I think everything said made a bunch of sense. But, what about this? suppose you typed a catchier post title? I am not suggesting your content is not good, but suppose you added something that grabbed a person's attention? I mean %BLOG_TITLE% is kinda plain. You should peek at Yahoo's front page and note how they write post titles to get people to click. You might try adding a video or a picture or two to get readers interested about what you've written. In my opinion, it could bring your posts a little livelier.