2011-03-04T17:40:26-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/publicity http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/3799 2011-03-04T17:40:26-05:00 We are increasingly seeing QR Codes in public – those pixellated black-and-white squares, such as the one in the top right corner of this page. They enable anyone with a smartphone to point it at the code and be taken instantly to a website (or phone number, or other embedded text information). http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/398 2010-08-09T15:37:46-05:00 Are you involved in any sort of advocacy – for web evangelism, missions, or anything? Chris Brogan has suggestions for doing it well. Are you a perfectionist or an optimalist? And what’s the difference? Leading Blog has the answer. There’s a free downloadable ebook Kingdom Partnerships For Synergy in Missions available from WEA. Pew Forum have published a study on why people leave the church. Think Christian blog shares thoughts about it. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/556 2010-08-09T15:35:25-05:00 Communicate Jesus blog shares this very easy idea – an A-frame sign outside the church building. Sounds very effective. For the more conventional fixed church signage, there’s a book that may help: 701 Sentence Sermons L James Harvey Kregel Publications ISBN 0-8254-2887-4 Here’s a new book of ’single sentence sermons’ – quotations and aphorisms – which have been collected together by Harvey to “use on church signs, bulletins, newsletters and sermons”. In fact, many would be useful on church websites too, perhaps on a rotating basis. Many are specifically evangelistic, others are motivational for Christians. http://internetevangelismday.com/writing-pressreleases.php 2010-08-08T06:10:41-05:00 Wouldn’t you love to have free advertising for your next event that doesn’t look like advertising? Well, that’s what a well-written press release can provide. Of course, the key here is “well-written”. Many people send out press releases only to have them discarded by the local media. This isn’t because the editor didn’t like the organization or didn’t want to print the release. Rather it was because in order to fix the release enough for publication would just take too much time. http://internetevangelismday.com/promote.php 2010-08-07T18:38:47-05:00 How can you get more visitors to your website? What can you do to stimulate traffic? Here's a checklist of 32 items you need to consider. Many of these you're probably doing already; others you meant to do and forgot about; still others you've never heard of. http://churchgrowth.org/cgi-cg/webstore/ec.cgi?page=admin.html 2007-11-07T17:13:21-05:00 Resources to help organize your new or existing church, build or renovate, manage church business and financial affairs (including pastoral compensation), develop biblical & legal church policies, ministry descriptions, screening/recruiting volunteers, create positive publicity for your church.