Media Outreach

Best Practices: Contact and Directions

Perhaps one of the most heavily trafficked pages of any church website is the contact & directions page. Whether you have 50 or 500 members, website visitors are always going to need quick and easy access to locating and contacting the church. Here are a few tips that’ll help you utilize that area to the [...]

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Trendy Tuesday: Twictionary

If you’re a newbie or somewhat of a newbie to the Twitter epidemic (Twepidemic??), then you’ve probably scratched your head at some of the new vocabulary people are incorporating into their daily lives. It’s interesting to me how quickly a word’s use spreads and becomes the norm. So, if you were like me when you [...]

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The Q: Why don’t I have more font options?

Greg talks about why content management systems limit the use of non-standard fonts on websites. Since computers are limited to a default number of fonts included within each version of their operating system, people entering content can often face this challenge of wanting better looking text with limited options. In today’s “the Q”, we explain [...]

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Terrible Spaghetti = Free Logo

Hosting a “singles” Valentine’s Day party during my sophomore year in college, I had no idea what I was in for.   I had invited all of the college interns from our church over for a night with games and food, keeping our minds off our blaring singleness. I was rushing around in my tiny kitchen, trying [...]

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Twitter shortcuts

Not too long ago, I wrote an article about Twitter shortcuts that got a lot of attention. So much so, if you Google “twitter shortcuts”, the article comes up at a respectable second place. In our weekly blog meeting, this was brought up. And I shamelessly proclaimed my editing genius until I realized people were [...]

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First Impressions: Graphically Unexciting and No Statement of Beliefs results in a C+

First Impressions is facilitated through Guest Reflections. People are asked to pick a website from a church in their area at random and review it. These sites may or may not be powered by faithHighway. Church Location: Waxhaw, NC User Profile: Female 50 to 59 years old Caucasian Area Resident 6 to 10 years Attends Church 2 or more [...]

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Best Practices: Communication

Perhaps one of the most important factors in web design is clear communication between you and your project manager / designer. Web design is an incredibly subjective process, and without good communication, it’s possible that asking for something could produce results that are completely different than you were expecting. Here are some tips on how [...]

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Trendy Tuesday

RIP Patrick Swayze- Swayze died at age 57 after a battle with cancer. Our thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family. Twitter Closing New- Twitter hopes to raise around $50 million with a new group of startups from private ventures. New Moon- The next in the Twilight Saga movies…Comes out in Nov. 2009. [...]

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The Q: What makes a good welcome video?

Today, Greg talks about many of the mistakes churches make in their welcome videos. If not planned properly, a welcome video can turn prospective visitors away from our churches. By planning ahead and loosening up, we can greatly increase the chance for making a successful welcome video. pic by falln_angel

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Top 10 Tweep Results

The votes are in folks!  See who the MediaOutreach audience deemed the best Tweeps to follow. @JesusNeedsNewPR - Matthew Paul Turner, Author of Churched. http://jesusneedsnewpr.blogspot.com/. “He is an author and a wonderful commentator on the Christian sub-culture.” @tonymorganlive – Tony Morgan, West Ridge Church. http://TonyMorganLive.com/. “He posts challenging and inspiring articles that he has found, as well [...]

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