sucessfull blog/website

What are some good tips for building a successful blog or website that's purpose is to recruit SFI affiliates and TripleClicks members? 
1. Write from the heart. Sure, you could write very popular posts without putting yourself into it. 
2.. Be insanely useful. It’s possible to create a successful blog without trying to be very useful, but it’s not done very often. 
3.Keep the reader’s problems in mind. This goes with the tip above, but it’s important to stress that you’re thinking about the reader’s problem, and no one else’s. 
4.Don’t just write about yourself. You should always put a piece of yourself into your posts, if you want readers to identify with you. 
5. Interact with readers. A blog is really a conversation. It starts with your post, of course, but it continues with comments from readers, and with comment and criticism from other bloggers. 
6.Give them a reason to come back. Why would a reader keep coming back to your blog? Why would they subscribe, when there are so many other blogs out there to subscribe to? You’ve got to give them a reason. 
7.Write catchy headlines. I have to admit, headlines are more important than they should be. 
8.On social media. 
9.Guest posting. Besides social media and the ocassional link from a bigger blog, the best way to draw new readers to your blog is to write great guest posts for other blogs, especially bigger ones. 
9.Reveal yourself. This is similar to writing from the heart, but it’s going beyond that — readers want to be able to relate to you. 
10.Don’t be afraid to try new things. Blogs can get stale if they do the same things over and over. 
11.Focus on the essential.