Pastor, Church Communications Guy, Church Website Designer & Blogger
Blogging is such a weird word. We never used it until people started keeping "logs" on the "web" of their life called "weblog" and for some reason, we dropped the "we" and were left with the art of blogging. And in a sense, it has changed everything. How? Because now, everyone is a publisher. Every business, every church, and every … [Read more...]
It's that time of year again, when Kent Shaffer releases his list of top 100 200 church blogs. As Kent explains, this is a very tough list to compile because there are so many different kinds of blogs across the "church blogs" spectrum. I'm a "church" blogger, but also a tech, design, media, and ministry blogger. Others on the list are … [Read more...]
Blogging is obviously close to my heart, but blogging is also a very misunderstood artform. Some see it merely as a journal, others as a gossip stream. I loved Cameron Chapman's brief history of blogging over at Web Designer Depot and wanted to pass it along for the education of my readers... … [Read more...]
The internet is the new land of opportunity, and salesmen, schemers, and scammers know this fact well. Around the net are found some wonderful ways to earn an income as well as plenty of ways to lose your shirt. How does one know what to jump into and what to avoid? … [Read more...]
Know Your Competition Are there a large number of other people Podcasting about the same subject matter as you? You should be aware of your competition’s websites and their Podcasting topics. Try to offer something different. Offer your customers something that is relevant, interesting and unique or that puts a unique spin on a … [Read more...]
Remember when Bubba was running through the list of potential shrimp dishes with Forest? Marketing could be handled the same way. Let's see, there's email marketing, attention marketing, social media marketing, word-of-mouth marketing, print marketing, traditional marketing, new media marketing, permission marketing... and on and on we … [Read more...]
Blogging is a business, so in addition to good writing and a basic grasp of technical things, you need a certain set of skills if you're ever going to earn an income from blogging. Consider what Richard Branson said about his own career in publishing: I wanted to be an editor or a journalist… but I soon found I had to become an … [Read more...]
Blogging has been around for a while now - over a decade depending on how you define blogging. But over that decade, blogging has evolved and changed by leaps and bounds. If you monitor the blogging industry, you'll notice that it's in a constant state of change as new tools and apps replace old ones and as new methodologies emerge. In … [Read more...]
Running your own blog is great, but there are other off-blog places you can apply your copywriting mojo for an extra income. Will these sites pay as much as the average freelance copywriting gig? Not for most people, but if you have extra time, one or more might be good for extra income, especially if you can write a good blog post in 20 … [Read more...]
As bloggers, many of us are interested in getting our readers active in different ways (commenting, linking to our posts, sharing them on Twitter, buying our products, and so on), so writing in a way that connects with readers’ emotions is something we might want to think about. Of course this is open to abuse and can do damage to both … [Read more...]
