Internet Evangelism Day: share your faith effectively digitally and some resources to help you do that
NOTE: though Digital Evangelism Day and Month are over for 2011, I’m leaving this post up because the resource links are still useful. Though no longer free for everyone, the materials presented are free 24/7 for Effective Church Communication Members. Membership in Effective Church Communications is only $9.99 a month or $99 a year and [...]
BLOGGING for BOOMERS: Free during Internet Evangelism Month for ECC Members, anytime
Ed. Note: To celebrate the International Evangelism Month of May, this was free until May 30. For more about the celebration, and associated Internet Training Materials, CLICK HERE. This special celebration is over, but Effective Church Communications Members have access to this and to all our other materials 24/7 for only $9.99 a month or [...]
Your church website–be sure it is ready for Easter visitors
When you see an advertisement on TV, in the newspaper, or a magazine, what do you do if you want to find out more? Most likely you’ll check out the website. We go to websites to find out the details about a product: how reliable the company is, about the costs and benefits of a [...]
Three of the biggest church communication mistakes of 2010
Every year I interact with many church communicators and every year it seems like some of the same mistakes are made by many churches that keep them from being as effective as they could be in communicating the gospel message. Following are three of the biggest ones I’ve seen this year. I don’t want to [...]
How a limited number of communication channels limited the ministry of a church
This is the story of how a church communication team asked me why, when they had just redone their website, redesigned their bulletin, and converted their newsletter to PDF format that fewer people than ever were attending events at church. The answers aren’t as simple or as obvious as you might assume. They were making three false assumptions that kept them from being successful. Take time to evaluate your communications to make sure you aren’t doing the same things.
How to write for the web, Webinar On-Demand Training Series
Writing for the web requires the same basic writing skills for effective church-related writing on paper, but in addition it also requires an understanding of how people access information on the web. This 6-part webinar/video series will go step-by-step through how to be an effective communicator on the web. The first video is free for [...]
e-book: How to create FREE websites & blogs with WordPress.com, pt. 1
WordPress is an incredible, FREE software that anyone can use to create a website or blog. I created this e-book after our webinar last week to walk you step-by-step through the process of creating a site. It is free for ECC members, the link is below for you to download it. For people who are [...]
