Social Media and Ministry – 4 Common Myths Busted

Mashable.com did a great post about 4 myths of social media and business. Mashable: 4 Myths About Social Media and Business After reading it, I started thinking about how these principles might apply in a ministry context. MYTH #1: My Ministry Needs to Have a Presence On EVERY Social Media Outlet Sure, you want to [...]

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Installing WordPress Plugins

Plugins are a great way to customize the look and functionality of any WordPress blog. They’re an easy way to do things like add Facebook functionality to your blog, block spam from your comments, and embed fill-in forms into your pages, just to name a few. WordPress makes it really easy to search for and [...]

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Free Web Building Tutorials at W3Schools

W3Schools is an amazing website featuring tons of free web building tutorials. If you’re looking for a handy reference for html, css, and all things computer code, W3Schools is a good one. Check it out – w3schools.com

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Events Pages-Keeping Information Visible With Categories and Category Pages

You may have noticed that we have additional pages on our blog where the blog posts on our front page reappear, organized by categories. If you’re using the Thesis theme for WordPress, those category pages are really easy to set up, and can be useful for keeping information visible and accessible to your audience. For [...]

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How To Use Facebook To Grow Your Ministry

Check out this great interview with Jeff Widman, a Facebook and marketing expert, about how to use Facebook to grow your brand and business. He makes some great points about how to maximize your visibility on Facebook, and some of the distinctions between fan pages and groups. How to use Facebook to Grow Your Brand: [...]

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YouTube Your Way to Ministry Unity

It can be difficult to connect students in your ministry to each other, especially if they are different ages or do not live close to each other. Producing videos is not only an awesome and effective way of communicating with your students but can provide a unique opportunity to unify the students within your ministry. [...]

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Everything You Every Wanted to Know About WordPress

If you’re new to WordPress, be sure to check out the WordPress Codex – codex.wordpress.org. Like any manual, it can be a little overwhelming and sort of a dry read at times. But almost everything you’ve ever wanted to know about WordPress can be found there.

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Event Tracking With Google Analytics

Google Analytics work by sampling the activity on your site each time a page is viewed. However, in some situations where a visitor follows a link to a downloadable file or follows an ‘outbound link’ (that points to a page outside your site), Google Analytics will not automatically record the relevant information; this is because [...]

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Using the Like Button on Facebook

The Like button on Facebook seems trivial but can be a powerful tool for online ministry. Seriously. Everything added or subtracted to Facebook has a clear purpose: “To help you connect and share with friends.” What happens when you like something? The post/photo/video that you liked get “pushed” to the newsfeed of all of your [...]

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Using Facebook Effectively for Ministry

This is an excerpt from a webinar that focused on the differences between a fan page and group page, the viral action created by using a fan page, as well as tips for how to train students to use facebook for minstry. Check out our other Facebook related posts and videos for more info. Brian [...]

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