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Content is still king

A few weeks ago, I decided to take the family on a Saturday trip to go horseback riding in the north Georgia mountains.  The girls…

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More on churches and Twitter

Last month, I wrote a post about churches not responding well on Twitter and it got a nice response.  I followed it up with a…

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More churches are on Twitter, but are they listening?

As I’m sure you’ve noticed, more and more churches are hopping onto Twitter and it’s becoming quite common to see the blue [T] icon in…

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Twitter is like Coke Zero

I’m finding that a lot of new products and technologies seem to follow the same pattern: They first come out, and some leading edge businesses…

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Churches: Stop contemplating social media and just dive in.

Over the past year, I’ve worked with a variety of churches to help get their social media effort off the ground or help to fine-tune…

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WordPress plugins; less clutter, more Facebook and Twitter

Right now I’m in the process of changing up some of the social icons on my various sites.  For a few years now, I’ve been…

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Being productive on the road

I’ve worked hard for the last few years to be productive while away from the office, but a recent trip to Michigan showed me what…

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Facebook profiles, pages and groups

Maybe I haven’t been paying attention, but lately I’ve been finding a lot of organizations that have set up their Facebook presence by simply creating a new…

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Unemployed? Some tips for job hunting online.

I have a number of friends who are unemployed, and I’m often sharing various suggestions with them.  I thought it’d be useful to them (and…

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Organize Your Digital Life 8 – Take advantage of the small breaks of time

This is the eighth in a series of posts in the Organize Your Digital Life series. I’m finding one of the keys to being productive…

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About the new Facebook privacy settings

I’m seeing a lot of confusion about the new Facebook privacy settings and I’m hoping this post will help clear things up. Here’s the short…

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Organize Your Digital Life 2 – Keep up with the sites you care about

This is the second in a series of posts in the Organize Your Digital Life series. If you’re like most folks, you have a lot…

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10 days to organize your digital life

Over the past few years, I’ve tried a lot of different tools to help myself stay organized.  Some worked, and some didn’t, but each one…

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