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Starting a Blog: My One Year Adventure
Image by Cambodia4kidsorg This is a guest post by Ikechi Awazie. My first experience with blogging started when I volunteered to create a website for my church (Foursquare Gospel Church Itire). Like every newbie, I was not sure if I could succeed so I studied a lot of material on blogging but I still had to take the plunge. So with a lot of doubt in my mind, I created my church’s website. It’s been a year now; my church’s website has received comments, we have received emails from other churches across the globe asking us to join them for a mission outreach and just recently my church’s site was added to a directory by an international bible school. I will like to encourage others who want to create a website for their church but feel they don’t have the skill and technical knowledge; here is what I learned in my one year of blogging: Smart Work Hard work is not enough to be successful in blogging and if you are not careful, hard work can lead to a wasted effort. Smart wor
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Micro-consulting: Another Innovative Opportunity for Ministry and Business
Proverbs 16:16 says, How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver! Three thousand years later, we exchange a significant amount of our gold for wisdom and insight in books, coaching, consultants, colleges, seminaries and more. It s the information economy. If you re an expert on something, people are willing to pay you for your expertise. The Internet continues to fuel innovation in the information economy, making possible new ways for the expert and the expert-seeker to connect and exchange wisdom and knowledge. Some of these innovations include online learning and ebooks. The latest innovation is micro-consulting. One place its being facilitated is Maven.co. Take a look: Google+ appears primed to take things one step further with Helpouts: The idea of micro-consulting is still in its infancy and Helpouts aren t even available yet, but I see lots of great opportunity here. The micro-consulting itself has a lot of possibilities, but beyond that, it could
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Monday, August 19, 2013
August SEO Update: Google Says “No” to Child Porn Warnings, Makes Other Changes
A couple weeks ago the Prime Minister of the UK, David Cameron, expressed his concern about how much child pornography. He asked Google and Bing to help block it. Bing and Google responded. How? This and other Google updates.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChristianWebTrends/~3/NF4m-J5y1sg/Friday, August 16, 2013
Take a Stand Against Vertical Video Syndrome!
No doubt you’ve seen people shooting videos with their phones held vertically. Well, someone has finally created a video to try to put an end to this growing problem.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChristianWebTrends/~3/ukxBPrjmyd8/Wednesday, August 14, 2013
13 Myths about Social Media and Church #ChSocM
What are the greatest myths/falsehoods about social media & church?
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChristianWebTrends/~3/G4vcoNVGVyM/Tuesday, August 13, 2013
How to Get Your Church or Ministry Email Read in Gmail’s New Inbox Tabs
Recently Gmail introduced a new tabbing system for its inbox which has caused a lot of communications and marketing people to freak out. Here's what you can do about it...
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Get Daily Devotionals on the Go (& in Video) with the 2 Minute Pastor App
"2-Minute Pastor" Neil Franks needs just a little bit of a person's time to inject some biblical truth into them through a smartphone app that allows busy people to still get their daily dose of devotional.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChristianWebTrends/~3/OiS_RZyk3jk/Tuesday, August 6, 2013
American Bible Society Phases Out ForMinistry, Recommends OurChurch.Com
The ABS announced that it will be shutting down ForMinistry.com and is recommending that organizations that have built their websites on its platform transition to OurChurch.Com.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChristianWebTrends/~3/epqoKle-ZeA/Thursday, August 1, 2013
Loving Support of Injured Girl Bridges Real & Virtual World
When a Texas girl was injured, a Facebook post sparked an outpouring of support both online and offline.
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