A practice that I would love to see more ministry leaders learn is reserving/acquiring digital assets (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook) for themselves and their ministries EVEN IF THEY NEVER USE IT! About.me is a new web product that still has many undisclosed features/uses, but one of the public features is a personal profile page that points …
If you recently started sharing blog posts and pages on Facebook and Twitter here are some things you will need to know… CHANGE YOUR PERMALINKS! (WordPress users) Permalinks are the permanent urls to your posts and pages that you create. If you do not change the settings they will follow this structure: The end of …
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Don’t miss the opportunity to claim your ministry place on facebook! It’s one more way that new people can find and explore your ministry online! Here’s how: You’ll need someone with a smart phone (Android or iPhone easiest) Have that person go to the place where your ministry MEETS (not the place where your staff …
A Facebook Page used strategically and intentionally can be exponentially more effective than a traditional ministry website. I hosted a quick webinar for some campus ministers on how using a Facebook Fan page dramatically improves both external and internal communication. Facebook Fan Page Training for Ministry View more presentations from New Media Strategies–Campus Crusade for …
Is Online Church Really church? No is it REALLY church? Chris Brogan, social media marketing guru and self confessed spiritual seeker attended Lifechurch.tv this weekend and blogged about it. “Some of you might be thinking that an online church might feel cold. On the contrary, I felt totally warm and invited. Lots and lots of …
Gowalla and Foursquare are fun! You should try them both for a week. Places powerfully unite and connect people–I believe online it has the same potential. At this point there simply are not enough users to warrant a wide spread call to integrate them into ministry as with Facebook and YouTube, but right now is …
We have a tremendous opportunities to use social media to complement existing ministry events AND create a higher level of intent among students that do not know Christ. In June I presented to Campus Crusade students from the Caribbean on using social media as a tool for ministry rather than a toy. Here’s the slides …
Chris Brogan talked about the challenges of commuting to work in a big city. His video challenged me to think about areas where I am unnecessarily commuting. Sadly I have to admit that I’m still commuting many of my resources. When you think about the best resources you have are they being shared mostly/only with …
“The red spots on this video show the focus of eyes of someone looking at their Newswall on Facebook. This shows the power of status updates on Facebook for individuals and Businesses. Notice too people looking at the inbox and notifications area. (Personal data blurred out obviously)”–From this post on Facebook research. If you are …
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I met Vince at SXSWI this Spring. He’s an Internet Pastor (click here to see his online church site) in Austin and shares in the video helpful Twitter etiquette in relation to following vs not following back people who follow you, as well as what your “Twitter Ratio” communicates to those who visit your Twitter …
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