Author Archives | Laura Burrus
Laura Burrus - who has written 209 posts on Media Outreach.
I'm passionate about building relationships, learning new things and challenging myself to stay out of my comfort zone. I love listening to live music, playing sports and creating art all with one purpose...to point those around me in the right direction. Follow me on Twitter: LauraBurrus
Assessing Your Staff’s Strengths
I’m friends with quite a few people who are on staff at my church, so I get to hear about what’s going on and what the difficult areas of their jobs are and such. One recurring issue that seems to be a problem in our church is the lack of volunteers. It’s hard finding people [...]
Continue reading...Thankful for…
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
I love love love this time of year! I can’t wait for Thursday morning to roll around. I’ll be in the kitchen with my mom and two sisters cooking away. There will be lots of laughter, talking about memories from previous years and most definitely a little dancing. I’ve been working on having a thankful [...]
Continue reading...Understanding the new Facebook Insights
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
If you have a facebook page, more than likely you want to see how your page is doing and who your page is reaching. The new Facebook insights makes it easier to see just how far your updates reach and how many people are engaging with your content, however, they can be difficult to understand. [...]
Continue reading...Christmas Outreach Kit Giveaway
Monday, October 31, 2011
This Christmas season, we want to equip you with the tools you need for your Christmas outreach! We’ve put together a Christmas Outreach kit…complete with a banner, invite cards, door hanger, web graphics and even a worship service slide. There are lots of designs to choose from…click here and let us know which one if [...]
Continue reading...How Consumers are Influenced: Socially, Locally and Mobil-ly
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Source: Nielsen Wire
Continue reading...5 Smartphone Apps for Your Church
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
YouVersion- the Bible App for your smartphone. Go paperless and make your bulletin available all week through YouVersion Live. Or, create an interactive service by creating a poll and letting your congregation respond. Bible Gateway- Display a verse of the day on your website or have it feed into a news feed on your site. [...]
Continue reading...Top 10 Blog Posts From September 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Five Ways to Fail at Targeting Your Audience Communicate Effectively The Intersection: First Baptist Church Blairsville Volunteer Recruiting in Your Church- The Never Ending Job FaithHighway Tools: Prayer and Share Wall How do Colors Effect Your Website? The Intersection: Heavenly Minded Enterprises, Inc. New faithHighway Website: First Baptist Riverton Client Testimony: Pastor Tracy Devolt Five [...]
Continue reading...Volunteer Recruiting in Your Church- The Never-ending Job
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
I live with one of my church’s staff members. She’s the Early Childhood Specialist and is constantly looking for volunteers to help on Sunday mornings. Recruiting for volunteer positions is a tough job. I don’t envy it, but she’s great at it. We’ve been discussing ways to broaden her volunteer base and I figured she [...]
Continue reading...Social Media Marketing or Traditional Marketing?
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
If you’re a decision maker for your church you’ve either at least thought about social media and how to use it for your church or had a discussion with someone else on the same subject. We tend to cringe a little bit when we combine church and marketing in the same sentence. We don’t want to “sell” [...]
Continue reading...How do Colors Effect Your Website?
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Colors are powerful! They represent feelings and actions that we are supposed to have when we see those colors. When you see a red sign, you automatically think “stop.” When you see a “green” light, you think “go.” So, what do all those colors mean in terms of using them on your website? What feelings [...]
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