Looking through your analytics and metrics for the past year should be something you’re actively doing either this week or early in 2010.
You can learn a lot from your traffic, trust me.
Over the next few days I’ll be showcasing some of the traffic patterns and behind-the-scenes look at 2009 (hopefully if I’ve got the time between my studies…).
So, to start, here are the top 10 posts of 2009:
- If God text Messaged the 10 Commandments
- The 10 Commandments of Twitter
- Community Appreciation: Simpl3 Theme Release
- Passion City Church Goes Live February 15
- 10 Free Ministry Website Creation Tools
- The Reason Your Church Must NOT Twitter
- Twitter Icons and Images Galore
- YouVersion Goes Live, Like Live Live
- Top 10 Reasons Why People Leave Your Church Website (And the 1 Reason You Want Them To)
- Marriage is Like Video Sex via Skype as Online Church is To…
What do you think of the Top 10 Posts of 2009? Do you see any patterns? Any similarities? Anything shocking?
Good stuff.
i've been commenting on your blog for over a year now…i should have a plaque around here…just like they used to on the back of a pew…;)
we're going to revamp our commenter appreciation.. soon… stay tuned.
:p Lookin' forward to that!
word.
Love it. I'm a big fan of Top 10 posts and am looking forward to learning more from your trends over the past year. It's always a good idea to compare stats with others… just to get a feel for what's worked and why. Thanks for sharing and being authentic.
-Marshall Jones Jr.
sure thing! you know what…? it's easy to be authentic when you just spit out “what is”.
Twitter, twitter, tweet. Seems like you have struck the chord that people want to know about John. Say hello to Rick for me.
haha. i will! i stayed with him last night. big mistake…
I saw the picture of where he made you sleep. Someone with a true servant's heart would have given up their bed for the night.
ouch. retweet ftw!
It seems the number 10 is particularly effective…it's my new SEO strategy actually…haha no I'm kidding. But there are an uncanny number of "10" 's in that top 10 list.
seriously. lists are awesome.