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Infographics & book to help non-profits use Facebook and Twitter
Three infographics for the price of one: - Understanding your audience, strategies to use Facebook and Twitter, what to post. - More details on best times for posting. - Good content engages people on social media

http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8593

Does social media have a place in the church?
When you hear the word 'church', what is the first thing that comes to your mind? If you are like me, then you may think of your church building or some mega-church that stands out in your mind.

http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8067

State of social media - Erik Qualman's latest Socialnomics video
Latest incarnation of Erik Qualman's Socialnomics 'state of social media' video. It's also available to download so you can show it in meetings or seminars to explain just how far digital communication extends.

http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/7175

How to share the Christian good news on Facebook and social media
One of the most significant digital evangelism initiatives of 2011 was the release of YesHEIs.com. The team recently released this Our Chance video to highlight social media opportunities that YesHEIs gives. You can easily download this video to show in church meetings or seminars.

http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/6943

How people use the Web: the Forrester Ladder concept
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://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/5599

True Woman: Bringing God Glory Through Social Media
Even though I haven’t caved to the Facebook draw, this past month Twitter caught me!

http://truewoman.com/?id=1670

Book review: @stickyJesus - social networking for Christians and evangelism
@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://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/3915

True Woman: King Solomon on Social Media
"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://truewoman.com/?id=1288

Why most people fail to use social media effectively, Christian or secular
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/blog/archives/2712

Social Marketing Playbook - free download about using Facebook and Twitter to communicate
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/bookreviews/social-marketing-playbook.php