Does anyone know a good way to generate traffic/followers on your blog?

I was looking for a simple way to generate traffic over to my blog(s). I have two blogs…one is just on my life (mostly through photos) and the other is political. I’m hoping for three…with the last one connected to my business.

I’m relatively new to blogging and finding it a bit daunting. But I really do enjoy working on them…the writing isn’t the problem…I like the networking aspect of finding like-minded bloggers to exchange ideas with….but no one is finding me!

Like a nerd, I even emailed people who had similar blogs——and said, “Would you sign up to follow my blog?” And a few did…but the others must have thought I was a total geek.

I use blogspot…and I’ve been blogging for about 8 months and the more personal one is new.

Any ideas or information would be most appreciated.