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A New Tab Added to 121 Connector Training

I am very pleased to share with you a feature that many of our 121 Connectors have been asking for.   On the left side of this Main Menu Page, there is a Connector Training Tab, and listed under it are five labels that deal with very specific areas of training information for our 121 Connectors.

The newest and very important of the labels in the list is the 3rd one, "121 Connector Protocal Guide."    This guide will help you to understand the mission and vision of this ministry and what our expectations are for you as a 121 Connector.   There is a list of Article Titles, that zero in on what you may be looking for.  Please be sure to look at each article so you can be better equipped to reply to the many Inquirers that appear in the Team Queues each day.

God bless,

Don Scheske
Director, 121 Connections

Internet Definitions We Use @ 121 Connections

(For more information about Internet terms and definitions go to:  http://www.webopedia.com/

As all of you know, we regularly use terms that identify the responses to our web sites. For my own benefit I reviewed the definitions below. I thought I would share these definitions with you. You may think of other terms that we need to define carefully. The largest figure that we report is our unique visitors. Let's discuss how "conversion rate" relates to the other two figures we report. George

Hit

(1) Also called a page hit. The retrieval of any item, like a page or a graphic, from a Web server. For example, when a visitor calls up a Web page with four graphics, that's five hits, one for the page and four for the graphics. For this reason, hits often aren't a good indication of Web traffic. Compare with page view.
(2) Any time a piece of data matches criteria you set. For example, each of the matches from a Yahoo or any other search engine search is called a hit.
Unique Visitors

Unique visitors are actual users of your website or viewing your web pages. They are usually counted by IP address and user agent string. Unique visitor counts are normally much lower that "hits" to your web site. This is because one visitor may view 10 or more pages which would count as hits, but would still be one user.

Page View

Each time a user visits a Web page, it is called a page view. Page views, also written "pageviews," are tracked by website monitoring applications to record a website's traffic. The more page views a website has, the more traffic it is receiving. However, since a page view is recorded each time a Web page is loaded, a single user can rack up many page views on one website. Therefore, unique page views are commonly tracked to log the number of different visitors a website receives in a given time period.

Page views are commonly confused with website hits. While people often use the term "hit" to describe a page view, technically a hit is recorded for each object that loads during a page view. For example, if a Web page contains HTML, two images, and a JavaScript reference, a single page view will record four hits. If a page contains over two hundred images, one page view will record over two hundred hits.

Page views are more similar to impressions, which are commonly tracked by online advertisers. Page views and impressions may be identical if one advertisement is placed on each page. However, if multiple ads are positioned on each page, the number of ad impressions will be greater than the number of page views.

Conversion Rate

Definition:  The percentage of visitors who take a desired action.
Information:  The desired action can take many forms, varying from site to site. Examples include sales of products, membership registrations, newsletter subscriptions, software downloads, or just about any activity beyond simple page browsing.
A high conversion rate depends on several factors, all of which must be satisfactory to yield the desired results -- the interest level of the visitor, the attractiveness of the offer, and the ease of the process.
The interest level of the visitor is maximized by matching the right visitor, the right place, and the right time.
The attractiveness of the offer includes the value proposition and how well it is presented. It is worth noting that small, impulse items typically have a higher conversion rate than large, shopping items.
The visitor's ease of completing the desired action is dependent on site usability which includes intuitive navigation and fast loading pages.

Dr. George Flattery

Breaking News!!

God has made it possible to return to 100% or our advertising budget online for the Journey Answers websites.  As a result, the number of inquiries is becoming greater by the day.  Please log-in to www.team10million.com daily to check the flow of inquirers into your queue.

Thank you for your faithfulness and your continued assistance in connecting to inquirers.   Your encouragement will help the inquirer to grow in the Lord.

If an inquirer asks for information re a church location, please refer that request back to me. For your information I have access to National Church leaders, and missionaries around the world who can help me locate a local church.  God bless,

Don Scheske

1.  To an inquirer who has made a commitment or re-commitment to Christ: Copy and paste into your email, then edit.

[add these paragraphs to your email, by copying and pasting it into your e-responders email ]

It is my desire to see you grow spiritually and find fellowship with other believers such as yourself. The fellowship, and long lasting friendships you can gain are countless. We provide many Bible Studies to teach you the ways of the Lord from youth to seniors. This type of teaching is so vital for your spiritual growth in the world we live today.

I would like to have you be my guest at one of our local church's in your area. I will provide the location information to you, if you would send me the following information:
Your Country, State/Province, City and a contact phone number, if you have one. I can then begin to do my search and try to locate a church near you. If you know that there is an Assembly of God Church in your area, that is where I would recommend you attend. Please let me know if you would like me to help you more. God bless you!

