EGOS January 2009 Web Stats

Students Send Applications at Record Rates - For the month of January, 2010 Emily Griffith received 1,408 applications on the web site which equals about 45 applications/day. For comparison, 823 applications (26.5 applications/day) in December 2009 and 865 applications (28 applications/day) in August 2009 were received.

Web Visitors Navigate to Become Students - Of the approximately18,915 visits per month, 61% of visitors navigated to the first stage of application, marking the highest conversion rate since the measurement began.

Comparatively Speaking - In comparison with other Vocational & Continuing Education sites of a similar size, in January 2010 the site received:

Measure	Emily Griffith	Other Sites	Difference
Visits/month	18,915	6,303	200.10% higher
*Bounce Rate	22.64%	44.47%	49.10% lower
Average Time	5:23 min	2:51 min	88.58% higher
Pages/Visit	7.55	3.76	100.57% higher
New Visits	61.25%	60.57%	1.13% higher

*(visits in which the person left our site immediately – lower number is desirable)

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Pays Off- In October program page titles were added to the web site to help search engines find Emily Griffith pages better. Great news: it worked! The programs are more findable by Google. January was the best month for site usage for Visits, Pageviews, Pages/Visit, Bounce Rate, Average Time on Site and Percent of New Visits.

January’s Most Popular Program Pages by number of Pageviews:
1. LPN 2,269 (Dec. 1,491)
2. CNA 2,242 (Dec. 1,339)
3. Medical Assistant 1,009 (Dec. 636)
4. Pharmacy Tech 838 (Dec. 562)
5. GED 771 (Dec. 564)
6. Cosmetology 733 (Dec. 500)
7. Network Tech 673 (Dec. 428)
8. HVAC 651 (Dec. 348)
9. Welding 647 (Dec. 359)

10. Pro Sew 627 (Dec: 464)

January’s Top Traffic Sources:
Google.com search: 55.79%

Direct source (typed in url): 14.32%
Bing.com search: 7.97%
Yahoo.com search: 6.02%
Google (cpc): 1.86%

Microsoft Updates

Please allow your computers to update from Microsoft.

Those of you that still use INB (Banner) do not update to Internet Explorer 8 but all other updates will be okay.

If you have a question call Randy Redd @ 34862

The Discovery Channel Documentary Series

The Discovery Channel invites you to participate in an extraordinary, once-in-a-lifetime experience: in the second season of this critically acclaimed documentary series deemed a "social experiment," a group of 4-6 strangers must co-exist in a simulated, post-apocalyptic world. The world as you know it is gone - there is no water, no food, no communication, no power. It's now up to you and 6 strangers to fend for yourselves as you rebuild society and re-engineer the world as you once knew it.If you understand the science of survival, if you have a skill that would help you and others survive after a catastrophe, if you are ambitious, motivated, resourceful under pressure and willing to un-tap your personal ingenuity, we are looking for YOU. Join us in this true test of the human spirit.We are holding an open call audition on SATURDAY FEBRUARY 20th @ the Denver Pavilion's in Downtown Denver in the Wolfgang Puck space above Glenarm Place. Please come anytime between 10am-6pm!



Andrew Kimmel
Casting Associate
Metal Flowers Media
323.963.4224
www.metalflowersmedia.com

Calling Potential Students

You may experience potential students who say they received a phone call from us to come in and register or apply. In order to help fill our classes, the PR staff has been making phone calls to potential students who have sent an email to the web site. We are careful not to make appointments, but we do encourage the prospect to tell us when they will come in to register. This gives the prospect a clear action to take. The majority of the prospects we talk to are very happy to get a call and many have said they will register for classes! Thanks for your assistance getting the prospects into school.

Marla Rodriguez, PR Department

Reimbursement for Expenses

Employees can no longer be reimbursed through petty cash. To be reimbursed for expenses (pre-approved by your supervisor), please see the links below – these instructions and forms are also available on the staff intranet under Budget Forms.

Employee Request for Reimbursement Procedure
http://www.egos-school.com/intranet/public-file/stafffiles/budget/EmployeeRequestReimbProcedure.doc

Employee Request for Reimbursement Form
http://www.egos-school.com/intranet/public-file/stafffiles/budget/EmployeeRequestReimbursmentForm.xls

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Audrey Douthit
x34992

DENVER 8 TV - EMILLY GRIFFITH - GED CONNECTION

Denver 8 TV will be showing the GED Connection Television Series produced for PBS as being presented by Emily Griffith (with our logo) and Denver 8 TV. The programs air: Saturday, 9:30 am; Sunday, 9:30 am and 10:00 pm; Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 7:30 am and 4:30 pm. I called Alan DeLollis, Office of Telecommunications to inquire about the programs and he came to visit our classroom. He was very impressed and wanted to air the programs with information about EGOS and contact information for classes, which runs at the beginning and end of the program. Check it out, nothing like free advertising.

It is series of 39 half hour programs covering all the subject matter addressed on the GED test and the programs will cycle three times a year.

Jo Jansen
GED Instructor/ Graduation Coordinator
Emily Griffith High School
1250 Welton Street
Denver, Colorado 80204
Ph: 720/423-4807
Fx: 720/423-4809

Grant Writers Needed

We are looking for a few innovative, intelligent , and motivated people who have grant-writing experience or who would like to learn to write proposals for dollars to expand and/or enhance our programs at Opportunity School. If you are interested in participating in this exciting project, please contact Jan Raymond at 34721 or janice_raymond@dpsk12.org. We will be putting together a team in mid-February. Remember......you do not need to have experience or expertise. You will learn everything you need to know to be a part of the team.

Thank you,
Sharron