I believe what you published was actually very reasonable. However, think on this, suppose you added a little content? I ain't saying your content isn't good., however suppose you added something that grabbed people's attention? I mean %BLOG_TITLE% is kinda boring. You might peek at Yahoo's home page and see how they create article titles to grab people to click. You might add a video or a related picture or two to grab people excited about everything've written. In my opinion, it could make your website a little bit more interesting.