I think everything said was actually very reasonable. However, think on this, suppose you added a little content? I ain't suggesting your content isn't good., but what if you added something that grabbed folk's attention? I mean %BLOG_TITLE% is a little boring. You could peek at Yahoo's front page and note how they write news titles to grab people to open the links. You might try adding a video or a related picture or two to grab readers interested about everything've written. In my opinion, it could make your posts a little bit more interesting.