I think that everything wrote was very logical. But, think about this, suppose you added a little information? I am not suggesting your information isn't solid., but what if you added a title that makes people desire more? I mean %BLOG_TITLE% is a little plain. You should peek at Yahoo's home page and watch how they write news titles to get people to open the links. You might add a video or a related picture or two to grab people excited about everything've got to say. In my opinion, it would bring your posts a little livelier.