Media Outreach

Picking the Right Domain Name

Picking the right domain name for your church is an important part of your website development process. It can help make you more memorable or if it’s too confusing, keep potential visitors from ever finding your site. Here are some tips that can help in selecting a great domain name: 1. Try to select a domain [...]

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This Month’s Staff Picks

Here are the top three sites hand picked by faithHighway staff based on graphic design, use of content, or other outstanding features. The Bridge of Lubbock Lubbock, TX http://www.bridgeoflubbock.org Liberty Christian Church Havelock, NC http://www.libertync.org/ Down the Alley Bistro Georgetown, TX http://www.downthealleybistro.com/

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Content Tips: Don’t Double Stuff

I’ve had a few pastors ask me how to maximize the content areas of their site. These are usually the pastors and administrators who find themselves staring at a blank screen for hours on end, thinking, “Where do I begin?!” To those I say, “Don’t cast away your confidence.” I have some personal tips that [...]

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Featured Site: Hatchbend Apostolic Church

Hatchbend Apostolic Church in Branford, FL is a family of believers that believes in ministering to the needs of everyone that God brings their way. With a rich Pentecostal history that dates back to the 40’s, their purpose is to meet the spiritual, emotional, and social needs of people. By committing to provide a fellowship [...]

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Branding Your Church: Going Beyond Your Logo Part 3

The last few days we have been discussing the true meaning of branding and how that applies to your church or ministry. Here is the conclusion of that discussion: If you are a church with an exploding youth program, there are certain things you can do to communicate that. Start off with your website. Don’t give [...]

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Branding Your Church: Going Beyond Your Logo Part 2

Yesterday, we started discussing the true meaning of branding and left you with some questions to consider, as you look at your own church marketing strategy. Here is the continuation of that discussion. You might be asking yourself what these questions have to do with branding. The answer is a simple one. What is the first [...]

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Branding Your Church: Going Beyond Your Logo

Branding is: “The sum total of a company’s value, including products, services, people, advertising, positioning, and culture.” - Webster’s New Millennium™ Dictionary of English* In the last issue of the faithHighway Ezine, church branding was the main topic of discussion. This article brought to home the idea that church branding is more than just what you say about [...]

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September’s Great Church Websites

Already this month, we have had some great church websites go live! Eaton Church of the Brethren is up first. Eaton COB is located in Eaton, Ohio. Eaton COB started out in a basic Kings theme site but jazzed it up a bit with several flash pieces. Eaton COB also takes advantage of several great tools [...]

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Turn your website into your community’s homepage.

The number of visitors on your website relates directly to the number of visitors through your church’s front doors.  For as important as eye-popping graphics are in generating initial excitement among your visitors, even more important is getting your visitors to return time and time again. To state the obvious, not every page on your website [...]

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How do I use Windows Media Player to convert my files to .mp3?

If you have the audio file on a CD it is very simple to rip it to a .mp3 file using Windows Media Player: First you will want to open up WMP (Windows Media Player) without the CD in your computer so that you can change some settings for “ripping”. If you click on the “Rip” menu [...]

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