Take Quality Time to Respond to Comments and Solve Problems
Readers will get the ginger to continue reading and commenting on your blog posts if they realize that you read their comments and respond thoughtfully.
Readers see a blog as a dead one if they offer comments and don’t get responded to for days, weeks and even months. So, for your blog not to look like a dead one to your readers, always take your time to read those comments offered and respond on time. This will bring about a better ranking and traffic.
Build Trust, Credibility and Authority
To build trust, credibility and authority, it takes a couple of months or years though not specific. It solely depends on the individual blogger's readiness to give all it takes to build an ideal blogging empire.
You need to post regularly, keep your audience engaged, allow direct communications with your audience, respond to all comments thoughtfully, avoid creating too many sales pitches on your blog and observe all the necessary blogging routines consistently to build trust, credibility and authority.
Second, how does Quora help our traffic? I answer questions on Quora daily, and don't get any response from them about my answers. Am I missing something?