I think that everything composed was very reasonable. However, what about this? suppose you added a little information? I mean, I don't wish to tell you how to run your website, however what if you added something that grabbed folk's attention? I mean %BLOG_TITLE% is kinda vanilla. You might look at Yahoo's front page and note how they create post titles to get people to open the links. You might try adding a video or a related pic or two to get people excited about what you've got to say. Just my opinion, it might bring your posts a little livelier.