I think that everything said was actually very logical. But, what about this? what if you added a little information? I ain't suggesting your content isn't good, but what if you added a title that makes people desire more? I mean %BLOG_TITLE% is a little vanilla. You could look at Yahoo's home page and note how they create news titles to grab viewers interested. You might add a related video or a related picture or two to grab readers excited about everything've written. Just my opinion, it would make your posts a little livelier.