Media Outreach

My 100th Blog Post

I’ve been writing for MediaOutreach since December 2008. I was trying think of something fun to do for the 100th post…and couldn’t think of anything.  I’ve written 11 posts about Facebook, 28 about Twitter, 11 personal experiences, 20 on Social Media and 29 miscellaneous. I’m going to be a little bit of a narcissist today [...]

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The Q- What is Social Media?

Good Monday to you, loyal readers! I am having webcam issues this morning, namely audio issues, so I decided to scrap the video for the day and write to you! Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard the term “Social Media” thrown around lately.  Typically, you hear it hinged to the words Facebook, Twitter [...]

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Follow faithHighway on Twitter

Do you love numbers and stats? Follow us @faithHighway on Twitter. See some statistics and research we posted over the past couple weeks. About 57% of US Internet users, or 127 million people, check social networks at least monthly (eMarketer) 50% of US female Internet users follow brands’ social media presences – http://bit.ly/9JIz19 (@eMarketer) 37% [...]

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Twitter Statistics

Are you following faithHighway on Twitter?  It is jam-packed with relevant articles and statistics for communication, software and marketing for churches, ministries and nonprofits. In case you missed it, here is the previous week of stats in review. 1/4 of Millennial generation attends weekly worship services but 2/3 rarely attend worship services of any kind [...]

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Advertising Available on Twitter

On Tuesday, Twitter unveiled its initial plan to sell advertising on the popular micro blogging website. While the Twitter creators needed to do something to generate profits, I’m not so sure fellow tweeters will be excited to see advertising mixed in with the normal tweets. From what I understand from the plan for “Promoted Tweets” [...]

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Corporate Church Twitter Accounts vs. Brand Evangelists

Have you ever thought if a corporate church Twitter account is for your church?  Yesterday I had a great conversation with @stevenshattuck over Twitter.  I posted an initial tweet asking people the below questions: If U had to choose 1 result for Twitter-usage & the church, what would it be? Start conversation with new folks? [...]

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Don’t Miss the Moment

I ran across a tweet from a friend this week that I wanted to comment on. I had a really good response all typed out in my head…but the problem that faced me was that he had posted his tweet the day before, which left me feeling that I missed my chance to reply. There [...]

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Something to think about…

This Venn diagram is from Despair Inc.

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In Social Media Everyone Becomes a Reporter

In light of the tragic airplane incident in Austin last week, I had some new light shed on the way people receive and report their news. I had just finished a meeting and was on my way back to the office on Thursday morning when we saw black smoke. It wasn’t too far from us, [...]

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Tell the Story

I watched in agony as my beloved Cowboys got shredded like a document at an Enron accounting party.As usual, I was intrigued by the background information that the announcers provided. Story after story. Neat insights. Quips. Humor. All of it added to the game, even though the outcome was to my disliking. But it serves [...]

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