Reading Time: 2 minI’ve noticed a few interesting people (well, companies) on Twitter recently and thought I’d share. @PTIShow — I’m a big fan of the ESPN show “PTI” (Parden the Interruption). They recently started a Twitter account and I love the way they use it. Quite focused on the show, with useful information. Some recent tweets: Topics […]
Does your church Twitter yet?
Reading Time: < 1 minOur church has been experimenting with Twitter (I’m @mickmel) for the last year or so, but we haven’t made any hard pushes toward using it. Anthony Coppedge has just put out an e-book called The Reason Your Church Must Twitter, and now we might be getting somewhere. Since I got the book, I’ve been talking […]
I finally built a “proper” Twitter background
Reading Time: < 1 minAs I’ve seen many others do lately (Joost, Maxime, etc), I’ve updated my Twitter background with some useful information in the fake sidebar on the left. I looked at quite a few Twitter pages to determine the best sizes. Since screen resolutions can vary, you need to find your sweet spot. Some will always be […]
How much does your church use Facebook? The answer might surprise you.
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve known for a while that our church had a variety of Facebook “groups”. I had set up a church-wide group, and there were at least a handful of youth-related groups. I figured maybe 8 or 10 total. Wow, was I wrong. I’ve spent the last few days searching, and I’ve found 42 groups so […]
Make sure you own your name in Google
Reading Time: 2 minWhat happens when you search Google for [your name]? Do you like what you see? Part of that depends on your name. If your name is common (Joe Smith) or owned by a celebrity (if your name is Michael Phelps and you’re not a swimmer, good luck) you might be in trouble. For the rest […]
Twitter, FriendFeed and your church website
Reading Time: 2 minBy now, you’ve probably heard all about Twitter, the very popular micro-blogging service. If not, here is a short video explaining it: At our church, we struggled for a while to find a good way to use this to help reach our congregation, but we’re finally starting to use it effectively. We’ve come up with […]