Do you use Facebook and Twitter as tools for directing traffic to your site?

Yes! I use facebook fan pages so I don't upset my entire virtual world of friends. The idea is that I don't consider it spamming if what I am telling them on my fan page is directly related to my niche.

I promote my blog to my fan pages and temp them to sign up.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.