10 Ways to Turn People On, Online

1. Use your home page to tell people what’s going to happen at your church this weekend. Post your message title and one line that clearly defines it, or post your message titles for the month. If you’ve scheduled a guest speaker, concert, workshop or class, include that info on your home page.
2. If you [...]

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Stopping at red lights

Clients ask often: Is Facebook safe? Is Twitter safe? Most have seen articles such as this one posted last weekend at CNN.com: Facebook, Twitter crooks just a click away.
My answer is always: It depends, and it depends a lot on you.
While there are no guarantees online, just as there are none in life, you can [...]

Your next new members are looking for you on the web

Facebook… twitter… LinkedIn… meetup.com… unitysocial.com…
 
On Wednesday, May 27, we can walk you through the basics of these social networks so that the people in your city who are using them can find you.
 
If you’ve already registered for our introduction to social networking webinar, congratulations on taking an easy but very important step to growing your ministry!
 
If [...]

“Every Christian Should Read This”

UNChristian, a new book based on groundbreaking research into the perceptions of 16- to 29-year-olds, reveals that “Christianity has an image problem.” Many young people see Christians as judgmental, homophobic, hypocritical and insensitive, according to the book that quotes a wide range of well-known mainstream Christian leaders.
“Every Christian should read this, and it likely will [...]

The best time to send email

If your ministry sends email to congregants, you’ll get the best response if you send it evenings and weekends instead of weekdays. 
A recent newsletter from iContact offered the following tips for good timing of email messages:
“Everyone has his or her own preferred time to deal with email, but we’ve found that some times are significantly better than [...]