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…)
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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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.
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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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:
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:
There are a couple apps that I see discussed here and there that are becoming quite popular. They are Notify.app and Google Notifier. What these applications do are create icons on your computer that will alert you if you have a new email message. I used them both for a while, but I don’t anymore. I also took email off of my phone. Here’s why:
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I have had my WordPress sites hacked in the past, and I have a good friend who was just hacked as well. Most WordPress hacks are pretty harmless, and more annoying than anything. But if you are trying to build your website and gain the trust of your visitors, it probably doesn’t do you any favors by having a malware warning pop up when people try to access your site. Here are a few tips to help you keep your WordPress site safe and secure:
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I came across these two videos this week, and I was inspired by the amount of passion these two guys have. It got me thinking, what fires me up like this? Do I pour myself into ANYTHING as much these guys pour themselves into their passions?
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There are dozens of great Twitter applications on the market today. Many of them have started to integrate support for other social media services. One of the new kids on the blog is a Mac application called Socialite. Socialite is fully featured social media app that gives the old school apps a run for their money.
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