Social networking has impacted our lives completely that it seems to permeate every part of our lives. This point can simply be made looking at how people get jobs nowadays.
With social media sites like LinkedIn that are specifically designed for the recruiter and job seeker all the way to Facebook and the trend of checking in on the social lives of potential new hires, our digital selves are more closely related to the non-virtual us.
I’ve begun putting together story.
Some might say a “book,” but that sounds far too grand for my taste.
I came upon this video before, I don’t remember where, so when I say it again, I had to share it with you all:
One of my favorite TV shows is Kitchen Nightmares, where world-renowned chef Gordon Ramsay visits failing restaurants and helps them turn their businesses around.
He always uses the same steps to eliminate their weaknesses, highlight their strengths, and streamline their processes. The same steps can be followed to improve your website … without all the screaming or colorful language.
We recently touched on the use of color used on logos.
It’s cool to see the top 100 websites and their use of color, but it lacked a little more info.
Like the meaning and psychology behind the color choice. When I found this cool infographic on the psychology of color, I had to share!
Here it is:
Over a period of six months we monitored the usage of all of iMinistries websites using Google Analytics.
Some results were to be expected. Others surprised us.
From these statistics we’ve come to the conclusion that the convergence of technology, social media, and design/UX create a healthy church web presence.
Colors communicate meaning.
This should not be underestimated when you’re designing a website, logo or anything else.
Blue, generally receives a cool, calm, trustworthy, knowledgeable response. The color red, in contrast, is exciting, eye catching, fast acting and powerful.
Take a look at this color spectrum of logos:
I am a big fan of the Disqus commenting system and have completely bought into it for my own personal blog. While the free package is everything that I could need, they do have a paid version that has a lot of fun additions to it that I would love to have a hold of and have been jealous that I could not get to use yet.
To my joy, Disqus is now rolling out a 2012 package for free that includes several new goodies!
The focus is to offer a commenting system that promotes community, discussion, and furthering of the content written.
Copywriters come in all shapes and sizes. They pen advertisements, promos and general text, in print, radio, television, the web and more.
If something is read or needs to be read, copywriting happens.
My question is for the Christian copywriter, but this question encompasses more than a fulltime copywriter. It could also include pastors, church secretaries, web designers, and more.
What kind of copywriter are you?
Imagine a wordless web.
An internet experience that had no words, except those embedded in images.
That’s what the Wordless Web project wondered, so they created a browser bookmark applet that strips web pages of all their text.
The results are interesting:
More often than not, your mission trip will require you to live without modern technology and even modern conveniences that we often take for granted, such as running water and air conditioning.
Although you should expect this dramatic lifestyle change to occur once you arrive at your mission trip’s destination, there’s no reason why you can’t take advantage of the many technological resources available to you to ensure a well-planned and successful endeavor.
To make sure you and your group are fully prepared for the intimidating but life-changing road ahead, consider the following important measures you should take before setting off.
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