well I hope this is ok to post this here.

I have spent about 8 hours reading all sorts of stuff but could somebody outline for me the best way to get started?

I came here to learn more about autoblogging and automation, though it appears you cover much more than that here. My head is spinning a little and I will appreciate some guidence about how to get started.

I have some blogs I am running rss content into from a few different sources. My 1st goal is to get much more traffic. I am thinking that by adding much more content and more links I will get that going more.
My hope is to grow some of the sites I have and make them part of a bigger plan.

Is it reasonable to do some stuff now to grow traffic on these blogs as I figure out how to implement more of a comprehensive plan?

I have installed 1 script in my life, DLGuard, so I will be learning a lot of new tech too.