You are so right about participation in the blogosphere. That is the way people will know that your good stuff is there to be read. That will also be the focus of the follow up I will do on this article.

You are correct in what you say about the things to consider when starting a blog. Nevertheless, I would add here that social networking is very important: if your blog is new, then the most traffic would come from here, and not from search engines. So you could consider submitting your best posts to social networking sites, participating in blog carnivals and taking part to the general conversation ongoing in the so called “blogosphere”.

Welcome to this world, and may your blog become one of the reference points for the rest of us.