August 24th, 2009 Newsletter

Well it seems that we are finally starting to get some nice warm summer weather and it is time for the kids to head back to school.

This newsletter will touch on the following topics:

• Website Updates - Updated Live Support Chat
• New Tutorials
• Website Promotion Tips - Part IV
• Client Spotlight

Website Updates

In our continuing effort to provide the best client experience possible, we have modified our Live Support Chat feature on our website. Now you can access our Live Support Chat from any page within our website simply by using our floating Live Support Chat window (located in the top left-hand corner of the site).

For more information on using our Live Support Chat feature, check out this Tutorial.

New Support Tutorials

We are constantly adding to our FAQ section as we receive questions from our clients. The latest two additions are:

• Where do I find extensions to enhance my Joomla site?
• Using our Live Support Chat feature

Website Promotion Tips

This is part IV of our installments on how to prmote your website and increase traffic. If you haven't received all of the versions of our newsletter, you can check back and see the ones that you have missed by clicking here. Now assuming that you have been following all of the suggestions in our previous newsletters, your website should be starting to get more traffic. But how do you know if more people are visiting your website? How do you fiind out what people are searching for when they do find your website and how do you know what they are looking at (and what they are not) while they are there? This is where website traffic tools come in.

There are several tools out there that will help you to track your site traffic as well as analyze that traffic and see how people are getting to yor website and what people are looking at while they are on your website. The first tool is checking out the website statistics that we provide with all of our hosting packages. Your website traffic is analyzed daily and the results posted to a secure area that only you can access. We have a tutorial in our FAQ section that shows you how to access your site statistics.

Now, if you want to take your website traffic analysis even further, there are other more advanced tools that are offered to do just that. Some of you may have heard of Google Analytics. This is a website traffic analysis tool that is offered by Google. You can get more information here:

• http://www.google.com/analytics/

Another service that offers amazing live site traffic analysis features is Woopra. Woopra offers a real-time website tracking and analysis tool that we use on our site to track our visitors. It helps us to optimize our meta tags and descriptions (based on how people are finding our site), see what people are looking at and even where in the world they are coming from. You can find more information on Woopra here:

• http://www.woopra.com

For assistance in integrating either of these analysis tools into your website, contact us and we can get you up and running quickly.

Client Spotlight

From time to time we like to spotlight one of our clients websites. We hope that you take a few minutes out of your busy day to check out not only the services that they offer, but also their website features and design (you may get ideas that you would like to use on your website).

In this newsletter we would like to spotlight one of our oldest clients - Energy Smart Canada. They are a local business that specializes in energy efficient building products and services ranging from tankless hot water heaters to high efficiency hot tubs. If you are looking to build a new home or renovate your current home, chances are they have products and knowledge that will save you money on your gas and electric bills.

We hope this mailing was helpful. If you found it useful, forward it to a friend. If you didn't, drop us a note and let us know how we can better answer your questions and meet your needs by using our contact form.

Jeff Meadows

Director

G4 Ventures Ltd.

http://www.g4v.com