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Greg Nilsen helps "churches improve their digital homes" at If Jesus Had a Website.

Here's his answers:

1. Why (or how) did you start blogging?

I started blogging in October of 2005 when I didn’t see many places on the web committed to helping church websites improve. I decided to use my experience in web design and development to try and help feel that void.

2. What subject do you post most about?

I typically blog about site design, hosting and software options, content creation and targeting, and other similar recommendations that can be applied to church websites.

3. What are your favorite blog tools?

My favorite blog tool is Bloglines, which helps me keep pace with what is going on in the Christian blogging community. The blogging platform that I use I built myself as practice with ColdFusion. The first version of it isn’t quite done yet, so I haven’t given it a name yet.

4. How often do you post?

I typically try to post twice a week. There’s always more content I can think to post on, but I usually don’t have time to put together more than two well thought-out posts in a week.

5. What one piece of advice would you give for prospective blogging pastors?

I would tell them to not get discouraged if they don’t see many comments in response to their posts. Some topics are just naturally conversation starters, while others need to be talked about, but won’t lead to much discussion. If you feel called, persevere with your blogging nonetheless.

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