Episode 022 – Jun 4 2008

This week Martin and Sallie discuss the importance of web site statistics and how they can be used to make your site a more effective communication tool. We also hear about the recent redesign of the ShopWELS web site from program administrator Mark Robinson.

The discussion:

• Google Analytics – How effective is your church or school web site? Martin and Sallie share some of the many benefits of using Google Analytics to evaluate your site traffic.
  • www.google.com/analytics
  • Google Overlay Example

The interview:

• ShopWELS (17:43) – Martin and Sallie talk with Mark Robinson, administrator of the ShopWELS program, about the redesign of the ShopWELS web site and the many cost-saving options that make up the program.
  • www.shopwels.net
  • Contact Mark – 262-546-0088 or mark.robinson@dviconsulting.com

The tidbits:

• This week’s picks (39:48)
  • Mail Catch- www.mailcatch.com
  • Drop for your faxing needs – www.drop.io
• WELS.net feature (46:37)
  • Forward in Christ magazine – www.forwardinchrist.net
• Community feedback (48:21)
  • Gail Potratz from Emanuel, New London, WI asked about Emergency-911 dialing on Internet wireless phones
  • John Shoosmith from Redeemer, Yakima, WA shared information on adding closed-captioning to Internet video sermons.
    • View a closed-captioned sermon
    • John’s closed-captioning tool recommendation – Subtitle Workshop

The featured artist:

• This week we close with the music of Mike Westendorf (www.mikewestendorf.com) – I Will Sing from his Climb the Mountain CD (52:30)

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