Monitoring Your Blog Traffic – Stat Counter
StatCounter.com is an easy service to use for monitoring traffic on your blog.
Go to StatCounter.com’s homepage
Click REGISTER NOW!
Fill in the correct information.
Select your timezone and Click PROCEED & ADD A PROJECT.
Fill in the correct information.
Do NOT click Public Stats.
Select Culture & Religion
Continue to CONFIGURE & INSTALL CODE.
Select INVISIBLE COUNTER
Select your blogging platform.
StatCounter will give specific instructions for embedding the code on your blog.
After your code is installed, click on the EMAIL icon.
Fill in the appropriate information and choose how often you would like a report emailed to you. Click Add Email Report and you are all done!
Church Blog Theory Seminar
Everyone is Invited to:
Church Blog Theory Seminar
Please join us for a free seminar discussing how to use faith based blogging, integrated with other social media, as a strategy to deploy the truth online and develop relationships aimed at sharing Jesus with our community.
Date: Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Location: Harding University, McInteer Room 349 (Google Map)
Time: 9am-12noon
Speaker: Ryan Parsons
Program:
- 9-9:50 “A Case for Blogging”
- 10-10:50 “Blogging and Evangelism”
- 11-12 “Getting Started” Optional (bring your laptop)
Please help us promote this event. Add this announcement to your blog, email to your friends, announce in your church bulletin -AND/OR-
Download a .pdf Flyer
Blog/Email – 240 Words
Engaging the Internet for the Glory of God
How do we share the message of Christ in the 21st century?
Can we use digital technology to reach millions? Could social media develop relationships that result in sharing our faith with our community?
Why aren’t we as the church doing more to engage the world via the internet? Have we hidden our light under a basket? (Ref. Matt. 5:15 NASB) It is time for the church to be the “city on the hill.” Inaction is not an option.
How do we easily, quickly and effectively have a positive influence on the internet and our community for the glory of God?
Faith Based Blogging
- It is the place where millions of seekers “walk” each day.
- It builds relationships and opens doors for personal evangelism.
- It covers the globe in seconds.
- It is free and easy
- It integrates easily with other mediums of communication.
Church Blog Theory Seminar
Please join us for a free seminar discussing how to use faith based blogging, integrated with other social media, as a strategy to deploy the truth online and develop relationships aimed at sharing Jesus with our community.
Date: Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Location: Harding University, McInteer Room 349
Time: 9am-12noon
Speaker: Ryan Parsons
Program:
- 9-9:50 “A Case for Blogging”
- 10-10:50 “Blogging and Evangelism”
- 11-12 “Getting Started” Optional (bring your laptop)
http://churchblogtheory.wordpress.com
Church Bulletin – 90 Words
How do we share the message of Christ in the 21st century?
Please join us for a free seminar discussing how to use faith based blogging, integrated with other social media, as a strategy to deploy the truth online and develop relationships aimed at sharing Jesus with our community.
Date: Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Location: Harding University, McInteer Room 349
Time: 9am-12noon
Speaker: Ryan Parsons
Program:
- 9-9:50 “A Case for Blogging”
- 10-10:50 “Blogging and Evangelism”
- 11-12 “Getting Started” Optional (bring your laptop)
http://churchblogtheory.wordpress.com
Internet Evangelism Month – Day 1
Today we embark upon a month long journey with the goal of enhancing internet based ministry and sharing the message of Christ.
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Monitoring Your Blog Traffic
Monitoring your blog traffic can be both a blessing and a curse. Before you begin, it is important to decide how you will handle this aspect of blogging. It is completely OK to skip this part if you feel that it may hinder your ministry.
Blessings
- Provides useful information about your readers
- General Location (city, state, country)
- How they found you (referrals from other blogs/websites)
- How long they spent on your blog
- How many times they have visited
Curses
- Statistics can become:
- Addicting
- Discouraging
- Statistics can cause:
- Pride and incorrect motives for blogging
Recommendations
- Set up an account with StatCounter.com
- Set up weekly email delivery of basic statistics
- Visit the site only once a month to look at detailed information
- Delete your StatCounter.com account immediately if you become prideful about your success, get addicted to checking the results or get discouraged and consider deleting your blog.
