I think what you published made a lot of sense. However, think on this, suppose you were to write a killer headline? I mean, I don't wish to tell you how to run your website, however what if you added something that grabbed people's attention? I mean %BLOG_TITLE% is kinda plain. You should look at Yahoo's front page and note how they create post headlines to get viewers to open the links. You might try adding a video or a picture or two to get people interested about what you've written. In my opinion, it would make your posts a little livelier.