The Ultimate Blog Comment Policy I’ve Seen and My Hearty ‘Ditto’

FMF has one of the best blog comment policies I’ve seen … and I’m going to be a total copycat and say … I love his so much I want it to adopt it as mine too! :-)

And some of you should do the same!

To boil down his policy, it goes like this: “I will take down whatever comments and not accept whatever trackbacks I want. Period.”

Blogging purists and idealists will say “Don’t control the conversation.”

But the conversation costs … in time and energy and money. And bloggers are the ones giving 99% of that!

[Found via ProBlogger]

February 16, 2007 · Filed Under Blogging Tips

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Why I Don’t Bash Other Churches Or Ministries

I walk a fine line here sometimes on this blog.

When I initially started thinking about doing this blog and what I would name it, I intentionally stayed away from using the word “marketing” a lot.

I knew there were going to be people who would “shut down” if they saw that word here. Or that some would come with their minds ready to antagonize or, maybe, some who wouldn’t even click on my website link and take a moment to read what I had to say.

I use this tagline sometimes – “Redeeming marketing practices with biblical discernment.”

And that’s really what this site is about … helping churches, pastors and others find the redeemable qualities in technology, like websites and blogs, and marketing techniques, like advertising, that can be salvaged, rescued, repurposed, reused for use in ministry … and do it in a biblically faithful way … for the cause of Christ … and the glory of God. Read more

February 16, 2007 · Filed Under Church Marketing

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Rockin’ Cool Church Website: Northgate Pentecostals Colleyville, Texas

northgate pentecostals church

Check out the Northgate Pentecostals site … including their MySpace site, Pastor’s Blog and Save The Metroplex site, which I’m kind of wondering if Jay Jones had a hand in?

[Thanks to R Payne for the heads up.]

February 15, 2007 · Filed Under Rockin' Web Sites, Web Site Design

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Another Guest Giveaway Book Idea: Simple by Robert J. Morgan

simple christian book robert morganCheck out Simple. The Christian Life Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated by Robert J. Morgan as another great guest givewaway book idea.

It’s 95 pages and covers the basics of the Christian faith or the “ABCDEs” like: Read more

February 15, 2007 · Filed Under Church Marketing, Giveaways, Guests

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Nominate Your Favorite Websites, Blogs for Pastors

In conjunction with Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox, we’re asking what the best (or favorite) websites are out there for pastors.

CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE A WEBSITE OR BLOG

Nominate as many sites as you want (including this one!) but the deadline for entries is Feb. 28 … we’re looking specifically for these categories, but it’s not limited to these either: Preaching/Sermon Helps, Leadership/Ministry, Personal, Blog, Theology, and Just for Fun.

The fine folks at the Toolbox will be releasing the top 10 or so once the survey is done. (Remember: Deadline for entris is Feb. 28 — the end of this month)

Oh, and we’re still compiling the results of the 2007 Christian Bloggers Survey. We’ll be releasing those next week through the Toolbox email newsletter and also on this blog, so stay tuned.

February 14, 2007 · Filed Under Surveys

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RockinBlue: My First Free, Public WordPress Theme

wordpress theme rockinblueI’m thrilled to announce that I just released my first free and public WordPress theme called RockinBlue.

We’ll see how this week goes but I’m probably going to be blogging on my experience of creating the theme soon. Up until now, I’ve really only tweaked and tinkered with others’ themes. But this one’s mine. :-)

I’d like to say a BIG thank you to Brian Gardner for his awesome help and patience.

If you’d like to see a demo of the theme, click here. [Also, at CoryMiller.com]
If you’d like to download the theme to use on your blog, click here [zip].

For support and questions about the theme, please address them here.

Update: Thanks for Shawn Wallace for his help “widgetizing” my theme. Also, check out his Worshippl.us site.

February 13, 2007 · Filed Under Blogging, Church Marketing, WordPress

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