I think what you published was actually very reasonable. However, think on this, what if you composed a catchier title? I mean, I don't want to tell you how to run your website, however suppose you added a title that makes people want more? I mean %BLOG_TITLE% is kinda plain. You could look at Yahoo's front page and watch how they create post headlines to get people to click. You might add a video or a pic or two to get people interested about everything've written. In my opinion, it would make your website a little livelier.