Director's Report for 19 May 2011

Executive Director's Report for May 19, 2011

Membership Changes/Additional Fees:

(+ 60) Add Centerville Center Township Public Library as Not-for-Profit member.
Total Change: ( + 60)

Advertising/Marketing/Community Relations

Sent
1. WayNet News, featuring member updates
Wayne County Connections TV Show (Mentioned as "Producer"/Page)
Twittering - we now have 375 followers. Have sent 910 tweets.
Facebook - 198 people "like" our Facebook page
Attend College Success Coalition Committee meeting.

Issues & Projects for April/May

Sales emails, letters or discussion regarding membership with:
- sample
Planning/communication/taping for Wayne County Connections
Continue work on CSS Layout in Dreamweaver.
Met with Chamber regarding possible calendar options.
Filed 990N Federal Tax filing and NP-20 State Tax form.
Attended Staff meeting at Morrisson-Reeves Library.
Conducted usability tests on new layout. Extra thanks to Rob, Jodi and Beth!!
Content:
- Update Membership Listing to include Facebook and Twitter info.
- Continue working on content required for new layout.
- Check for broken links on multiple pages.
- Created new pages for new site to link to.
Administration:
- Converted phone system to Vonage.
Website Maintenance:
- Added/Removed members as required.
- Update logos, links, as requested.
- Review and update page links & calendar events, as necessary. Take photos.

My To-Do List:

Website Overhaul - continue basic layout/template setup, begin reorganizing folders and files, setup new pages as required for new layout, add auto file transfers to .htaccess as required.
Set up Internship/Volunteer Program
Ongoing: Schedule guests for County Connections.
Ongoing: Make calls on members/potential members
Review & update members email addresses
Ongoing: Continue to review & update web pages.

Log Analysis (as of April 30, 2011)
These figures were created by the AWStats program offered online by our web host. We also track usage with Google Analytics. For comparison, visitrichmond.org shared that their site received 3,678 visits in January 2011.

Monthly figures are posted on the Top Twenty page. Current average is 55,115 user sessions per month. Web page views are averaging 241,973. Users sessions decreased 15% after a 2% decrease in March. Page views experienced a 10% decrease in April after a 8% increase in March - remaining relatively steady.

1st Quarter 2011 - Quarterly figures for user sessions increased 11% from 4th Quarter. Page views increased by 1% in the first quarter following a 7% decrease in the fourth quarter.

2010 Yearly Figures show a 5% decrease to 689,268 users requesting 3,146,660 pages as compared to 723,398 users requesting 2,781,969 pages in 2009. This is a 5% decrease in users and a 13% increase in page views over 2009.

2009 = 723,298 2010 = 689,268

2009 = 2,781,969 2010 = 3,146,660

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