One potential traffic source and the one most talked about on these forums is 'Link List' traffic. This is a symbiotic relationship between 'free sites' and link lists. Submitters (you) build free sites (surf any major link list for examples), then submit them to Link Lists. The symbiotic nature of things is that you're providing content to the link list and in return, they provide you with traffic
A word of caution because you're brand new and don't know...as you're surfing free sites to see what works and what doesn't, never ever copy someone else's site. Use the research to ascertain what it takes to get listed, and get ideas...nothing more.
Once you've got a site built, post it up here asking for feedback...there are a lot of helpful folks on these forums