On today’s Tech Help for Churches: Gift ideas for the podcaster Here’s a list of basic equipment that I’d recommend (affiliate links): ATR-6550 ATR-2100 ATR-2100 Sony MDR-V150 Griffin iMic 13″ Macbook Pro Webcam Settings app Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder Wirecast IPEVO Point 2 View Logitech C615 MyChurchLive.tv (My Streaming partner)…
On today’s Tech Help for Churches: iTunes for Podcasting There’s a lot you can do with iTunes. You can transcode, edit ID3 tags, submit a podcast to be in its directory, etc. On today’s episode, we talk about all those things plus iTunes “SEO” (for lack of a better name)….
On today’s Tech Help for Churches: Stitcher for Podcasting Everyone knows that if you want a podcast, one of the places to go is iTunes. Not everyone knows that the second place to go or the place to go if you want to stream instead of download a podcast is…
On today’s Tech Help for Churches: Are Podcasts Outdated? It’s the 21st century and we’re moving past the advent of broadcast television and radio. We’ve had cable for over 30 years and the internet for 15. Since iPod sales are down, does that mean that podcasts are a dying medium…
Outreach might be just getting more people to your church or it might be evangelism. Either way, you should consider how you use Twitter for it. Look at these guidelines and see if they help you: 1. Address “felt needs” by adding value. 2. Let love guide you. 3. Converse…
On today’s Tech Help for Churches: Live-Tweeting Tips 1. Try to fully engage in at least one service. If you don’t have multiple services, have a rotation of live-tweeters. 2. Use and official hashtag 3 Tag the preacher. 4. Don’t use twitlonger or similar services. 5. Don’t “overtweet”. 6. Don’t…
On today’s Tech Help for Churches: Social Media Stategy When you’re forming your social media strategy, there are 5 keys to keep in mind. Who are you reaching out to? What are you saying? Where are you saying it? When are you doing it? How are you saying what you’re…
On today’s Tech Help for Churches: 12th at 20,000: Using Twitter to Reach New People I just crossed the finish line on a goal I had for this year, to get to 20,000 twitter followers. That makes me #12 in my city for twitter users. I have more twitter followers…
On today’s Tech Help for Churches: Reading HTML A lot of churches resort to online WYSIWYG website tools. While some are great, most aren’t. In this episode, I’m going to talk a bit about HTML and ways you can dip your toes into learning about it. Subscribe for free: Subscribe…
On today’s Tech Help for Churches — Google Analytics So you’ve got a website, good. Now, do you know how people are interacting with it? That’s where a free service from Google comes in. Google analytics lets you measure traffic, bounce rate, traffic sources, language, country, and so much more….