Conclusion
Statistics can be a useful tool in helping you evaluate your blogging but you should constantly evalute your actions and motives to ensure your blogging outreach is focused on bringing glory to God.
Internet Evangelism Month
Church Blog Theory announces the month of April as Internet Evangelism Month.
Our Purpose: To promote all forms of internet outreach but especially faith-based blogging as a strategy to improve the church’s presence online and to promote individual personal evangelism.
Our Goals:
- Increase awareness of internet based evangelism
- Invite and assist 30 new Christian bloggers to begin a blog with evangelistic focus.
- Conduct our 1st CBT class.
Get involved: Promote CBT and Internet Evangelism Month.
Add a CBT badge to your existing blog
Register a new blog with us as a part of Internet Evangelism Month
For more information or resources related to digital outreach see: Internet Evangelism Day
Post Idea – Movies
Most people watch several movies a year. If you write a post about a recent movie, chances are, you will be able to relate with the majority of the U.S. population.
Post Idea:
In a recent movie have you…
seen God?
seen someone’s search for God?
seen a struggle you accomplished with God’s help?
seen anything related to your walk with Christ?
Write your review and reflections in a post including scripture references. It would also be beneficial to put a picture of the movie poster at the top. Don’t forget to tag your post and include the title of the movie there.
I would encourage and challenge you to include movie reviews and reflections for each movie you watch from now on. If you really want to connect with today’s culture, movies are a great start.
Blessings in your blogging!
Expanding the Goals
This week we are expanding the goals of CBT, adding a third element.
1. Put the truth on the internet so that people can find it.
2. Use your blog as a springboard for one-to-one evangelism.
3. Utilize and facilitate the blog’s ability to be an encouragement to your brothers and sisters in Christ.
While 1 & 3 are the natural products of a sincere, Biblical, faith-based blog, the primary priority should focus on making personal connections and establishing spiritual friendships for the purpose of sharing the message of Christ.
Promoting your Blog
Promoting your blog to others is key to sharing the truth and developing spiritual relationships. In consideration of these strategies, one should never skip the easy or moderate levels. The easy and moderate levels are the most vital to participating in one-on-one evangelism. The advanced strategies center primarily on making your blog more global.
- Personal Invitation
- Include your blog link in your email signature
- Email an invitation to your contacts
- Put blog address on your business cards
- Link blog address on your family homepage
- Leave flier or business card directing people to your blog in your favorite coffee shop or local hangout
- Comment on other blogs ***VERY IMPORTANT – especially if you are able to identify bloggers in your own community***
- Integrate your blog with Facebook
- Ask your church to post links to member’s blogs on their website, in the bulletin and/or in the Sunday morning announcements
- Start a Facebook Group
- Join blogging communities Technorati and Blog Catalog
- Join StumbleUpon and stumble each of your blog posts
Fear of Posting? – New Podcast
Do you have fear of posting? Listen in for 3 strategies to help you end your fear so that you can blog boldly for the glory of God.
Theory – Revised
After a great deal of positive feedback from experienced and long term Christian bloggers, the theory behind CBT has been revised. In order to present the gospel in a way that connects with people of all walks of life, Christian blogs need to be more focused, personal, and real. There is power in integrating every day life and faith so that people can begin to connect on a deeper level. However, it is vital that all blogging harmonize around an obedient life following Jesus.
Please see the revision below.
Every Christian on the planet, who has a computer (or access to one), needs to start a blog. This blog should focus around some aspect of your life, whether it is your profession, hobby, family or simply your faith. Then, begin developing a weekly post about your walk with Christ integrated with your theme. Your goal is to share your faith through your every day life.
What are your thoughts, questions or feedback?