Ideas for improving digital ministry experiences
A (currently) inactive podcast that explores various topics and perspectives of church web strategies. New episodes are in development and will launch in late 2017.
We consider many things in life necessary to survival. In our culture, a car is often considered essential to living life. Yet if you live in a city such as New York where there is a significant infrastructure of subways and busses, cars are almost seen as a burden. So with the availability of web properties in social media; why even have a website?
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Last week's episode originally had many more ideas and topics; but time constraints kept me to just the area of stock and custom photography. This week I will talk about some mechanics of photographs as well as a few tips and ideas for making photographs work with your website design. They need to compliment and serve your site, not just sit on top of it.
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When you think about what makes a website look good, fonts, text, and colors are probably not the first things that come to mind. Photographs and images are extremely important and require careful attention. In this episode I will delve into the differences of stock vs custom photography, and some tips on when to use each.
Continue reading "CWS Podcast - Ep. 6: Stock Vs Custom Photography"
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Welcome to Episode 5, focusing on creating user-centered content. Simply put, this means writing from your visitor's perspective. It is not always easy to do; hence the need to post this podcast!
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This next episode of the podcast references the sentiments of my third article; "Lead Your Church and Your Website". The main point of this article is to encourage pastors to lead the charge of making a better and more effective website.This might include adding more Items to their growing lists of responsibilities; but I think it is one they definitely need to champion as the church moves into a digital space.
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This second full podcast episode is based on my second article, "Yes You Are Selling Something". It introduces the idea that churches are both a service and sales organization. We offer many great services to our community; which is a demonstration of the item we "sell". That item is eternal life through faith in our savior Jesus Christ.
Continue reading "CWS Podcast – Ep. 3: Sales and Marketing"
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I found it fitting to base this episode on the first article I wrote, "Your Website Is A Conversation". This article introduces the idea that when someone visits your church, they hopefully have a conversation. Also, when someone visits your website, they are engaging in a conversation very similar to those physical visits to a church.
Continue reading "CWS Podcast – Ep. 2: Websites and Conversations"
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I want to introduce the new Church Web Strategies Podcast with this teaser episode. Note that content will be remixes of existing "evergreen" posts. I will pick topics that remain relevant for long periods of time, and for those that I think are still very important, I will refresh with either newer technology, or any knowledge I may have gained in the two years between writing and podcasting.
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