Comments on: 5 Tips for Improving and Preparing Your Online Presence for 2010 http://churchm.ag/5-tips-for-improving-and-preparing-your-online-presence-for-2010/ Exploring the Intersection of Church and Technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:17:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/5-tips-for-improving-and-preparing-your-online-presence-for-2010/#comment-34771 human3rror Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:31:07 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7222#comment-34771 stop advertising your spammy business. stop advertising your spammy business.

]]> By: Theresa Croft http://churchm.ag/5-tips-for-improving-and-preparing-your-online-presence-for-2010/#comment-34770 Theresa Croft Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:09:00 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7222#comment-34770 I think you make some excellent points here. Copying can be better explained, for me, as Marketing leader John Reese states...piggybacking on others ideas. You see what they are doing...and do it better. I have an acronym that keeps me on target with my ministry marketing: SPEAK S is for specific niche: Who is my target audience. where are they online. What are their needs? What are they buying. How can I serve them? P is for precise and proven marketing strategies. You have to know what works...the precise methods. I implemented one strategy from Stephen Pierce and increased traffic to my main site by over 50%. That rocks. I learned how to create auto blogs to get good information out on more blogs....with me working less hours... I could go on.. E is for excellence. You must work and serve others with a spirit of excellence. (Like you do here!) A is for action. Your faith must have works. Action means you work. You work and do what needs to be done. Forget Oprah...we got work to do....videos to make...blogs to create...people to help... K is for kneel. Maintaining a relationship with God is vital. He is our source, our wisdom, our strategy...our hope...Kneel, pray, humble yourself before the Lord God Almighty and He will exalt you in due time. SPEAK...spells Speak...the glue that holds this plan together for me...And that is I speak the Word, speak positive things, speak life over my family, my visions, my ministry, my heart's desires.....As it says in Proverbs..."the power of life and death is in our tongues!" Thank you again for such a great site. And you let us share a video! So cool....Let me pray about which video to share..... Theresa Croft <a href="http://Ministry-Marketing-Strategies.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://Ministry-Marketing-Strategies.com</a> [youtube KOk3e1FQlws <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOk3e1FQlws" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOk3e1FQlws</a> youtube] I think you make some excellent points here.

Copying can be better explained, for me, as Marketing leader John Reese states…piggybacking on others ideas.
You see what they are doing…and do it better.

I have an acronym that keeps me on target with my ministry marketing: SPEAK

S is for specific niche: Who is my target audience. where are they online. What are their needs? What are they buying. How can I serve them?

P is for precise and proven marketing strategies. You have to know what works…the precise methods. I implemented one strategy from Stephen Pierce and increased traffic to my main site by over 50%. That rocks.
I learned how to create auto blogs to get good information out on more blogs….with me working less hours…
I could go on..

E is for excellence. You must work and serve others with a spirit of excellence. (Like you do here!)

A is for action. Your faith must have works. Action means you work. You work and do what needs to be done. Forget Oprah…we got work to do….videos to make…blogs to create…people to help…

K is for kneel. Maintaining a relationship with God is vital. He is our source, our wisdom, our strategy…our hope…Kneel, pray, humble yourself before the Lord God Almighty and He will exalt you in due time.

SPEAK…spells Speak…the glue that holds this plan together for me…And that is I speak the Word, speak positive things, speak life over my family, my visions, my ministry, my heart's desires…..As it says in Proverbs…"the power of life and death is in our tongues!"

Thank you again for such a great site. And you let us share a video! So cool….Let me pray about which video to share…..

Theresa Croft
http://Ministry-Marketing-Strategies.com

[youtube KOk3e1FQlws http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOk3e1FQlws youtube]

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/5-tips-for-improving-and-preparing-your-online-presence-for-2010/#comment-34769 human3rror Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:52:05 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7222#comment-34769 copying a model is a cop-out? i think a "model" is a model to be copied, right? perhaps it is semantics, but i honestly believe there is little "new under the sun," especially when it comes to the church and technology. Everything we do is already a copy of what the market place has done years prior.<br /><br /><br />Now, doing things contextually is powerful, and that's what separates our work from being ineffective and inefficient to effective, efficient, and purposeful. i think context has everything to do with copying well.<br /><br /><br />love the conversation though james, good stuff, and i think you bring up good points. word up. copying a model is a cop-out? i think a “model” is a model to be copied, right? perhaps it is semantics, but i honestly believe there is little “new under the sun,” especially when it comes to the church and technology. Everything we do is already a copy of what the market place has done years prior.

Now, doing things contextually is powerful, and that's what separates our work from being ineffective and inefficient to effective, efficient, and purposeful. i think context has everything to do with copying well.

love the conversation though james, good stuff, and i think you bring up good points. word up.

