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!
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.
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.
Using Your Blog with Facebook
Facebook is a social networking site that now has 150 million active users. Many of you who use the internet regularly are already connected at Facebook. If you aren’t, I would encourage you to do so. Why? Because you can get connected with family, neighbors, co-workers and even long lost friends who need to hear the gospel. Thousands of people are re-connecting after years of silence and Facebook has facilitated that.
With the new friends and connections you have on Facebook, you can start using this media to link up your blog and let your light shine. The average user on Facebook has an average of 100 friends. More than likely, several of those are Christians. Even more likely, many of them need to hear the saving message of Jesus. If they are going to hear, it is necessary to link Facebook with the blog where you are sharing God’s truth.
So the big question is…how?
Let’s get started.
1st – Include your blog in your Facebook profile.
- Go to the information section under your profile picture
- Click on the pencil in the top Right corner and choose edit information
- Open the Contact information section and paste the address for your blog under website
- Save it and now you have a link to your blog for everyone who looks at your Facebook profile
Next we will discuss how to Import your blog into Facebook Notes.
CBT is now on Facebook. We would love for you to join our group and participate by sharing links and participating in discussions.
Feel free to contact us with any questions you might encounter while integrating your blog with Facebook.