Need some advice on changing website around.

[NoahsDad]

I want to make some changes to my personal website and need a little help.

I originally hired someone to create this site for me several years ago. Most of the site (including the home page) is html, but the blog part (/blog) is wordpress.

The main site hasn't been updated in a few years (although the blog has been updated more often.) I'm not really targeting any keywords on my site (other than just my name) so I'm not really concerned about loosing any rank or anything.

I"m just curious what the best route to go should be. Would you suggest keeping the site's format "as is" so to speak? (make the front page a landing page so to speak that links to my various sites, a little bio, etc; keep an about page, contact, /blog, etc...? ) Or should I go the more traditional route and make the blog the front page?

Another route is to someone keep the most recent (1,2,or 3) posts on the home page (landing page) and sort of make it a landing page / recent post page. It's sort of like that now, only the main page just links to the most recent post instead of actually adding the post, if that makes sense.

There maybe some themes out there that would work well, so feel free to suggest one if you know one that would work. I think the Aboutme.com pages look pretty nice and will let you use a custom domain, but I'm not sure. (And it's not a complete theme, so not sure that's the best option.)

Thanks!

[JasonJackson]

Before I start, I see that some of the changes you suggested are already going into practice.  First thing though, check cross browser compatibility.  I can't read most of that text on your site with firefox.  Adobe has their browser labs and it is handy for cross browser compatibility.

All that said, you weren't clear what your intent of the site is so... i'm going to guess and say that you want bookings for event speaking.  In that case,  I'd design the site to sell yourself.  Tell the visitor what you do, who hires you and why THEY should hire you.  I searched through several public speakers (46 sites in total) and this one caught my eye: http://www.lindaedgecombe.com/

Now this isn't a perfect example by any means (poor site title, unclear header text: "Your Re - Set Expert for Crazy Times" - could be clearer on what she does, and no call to action above the fold to name a few).  But as an example, shows a great deal of what does and really sells herself.

Not sure if this is the intent of your site, but I hope it helps!