]]> By: james scott jr http://churchm.ag/5-tips-for-improving-and-preparing-your-online-presence-for-2010/#comment-34768 james scott jr Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:44:01 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7222#comment-34768 To expand briefly on my previous comment, I am all for looking at and learning from models. But there's a difference between being inspired by, and learning from, models, and "copying." There's more than semantics that separate models from copying. I'm all for avoiding re-inventing the wheel when not necessary, but we also need to be original to our own work. Originating from a model can be beneficial. Copying a model is a copout. To expand briefly on my previous comment, I am all for looking at and learning from models. But there's a difference between being inspired by, and learning from, models, and "copying." There's more than semantics that separate models from copying. I'm all for avoiding re-inventing the wheel when not necessary, but we also need to be original to our own work. Originating from a model can be beneficial. Copying a model is a copout.

]]> By: human3rror http://churchm.ag/5-tips-for-improving-and-preparing-your-online-presence-for-2010/#comment-34767 human3rror Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:17:05 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7222#comment-34767 thanks man.<br /><br /><br />it's just one perspective. it's not the "right" one, but just "one".<br /><br /><br />hope this week has been restful for you....!<br /><br /><br />john thanks man.

it's just one perspective. it's not the “right” one, but just “one”.

hope this week has been restful for you….!

john

]]> By: benrwoodard http://churchm.ag/5-tips-for-improving-and-preparing-your-online-presence-for-2010/#comment-34766 benrwoodard Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:13:59 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7222#comment-34766 Concerning #3 - One of the biggest misunderstanding about what I'm trying to do in my place of ministry, is on the development side. We have so many Christians that feel if 'we' don't create or develop it then it is 'of the Devil'. I'm always telling people that we don't need to recreate the wheel in web ministry we just need to use it in a way that would please HIM. Thanks John. Again your ahead of the game on this one. Concerning #3 – One of the biggest misunderstanding about what I'm trying to do in my place of ministry, is on the development side. We have so many Christians that feel if 'we' don't create or develop it then it is 'of the Devil'. I'm always telling people that we don't need to recreate the wheel in web ministry we just need to use it in a way that would please HIM. Thanks John. Again your ahead of the game on this one.

]]> By: GordonMarcy http://churchm.ag/5-tips-for-improving-and-preparing-your-online-presence-for-2010/#comment-34762 GordonMarcy Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:11:36 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7222#comment-34762 #3 I think your previous thoughts were from "Stop Innovating and START Copying" Innovation is great, if you've developed a culture and team for it. Copying, or a kinder/gentler way of saying it, modeling, can be effective too. In fact, many errors and much waste has come from a failure to learn and model (copy) from what others are doing successfully. Failure to closely investigate related organizations and their endeavors can lead to a lot of reinventing the wheel. Good point about copying with wisdom and discernment. I call that "Copying Creatively." Taking what's learned from others and letting that inspire adaptations and variations unique to your culture and mission. I like to think that copying creatively, in a sense, IS creating something unique. #3 I think your previous thoughts were from "Stop Innovating and START Copying"

Innovation is great, if you've developed a culture and team for it. Copying, or a kinder/gentler way of saying it, modeling, can be effective too. In fact, many errors and much waste has come from a failure to learn and model (copy) from what others are doing successfully.

Failure to closely investigate related organizations and their endeavors can lead to a lot of reinventing the wheel.

Good point about copying with wisdom and discernment. I call that "Copying Creatively." Taking what's learned from others and letting that inspire adaptations and variations unique to your culture and mission.

I like to think that copying creatively, in a sense, IS creating something unique.

]]> By: Daniel_Berman http://churchm.ag/5-tips-for-improving-and-preparing-your-online-presence-for-2010/#comment-34761 Daniel_Berman Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:07:14 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7222#comment-34761 Copying can be a path fraught with danger. I doubt many pastors or Christian leaders have been taught how to lead through innovation, where it okay and where its not. We tend to end up with way to many Christian fads unfortunately with no relation to the original basis of the program. I wonder how many churches would deliberately choose to not share their programs with others, without a check list detailing the critical elements which they feel made their program a success? Copying can be a path fraught with danger. I doubt many pastors or Christian leaders have been taught how to lead through innovation, where it okay and where its not. We tend to end up with way to many Christian fads unfortunately with no relation to the original basis of the program.

I wonder how many churches would deliberately choose to not share their programs with others, without a check list detailing the critical elements which they feel made their program a success?

]]> By: Jim http://churchm.ag/5-tips-for-improving-and-preparing-your-online-presence-for-2010/#comment-34765 Jim Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:29:37 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7222#comment-34765 Great post...i love the phrase "online equity" Great post…i love the phrase "online equity"

]]> By: stephenbateman http://churchm.ag/5-tips-for-improving-and-preparing-your-online-presence-for-2010/#comment-34764 stephenbateman Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:52:35 +0000 http://churchcrunch.com/?p=7222#comment-34764 Agreed, thanks for responding well. Agreed, thanks for responding well.

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