One of my favorite blogs is Darren Rowse's Problogger.net. I follow his blog on my igoogle page.
One of the main things I've learned from him is to be persistent and don't expect huge traffic/profit overnight. There's a wealth of information over at his site, so check it out.
Will you ever come back here after visiting his site? I hope so. Beginnerbloggertips.com is not really meant to be an exhaustive pro blogging site--it's just some simple articles about things I've learned through trial and error.