I think that what you said was very reasonable. But, think on this, what if you added a little content? I mean, I don't want to tell you how to run your website, but what if you added a headline that grabbed folk's attention? I mean %BLOG_TITLE% is a little plain. You should peek at Yahoo's front page and watch how they write post titles to get people interested. You might try adding a video or a picture or two to grab readers excited about what you've written. In my opinion, it might bring your website a little bit more interesting.