Thank you for contacting with us via www.journeyanswers.com. Please take time to go back to the website with an open mind and discover the joy of committing yourself to "pray the prayer" and connect with us telling us that you have received Christ into your life.  God Bless You

2.  To an inquirer who has a question or prayer request:  Copy and paste, into your email, then edit.

If the inquirer has asked a question, [copy the question into your text] and give a short answer with help from the FAQ tool.

If the inquirer has a special prayer request, say;  [copy and paste]  I would like to ask you to pray with me by reading the following prayer out loud!  Dear God, ...........(your own prayer)

I would like to have you be my guest at one of our local church's in your area.   I will provide the location information to you, if you would send me the following information:
Your Country, State/Province, City and a contact phone number, if you have one.   I can then begin to do my search and try to locate a church near you. If you know that there is an Assembly of God Church in your area, that is where I would recommend you attend. Please let me know if you would like me to help you more.  Thank you for contacting with us via www.journeyanswers.com. God bless you!

Temporary Inquirer Decline

First of all I would like to congratulate you for the fine work you are doing by replying to Inquirers that appear in your team queue.  So many of our volunteer connectors have been faithful in checking in every day to see who might be in their queue and from where!   It's always a thrill for me to see Inquirers from the ends of the earth seeking to know more about God or desire to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

During the past two weeks we've seen a decline in the number of Inquirers coming into our team queues.  This will continue for at least another 10 days or so.  Our President saw the need to adjust our investment in Google Ad Words temporarily.  Project 10Million's goal is to reach 2 million people by Oct 15^th, 2010.  As we soon start to increase the budget again your services will be need more than ever.

As a result this adjustment, there are fewer Inquirers showing up in your team queues.    Please do not be concerned, our e-responder system is not broken.  Keep checking your queue, as Inquirers are coming into the system, but, at a lower rate.   Please pray with us for the Lord to provide the funding so we not miss one opportunity to reach the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

If you have any questions or encounter any problems, do not hesitate to contact me.

God bless you,

Don Scheske, 121 Connections Manager
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Past The 1,000,000th Person To View The Gospel!

6:01 AM, February 16, 2010........................The 1,000,000th person viewed the Gospel through a presentation made available by Project 10Million. Imagine one million people walking through the front door of your church in sixteen months. Praise God for the ability to spread his word in unusual ways.

Only eternity will reveal the final results of those unique visitors who spent time on a Network211 evangelism web site. What we do know is that 339 people from the United Arab Emirate have received salvation; 258 in Pakistan; 102 in China; 101 in Saudi Arabia; and 66 in Qatar.

These are not just statistics but actual people with whom our staff members interact and develop relationships. Here is an example of the interaction between one of our staff and a new believer in India:

"I am so happy to hear of your continued growth in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. You have grown from the computer ministry to now having fellowship with our other brothers and sisters in the Lord. Although you are now in church with Bro Samuel in Mumbai, I want you to stay in contact with me as you grown in the Lord. Bro Samuel will assist in this journey you started some time back with me. Please stay in touch with me and continue to seek God's will in your life as we have discussed when you came to Project 10 Million some months back. The door has been opened to you Romel. Do not forget the things we have discussed through Project 10 Million. These fundamental teachings of God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit will continue to guide you through this journey that we all are on. You can still continue to contact me so I know how you are doing. I hope to hear great things that God is doing in India the next time we speak."

Please visit www.project10million.com. Note the newly available additions in the left-hand menu. These new additions include the following options:

1.      Link your site-Find everything you need to know about placing a button linking to Project 10Million evangelism on your web site. Every church that places our evangelism button on their web site provides Project 10Million a better position with Google Ad words.

2.      Promotions-There are videos and logos are available for you to help us promote Project 10Million.

3.      Donate to Network211 on line. Empower us to reach people on the Internet for Christ.

In His service, 
Carley M. Touchstone, Director of Development, Network211

Updating 121 Tools

During the last few day I have been updating the 121Tools.com website.   Hopefully, by re-arranging the banners on the left, I was able to make it easier for you to find what you are looking for.  Please click the "Connector Tools" banner where you will find info on how to send ideas and suggestions to make the 121 Connector ministry system better.

Thanks to the Head Coaches, Team Coaches and all the Connectors who are making the 121 Connection ministry such a tremendous success.   Do you realize that up to this moment 30,409 inquirers have been followed-up since 10/15/08!   We are, together, making a difference in the world.

Thanks for your help

Don Scheske, Interim Director

121 Connectors  logging in to www.team10million

Welcome to 121 Connector Tools

This site is designed to provide 121 Connectors with additional tools to help them better serve inquirers from all over the world.  The 121 Connections User Manual is a PDF file that you can print for handy reference.

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    3.  You will see a Add an Article link in the User menu. Click that link and edit your Article.   Please enter the question in the title field and your answer in the editor space.

    4. NOTE: your answer will be reviewed by our editorial team and once approved will be included in the list of Frequently Asked Questions.

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