Media Outreach

August in Review

I feel the older I get, the quicker the months pass. I’m sure it’s the same for you…Time flies. Kids are back in school…the weather is cooling off (well, not in Austin), leaves are changing, fall programs are kicking off and the fall/winter routine is settling in. Here are some of our favorite blog posts from August…in [...]

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Blog Review: Are We Building Bench-Riding Believers?

A blog post on Church Marketing Sucks’ blog by Brian Gaffney caught my attention this week. (disclaimer: we advertise with CMSucks- but I didn’t choose this blog because of that.) In his post, Brian Gaffney, talks about the messages your church marketing materials are sending. He relates it to a sports team and how the coveted [...]

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The Real Faces of Facebook

Ever since Facebook was launched in 2004, I’ve been a member. I remember the buzz around the Texas Tech (Wreck ‘em!) campus when everyone was signing up.  Terms like, “Facebook me” and “tag me” weren’t quite a part of our everyday language, yet. But…one thing I learned right from the start was that you could wear [...]

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What you need to know about Facebook’s new feature: Places

This new feature on Facebook allows users to “check in” at different locations and then send a post to the user’s Facebook account informing everyone of their location. Other applications comparable to this feature include Gowalla and Foursquare. The feature also allows users to tag their friends in their location and allows users to see which of [...]

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Blog Review: 40 Ways You Can Invite People to Church

I ran across this blog post- 40 Ways You Can Invite People to Church by Michael Lukaszewski and thought there were some good ideas on inviting people to church. Click on the link above to read the whole list. Some of my favorite ones were: Dress up like a Star Wars character wherever there are people and take [...]

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Made to be You!

Yesterday I spent 12 hours staring at a teleprompter and green screen- listening to the same script over and over.  I had never done that before and I quickly realized that I was not made to work in a film studio. Maybe if I was designing a set or directing, I could do it.  My [...]

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Confessions of a News Junkie

For the last two weeks, I haven’t watched TV nor have I had access to the Internet in my apartment. My roommate recently moved out and a new one moved in, but we haven’t set up the new cable/Internet service. Not for a lack of trying…that’s another story.  It’s okay, though.  I don’t watch that [...]

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Technology: How do you use it?

I thought it would be fun to gather some random information on how our readers use technology. Please fill out our 1 minute survey by clicking the link below: Click here to take survey Photo By: Cyrillicus

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July in Review

Here are our top posts for July…just in case you missed them! Five Ways to Ruin Your Website- Well, self explanatory, really. Ways Social Media has been used for the Good of Others- a positive look into some different ways social media has had a positive effect. First Impressions- Site that needs graphic work receives a B- a [...]

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Simplicity

If you’re a seamstress, then, to you, Simplicity is the brand of sewing patterns and materials. I have a sewing machine. I make pillows…and well, hem my pants….that’s about it. I’m not a seamstress. Sewing isn’t my definition of simplicity. Sewing isn’t the point of this post. Simplicity is. I love simple things. I don’t like lots [...]

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