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You can start by narrowing down your popular posts in G analytics, which one got the most pageviews? that means people liked it so you can expand on similar topics.

Then you can check the best keywords driving search to your site and expand on those. Or the posts with more comments and do a follow up.

Asking questions is a good way to get people involved too. Replying in a post to a good post that brought your attention with a link back to it will drive the author and maybe more people to check it out.

Everyone is looking for different things, from frugal recipes to investing tips so just do what you're most comfortable with and try to get the people from that niche to read it.

I've been paying attention to the most popular posts and writing more about those topics. It's the closest thing to market research, yes?

9 Months is nothing. All of the above advice is awesome, but figure out why you are blogging?

Do you want an outlet for yourself (It doesn't sound like it).

Do you want to share your expertise?

Do you want to start an online business?

Keep the blinders on and don't focus on other's success, we all have our own trajectory.

Re comments, if you comment, you get comments back! 

Do you want other pf bloggers to read your stuff or other people? Other people don't usually comment.

Good luck.

Keep at it if it's fun and fulfilling a need for you. If not, there's no shame in moving on.

One final word, and pardon the repetition. 9 months is nothing. It's too soon to expect much outstanding progress. Most bloggers take years to gain traction.

Best regards and thanks for bringing up the subject that we all think about no matter how old our blog is!!!

Post edited 1:45 pm – February 21, 2014 by Larry @ The Skilled Investor

In addition to other excellent comments above, what do you really care about and what do you know that would help others? This really is a marathon. Without the passion, the metrics will never be enough. With the passion, the metrics really do not matter.

If you focus on what you care about and what you know, then you might consider writing more in-depth posts. You get to define the shape of your hamster wheel and whether you like the exercise. You could experiment with less frequent posting with perhaps one long post a week that you enjoy writing and then compare the results. PF blogging is not a road to riches, but it can be a personal outlet that a growing number of readers might appreciate.

This is just a suggestion: From you website, it seems to me that the "earn all you can" and "save all you can" themes are generic. However, very few PF websites deal with the "give all you can" theme from a personal finance perspective. That might be a theme to develop. Make a list of giving subjects for posts to write about that include a financial flavor. Do that for six months. See if an audience comes to you.