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All You Need to Know About Internet Ministry Marketing in 72 Questions
October 21, 2008, 4:20 pm
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Thanks churchrelevance.com

All You Need to Know About Internet Ministry Marketing in 72 Questions

Here is the outline from my first session at the Internet Ministry Conference. Stay tuned for the sequel to this session – “Tailored Internet Ministry.”

If you want to have great Internet marketing, ask yourself the following questions.

#1 :: How can I have great Internet marketing?

FUNDAMENTALS / BRANDING

#2 :: What is my brand?
#3
:: What is my ministry’s mission?

read the full article here



Free Media
June 6, 2008, 10:24 pm
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got this from http://livingroomcouch.wordpress.com/

Click over to http://www.muddyrivermedia.org/ to get some free media. They have video loopers and graphics that you can download.



Free Rice, Fun Game
May 22, 2008, 6:30 pm
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You gotta check out this site. Another example for perfect creativity. Play a vocabulary game, and donate free rice. Not only is the site a great way to give, but the design is beautiful.

Here are the goals for this site. They are so simple.

  1. Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
  2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.


Free Church Resources
April 30, 2008, 3:23 pm
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Check out this list of free resources compiled by churchrelevance.com

Free Church Graphics and Resources

  • CreativeMYK.com
    Offers free church graphics including logos, photos, vector art, projector slides, bulletins, sermon graphics, projector slides, templates, and more. The site also includes a social network for Christian artists.
  • LifeChurch.tv Open
    Offers free sermon series resources that include message outlines, sermon graphics, videos, and more creative materials created by LifeChurch.tv (Edmond, OK).
  • Muddy River Media
    Offers free illustrative videos, motion backgrounds, countdown timers, stock photographs, illustrations, small group resources, and more.
  • NewSpring Ministries
    Offers free sermon series resources (e.g., sermon graphics, audio, message outline, & service outline) as well as administrative forms and manuals created by NewSpring Church (Anderson, SC).
  • Northside Christian Church Creative Resources
    Offers free logos, posters, and other artwork designed by Northside Christian Church (New Albany, IN).
  • Nside Admin
    Offers free administrative documents from North Point Community Church (Alpharetta, GA) on church government, human resources, accounting, facilities, IT, and Web.
  • Seacoast All Access
    Offers free sermon series resources that include sermon graphics, motion graphics, audio, video, message notes, and small group questions created by Seacoast Church (Mt. Pleasant, SC).
  • Vine Resources
    Offers free sermon series graphics, postcards, countdown videos, and message bumpers creat


Paper Crafts
April 14, 2008, 3:45 pm
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Thanks Ben and Jerry!

and build a New England Village

Victorian House
Build your own New England village out of office supplies.The buildings are available in GIF format in both back and white and color. All are “just about” HO-scale, just right for your train set or table or desktop decoration. Note: Mac users scale the Victorian to 75% for printing.
Community Church Building
The classic, clapboard church building with a clock and bell tower. This one comes in black and white only.

Apartment Building
A three story brick building with storefronts on the first floor and apartments on the top two. Naturally the building features a Ben & Jerry’s scoop shop.
Black & White version
Color version

New England Farm Buildings
The classic red barn with a silo, outhouse and some farm animals. There are two pages for this set. The barn is on one page, the silo, outhouse and animals are on another page.
Black & White Barn
Color Barn
Black & White Silo
Color Silo

The Original Ben & Jerry’s circa 1978
Make your own original Ben & Jerry’s Gas Station. Just like the scoop shop that Ben & Jerry opened back in 1978. It’s bigger than the other buildings. If you want to scale it to the others, go to page-setup and scale it at 80 – 90% when you print it.
Black & White Gas Station
Color Gas Station



Asking Better Questions
March 25, 2008, 3:56 pm
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This is a great freebie from youthministry.com 
Effective ministry to teenagers by creating safety with open-ended, judgement-free questions.
By Benjamin Wilcox
2/22/2008


More Free Graphics!
March 14, 2008, 3:56 pm
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I love this site and hope that you will love it too!

CreativeMYK is an index of free Christian photos and Church graphics from Christian Photographers and Church Graphic Designers around the globe. Start by visiting our Free Gallery to begin downloading in several file formats. Visit our Free photos and church graphics Submit page to share your own original church art with others. CreativeMYK is updated everyday, so come back soon!



Free Images for Backgrounds!
March 7, 2008, 4:26 pm
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Here are 15 free images to use in your group from the SD image V.4 collection. Thanks to Youthministry.com



America’s Most Sinful Cities
February 25, 2008, 5:16 pm
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Here are the sins and the top cities in each sinful category:

Most Lustful: Denver ranked first, joined by San Antonio, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Boise, Washington, DC, Cincinnati, Columbus, Baltimore and Buffalo/Rochester. The research firm of AC Nielson used sales figures for contraceptives and sex items in ranking the list.

Most Jealous: Memphis tops the list, followed by Charlotte, San Antonio, Seattle, Providence, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Columbus, Oklahoma City, Chicago. The rankings were linked to crime rates for personal property.

Most Obese [Gluttony]: Memphis, Birmingham, San Antonio, Riverside/San Bernardino, Detroit, Jacksonville, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, San Diego. Health statistics drove this listing.

Most Avaricious [Greed]: San Jose, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Boston, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Washington, Miami. The rankings on this sin were determined by looking at the concentration of great wealth.

Most Murderous [Wrath]: The crime statistics are clear – the most murderous city is Detroit, followed by Baltimore, New Orleans, Newark, St. Louis, Oakland, Washington DC, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and Buffalo.

Most Slothful [Sedentary]: Memphis tops this list as well, followed by New Orleans, Las Vegas, Detroit, Birmingham, Louisville, San Antonio, Jacksonville, Nashville, and Miami.

Most Vain [Pride]: “Pride is supposed to be a deadly sin. When it comes to their looks, however, fewer Americans are seeing it that way,” say the reporters, who used plastic surgery as the marker for this sin. Perhaps surprisingly, Salt Lake City ranked first, followed by San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Miami, Louisville, Nashville, Virginia Beach, New York, and Los Angeles.

Read the article at forbes.com

and commentary at christianpost.com



How to Get Teens Attention: 5 Things Marketers Must Know!
February 22, 2008, 4:59 pm
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Check out this blog post from Ypulse.com guest blogger (Vanessa Van Petten). It gives us a window into how teens think.

1. We Know You Want Us

2. We Usually Know When We Are Being Marketed To

3. We Know When You Are Funny/Interesting/Useful…and when you are not.

4. We Know When You Treat Us Like ‘Young Adults’

5. We Might Adopt You

To read the full article click here article