E-Communications

Live Skype calls during worship link those near and far
Skype offers your congregation an ideal and inexpensive way to communicate often with missionaries and others whom you want to stay connected to your church.

5 Tips for building & distributing an e-newsletter
Not only can an e-newsletter help your congregation stay connected, it can also cultivate a relationship with visitors.

5 tips for effective and easy e-newsletters
As printing expenses continue to increase, e-newsletters provide a great way for churches to save money. Here are five quick tips for creating an effective (and easy!) e-newsletter for your members and visitors.

Fresh ideas and resources to engage email readers
Email continues to have many advantages over social media and can be an exciting marketing tool when you apply new and creative ideas. Here are some to get you started

Empowering children's ministry through technology
One way to encourage dedicated time focused on Jesus is to use technologies readily accessible in many homes and libraries to connect with lessons.

Free software downloads: office and ministry tools
Software, graphic design tools and music licenses can cost churches thousands of dollars. However, many programs have a free and open source equivalent.

Keeping readers’ attention: 13 tips for writers
It is a challenge today to write online content that can survive the average Web- surfer’s short attention span. Follow these tips to make sure your writing is the best it can be.

How do adults learn?
Where there’s connection, there’s education. Ensure you’re making the impact you want by learning all about learning.

30 e-mail tips you need to know…OR ELSE
The following best practices will help optimize your e-mails, so the design is consistent across all e-mail clients.

Retreat online to save money and involve more people
Work and family activities already fill your congregants’ schedules. Committing to another must-do activity is not likely to top the average person’s list.

Sample the online freebies for churches
Come with me down the licorice path into the treasure trove of online freebies for churches.

Liven up your church directory in print and online
Make the church directory an indispensible ministry tool for everyone to use.

Is Google the future of evangelism?
Once we break down the science of SEO into chewable bites, you will see a wealth of outreach possibilities.

Draw people in with concise copy
Dealing with words—spoken and written—takes lots of time and practice. The right word can make all the difference. The wrong word can wreak havoc.

"E" can stand for easy in e-Newsletters
An e-newsletter needs to be easy to do, easy to distribute and easy to understand. Creating a plan of attack is crucial for success.

Online document sharing strengthens collaboration
Use document-sharing tools online to enhance communication, increase efficiency and develop exciting Web ministry experiences.

Online forms for dummies
Say goodbye to paper forms and compiling information manually. Imagine all the time saved by putting forms on your Web site!

Online photo sharing: communicating God’s love through a universal language
According to Walt Disney, “Of all our innovations for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.”

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! We’re talking e-newsletters!
The terms “e-newsletter,” “e-card” and “e-mail” are thrown around all the time. What are their distinguishing characteristics?

How to enter through the back door to your readers’ inboxes
Is the e-mail program you inherited in tatters? If so, it is time to repair your sender reputation—with your recipients and the ISPs to which you send.

What? My reputation has a score now?
If you send too many bad e-mails too often to too many bad e-mail addresses, you could be hurting your digital reputation.

Must church-based organizations comply with the CAN-SPAM law?
Why worry about compliance with the 2003 CAN-SPAM law?

Segment, target and personalize your E-mails
If you have more information than name and e-mail address on your constituents and e-mail subscribers, why not use it?

5 tips to write effective e-mail copy
While some people love Spam™, the canned-meat product, no one likes spam, those annoying, unsolicited e-mails.

How to program your e-mail to improve its functionality
Even if you are not involved directly in the programming aspects of your e-mails, you can set expectations and ask intelligent questions.

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