2011-09-19T11:25:46-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/twitter http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/5599 2011-09-19T11:25:46-05:00 There are multiple ways that different people use social media and the Web in general. Be aware that people are very different in their personality types, needs, demographic and online behavior. http://truewoman.com/?id=1670 2011-04-15T10:34:46-05:00 Even though I haven’t caved to the Facebook draw, this past month Twitter caught me! http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/3915 2011-03-17T17:17:56-05:00 @stickyJesus is a dynamic new book about sharing faith online through social networking. Tami Heim and Toni Birdsong are gifted writers and communicators. Their blog tag-line 'keeping it real & living sticky online 4 Him' sums up their vision. 'Sticky' reflects their desire that the message should be shared in such a way that it clings to people's hearts. Heim and Birdsong 'get' social media. http://truewoman.com/?id=1288 2010-11-12T14:16:18-05:00 "If Solomon were alive today and we were to ask him how we can honor God in our use of all these social media available to us today, here is how he might respond." http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/2712 2010-10-21T18:53:47-05:00 Tamar Weinberg's blog posting Why Most People Fail in Social Media is a must-read for anyone who hopes to use Facebook, Twitter or blogs to engage with others. If we think of the social media as one-way communication rather than relational community, we will fail. http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/social-marketing-playbook.php 2010-08-07T15:21:46-05:00 There are probably two errors we can fall into – believing that there is 100% commonality between secular marketing strategies and sharing the good news, and assuming that there is nothing we can learn or adapt from secular wisdom. Of course, every strategy we use to reach our community or the wider world, is, of necessity, ‘marketing’ – in the sense that it is communicating a message. Claiming that it is not marketing is rather like calling an animal ‘No Name’. Of course, some church ‘marketing’ is scary. Check Chris Seay's 24-minute video The Irony of Church Marketing. Look out for the extraordinary water trick seven minutes in. 360i Media offer the free Social Marketing Playbook on using social media – especially Facebook and Twitter – to communicate your message. http://internetevangelismday.com/twitter-evangelism.php 2010-08-04T17:37:19-05:00 Twitter’s main use, in a Christian context, is sharing ideas relating to Christian ministry or personal news. For more on this, and a detailed explanation of Twitter, go here. Of course, to the extent that not-yet-Christian friends may see our tweets about anything, we should be that gracious fragrance spoken of in 2 Cor. 2:15. However, it also offers remarkable options for direct evangelism too. Here are several opportunities... http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/17/how-wired-is-your-church/ 2009-11-18T11:03:20-05:00 Much has been written about church websites (good and bad) and the different ways that Christian organizations do ministry online. What level of internet presence does your church have? A simple website? An elaborate web presence that makes use of Twitter, Facebook, and other trendy tools?