Hey val,
I haven't bothered to read all of the answers you have been given so far. But here are some tips I can give. By the way these are strategies to attract FREE traffic, none of these PayPerClick ads.
When I was first starting out I drew traffic by creating How To Articles and posting them on websites such as:
HubPages
Squidoo
EzineArticles
Those 3 sites all allow free submissions.
A tip with the articles you write, make the paragraphs short and to the point. Also you should have sub-sections which have titles because most people skim through the article and if they see a title they like they will read what follows.
Another way to draw traffic is create videos! Pretty much the same as How To Articles, create How To Videos and publish them on Google Videos, Youtube and websites like that.
Videos are the new craze and seem to work far better than article marketing.
Also Facebook is becoming one of the newest ways to gain free traffic, but that is a little advanced for your level at the moment. Not many people know about it.
Anyway, I hope I have helped, if you have any questions just private message me
-- Hamish