Rockin’ Cool Church Website No. 16: Northstar Church in Panama City, Florida

Micah sent me a link to Northstar Church, located in Panama City, Florida … it’s one ROCKIN’ cool church website!

Things I love about the site (aka why it rocks!):

January 18, 2007 · Filed Under Rockin' Web Sites

Why Church Communications Pro Exists … In the Words of a Pastor

I got a very encouraging email from a pastor today that really sums up why this site exists and want to share it with you.

With his permission, here’s part of what the email said:

The PowerPoint backgrounds downloaded easy and look great! Thank you so much for the free backgrounds. I am fairly new to your site and quickly becoming a huge fan! I greatly appreciate all the helpful communication information you offer - incredible!

That’s nice, but this is what made my day:

January 18, 2007 · Filed Under Church Marketing

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Blogging Tip: Determine Your Post’s Topic or Subject, Then Check Keyword Phrases

Here’s a blogging tip I have been using more and more to enhance my search engine results and rankings …

When thinking about writing a new post, once I’ve determined my topic and the main ideas I’m wanting to talk about in the post, I’ll go over to Google’s AdWords Keyword Tool and check the results to see what it pulls up for keyword phrases popularity.

January 17, 2007 · Filed Under Blogging Tips, Internet Ministry

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How a Church Could Use Google To Host Its Calendar Online for Free

Thumbing through Google’s many free services, I started checking out the features for their free Google Calendar (which I’m starting to use for all my personal and business calendaring instead of Outlook’s Calendars).

Anyway, here’s a tutorial for using Google Calendar to host your church’s calendars online for free.

January 16, 2007 · Filed Under Church Marketing, Rockin' Web Sites, Web Site Design

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Blogging Tip: Hand Google Your Blog’s Sitemap on a Platter

Google likes me …

I’ve finally gotten into the good graces of Mr. Google (I’m out of the “sandbox”) … now more than half of my traffic is coming from Google search keywords. Amazing. I love it.

THANK YOU GOOGLE!

Anyway, one of the best ways to get listed in Google is to create and submit a sitemap through their Google Webmaster Tools.

January 16, 2007 · Filed Under Blogging, Blogging Tips, Church Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, WordPress

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