon user, you definitely saw that the most active stumblers are those interested in photography. Travel is also popular.

In the end, it all comes down to loving what you do and doing what you love.

It also depends on a niche. Lately I think a lot that software review is not exactly something to chase after viral factor or social traffic with.

Of course, this does not have to interfere with the blogger’s schedule. In order to build loyalty and trust, it’s better to provide quality content, even if 2-3 days apart, than poor content, 4 times a days.

Although this may be effective for some, I suppose blogging frequency depends on a lot of factors and regular commentators is one of them.