Here are some suggestions.
- I see you’re adding a menu item for every post you make. You’re going to run out of menu slots before the blog ever gets big enough to make an impact. Adjust your settings so the home page lists *all* of your blog postings, newest to oldest. Then change your menu items so they correspond to selected categories or tags to narrow the selection down. At the very least, make some sub-pages to organize things more effectively.
- Use a search engine optimizer plugin, with plenty of keyword tags, to help your posts get visibility on Google and other search engines. Yoast Wordpress SEO is the one most people seem to use.
- Start a Facebook page and link in both directions to that. Share your posts on your own page, as well as others when it would be of interest to users. Be judicious and unobtrusive but don’t be intimidated by self-appointed spam police.
- Use Akismet to filter spam posts. I leave comments completely open on my site, without even requiring registration, to encourage easy participation. With Akismet I very rarely have to remove anything that slips through the filters.
- Pingbacks/linkbacks/trackbacks are an important source of readers. You’ll want to mix your own content with short links and reviews of related material on other blogs you like. This does not mean plagiarism! You’re giving the other author full credit and encouraging your readers to go and have a look. Typically WordPress will create a new link back to your own post in the comments or footer of the other site’s post.
- Keep at it. It takes a long time for a blog to build an audience. You need fresh and timely content, nice illustrations, and constant self-promotion on other appropriate sites.
Which does not include exerpting your material here. Post the whole content.
Some folks hereabouts get pissy about that.