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Archive | October, 2009

Link Love – Monday Morning Insight

Link Love – Monday Morning Insight

So it’s Friday, which means it must be time for some Monday Morning Insight.  If you are unfamiliar with Todd Rhoades, a respected friend of ours, you should spend some time on his blog. What we love the most about his amazing blog, is how he caters his content to leadership and the church.  As [...]

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First Impressions: Site receives a B for being well done overall but without a map/directions

First Impressions: Site receives a B for being well done overall but without a map/directions

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: Jacksonville, FL User Profile: Male 30 to 39 years old Caucasian Area Resident more than 11 years Attends [...]

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Copyrights (Part 2: Music)

Copyrights (Part 2: Music)

As a follow up on last week’s post about image copyrights, today’s discussion will focus on music copyrights and their impact on the church world. In recent years, the Christian music scene has exploded into mainstream society. Gone are the days where Christian music consisted solely of hymnals and “Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore.” With [...]

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Chili Cookoff!

Chili Cookoff!

Chili was brewing this past weekend at a local chili cook-off fundraiser for Casa Angelina- an orphanage in Guatemala. The faithHighway crew had its own chili cook-off team- Friggin’ Hot Chili. Andy, Adam, Greg and Stacy were the first to show up at the event and the first to get their pot of chili cooking.  [...]

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7 Sins of Twitter

7 Sins of Twitter

If you’re a tweeter, then you’re probably familiar with the many different types of tweeters out there. There are ones who Re-Tweet everything, there are ones who respond to everyone and there are ones who generate information with no intention of responding to anyone who tries to start a conversation. I recently read a blog [...]

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Link Love – Matthew Paul Turner

Link Love – Matthew Paul Turner

Named one of the Top 10 Tweeps by the MediaOutreach audience earlier this year, we wanted this week’s Link Love to feature Matthew Paul Turner (@jesusneedsnewpr). When we asked Matthew, author of JesusNeedsNewPR.com, if we could do a post about him, his response was refreshing. Filled with humility and gratitude, he said, “Thank you for [...]

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First Impressions: A+ site!

First Impressions: A+ site!

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: Bothell, WA User Profile: Female 18 to 24 years old Caucasian Area Resident 3 to 5 years Attends [...]

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Copyrights (Part I: Image Use)

Copyrights (Part I: Image Use)

After almost 3 years of working with churches to develop their websites, I’ve discovered that all churches, big and small, want their content to look the best it possibly can. Generally, the best way to accomplish this is by integrating written and visual content in a manner that is both informative and visually appealing. However, [...]

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Grades are for Twitter

Grades are for Twitter

Ever wonder how your tweets compare to other tweets? Are they loud enough? Are people reading them? Do you tweet too much? Not enough? If you haven’t already used Twitter Grader, you might want to give it a try. If for nothing else, it’s fun to see where you rank in Twitter-land. Go to http://twitter.grader.com [...]

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The Q: Should I use stock photos or my own photos?

The Q: Should I use stock photos or my own photos?

Today, Greg talks about the balance of using stock images and your own images on your site. He gives you advice about obtaining permission to use images of your people should you chose to go that route, or other considerations you need to make before using your own images. pic by dextr

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