A recent post shared how to optimize a Google Maps with Photos and the listing itself. The recommendations in that post is something every church or nonprofit consider doing immediately. Here’s the link again if you haven’t seen it yet: Easiest Way to Win on Google: 5 Key Ranking Factors on a Google Maps Listing Today […]
What Is Your Website Strategy? So Many Miss The Point
Website strategy. Everyone has one, right? Building a website is like printing your business card in today’s times. People don’t take you seriously if you don’t have one. You don’t legitimately exist if there’s no website. And that is the start of the problem. So many organizations today build websites without thinking about WHY they […]
Using Quuu Promote for Blog Content Marketing Promotion
I’ve been testing out a new blog content marketing promotion tool called Quuu Promote. WHAT IS IT? It is a service that offerings a content recommendation engine for social media influencers. And Quuu Promote allows you to submit up to two different web pages of your articles, blog posts, resources into their database for 30 […]
Easiest Way to Win on Google: 5 Key Ranking Factors on a Google Maps Listing
Today’s guest post comes from Tyler Rominger over at MinistryDesigns.com. Tyler points out a set of key ranking techniques for SEO that almost everyone either ignores or doesn’t know about. While the tips are “advanced” ways to approach maps optimization successfully it doesn’t require any specific “advanced” skillsets other than being strategic. That’s a good […]
Post Catalyst Atlanta Meet-Up Video Report
The Catalyst Blogger Meet-Up was a blast! But things were in its favor, as always when returning to Duluth, GA and the Infinite Energy Center (it will always fondly be known as the Gwinnett Arena to me haha!) in October. Catalyst continues to march on in the post-Brad Lominick world — Although Brad was an inspiring […]
Honor In Your Work
Today I got a piece of direct mail. Instead of throwing it out into the recycle bin, I am keeping this one for good. It’s the first official printed piece from my alma mater, Princeton Theological Seminary, with its new logo mark on the envelope in the return address area. I’m keeping it because it […]
The First 10 Apps I Installed on My MacBook Pro
It’s time for a new laptop, so I recently picked up a new MacBook Pro. It’s got that new car smell thing going on and this week has definitely been fun to have a new machine for work (and play). I need to try out the Mac Migration Assistant but in the meantime, I need […]
Start Using Social Media For What It’s Made For : Connect Directly With Every Catalyst East Atlanta 2016 Main Stage Speaker
Do you follow any of the Catalyst conference speakers on social media? Are you in the Catalyst tribe? Are you headed to the Infinity Energy Center in Atlanta this week? Here’s the most important question: HAVE YOU EVER CONNECTED WITH ANY OF THE SPEAKERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA BEFORE? Why not? (I am assuming you have […]
Why the Top 8 List On Thom Rainer’s Site Is Faulty & How To Fix It With Content Marketing And An Advanced Tactic
It seems like everyone knows to prioritize website and content marketing when you build or manage a site these days. Even church websites are trying to optimize their sites well, which is a good thing. Someone forwarded a great post from Thom Rainer’s blog recently that featured 8 Things Your Church Website Must Have. Thom’s blog […]
Connect with Site Visitors–Re-Engage With Remarketing Ads
Jen Miles is a veteran of the church online and the digital church communications space. I had a chance to catch up with Jen at the ThatCC Conference in Atlanta. One of the chat threads we had was that there wasn’t enough practical resources available that go beyond the 101 level of digital communications craft. That’s […]