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New Site Launched: West Salem Foursquare Church

Posted on Friday, February 12th, 2010

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West Salem Foursquare Church

I recently finished a pro­ject for West Salem Fours­quare Church in Salem, OR (my home church). It was awe­some wor­king with the lead pastor and the youth pastor to pull this site together.
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I Don’t Hate Mondays

Posted on Monday, February 8th, 2010

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Depressed Office Worker

I was sit­ting in Star­bucks this mor­ning when a young guy came up to the coun­ter. When the Barrista asked him how he was he grun­ted and said “I hate Mon­days”. He couldn’t have soun­ded more pathe­tic if he wanted to. He acted as if waking up Monday mor­ning was like a trip to the elec­tric chair. If you hate what you do each week so much — DON’T DO IT! (more…)

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What’s Your Magical Retweet Number?

Posted on Thursday, January 28th, 2010

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Mine is 17.

Your magi­cal ret­weet number is the amount of cha­rac­ters you need to leave at the end of your tweet in order to get ret­wee­ted. It will be dif­fe­rent based on your Twit­ter name. Here’s how I came up with the for­mula for the magi­cal ret­weet number: (more…)

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New Site Launched: Taptu Mobile Blog

Posted on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Taptu is a mobile search com­pany based out of the UK. They recently con­tac­ted me to rede­sign their blog. Their goal was to inte­grate the blog with their ove­rall bran­ding and incor­po­rate the various social media tools used by the com­pany. Some of the fea­tu­res of the new blog are: (more…)

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Joining Others in the CFCC

Posted on Sunday, January 24th, 2010

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I was recently asked by Cynthia Ware from the Center for Church Com­mu­ni­ca­tions to be a part of a small group of crea­tive indi­vi­duals across the country to help sup­port and pro­mote ministry comm pro­fes­sio­nals. I am exci­ted about this oppor­tu­nity to help those who are sprea­ding the gospel through crea­tive means. (more…)

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What is Your Web Strategy?

Posted on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Many com­pa­nies (churches and minis­tries inc­lu­ded) are anxious to build a great web­site, but have not thought about stra­tegy. They have gran­diose ideas about what their web­site will look like, but they have not thought about the pur­pose behind the web­site.
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New Logo & Postcard Design: Eight

Posted on Saturday, January 9th, 2010

I don’t market myself as a logo or post­card desig­ner. I try to stick to web­si­tes. But when my church (West Salem Fours­quare) asked me to design this logo and post­card I was more than happy. This is for a young adult group that is going to start mee­ting this year.

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Seven Things That Make Working From Home Awesome

Posted on Friday, January 8th, 2010

Since we bought our new home in Octo­ber, I have been wor­king from my home office a lot more (as oppo­sed to local coffee shops). There are some great bene­fits to wor­king from home. Here are a few items that made the tran­si­tion easy for me:
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New Site Launched: 7Fourteen.org

Posted on Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

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I com­ple­ted this web­site over 5 days right before Christ­mas. The site is for a prayer cam­paign being run by the Fours­quare church during 2010. Some of the main fea­tu­res of the site are:

  • Built using WordPress
  • Invi­ta­tion Form to invite people to rally behind the cause
  • Area to share pra­yers on the site
  • Built using the 960 Grid System

Visit the 7Fourteen Website

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Don’t Want Followers on Twitter? Here’s How!

Posted on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009


When it comes to Twit­ter, I am fairly libe­ral with who I’ll follow. But there is are a couple things you can do to ensure I won’t follow you. Here are my top no-follow guarantees:

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