Everything wrote made a great deal of sense. However, think about this, what if you were to write a awesome post title? I mean, I don't want to tell you how to run your website, but what if you added something that makes people desire more? I mean %BLOG_TITLE% is a little plain. You ought to peek at Yahoo's home page and note how they create news titles to grab viewers interested. You might try adding a video or a picture or two to grab people interested about what you've written. Just my opinion, it could make your posts a little livelier.