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Great Graphic Design Without a Designer

Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by Steve Swisher.

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When you’re starting out, chances are you don’t have a graphic designer in your core group. Further, since money is tight, you probably don’t have money to hire someone to do graphic work beyond a logo design, which by the way is a must (see this post on why it’s important).  Don’t you dare skimp [...] Related posts:

  1. Logo Design
  2. Great Links for Logo Info
  3. More Logo Tips

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Website: The New Yellow Pages

Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Steve Swisher.

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Think about what you did the last time you wanted to know the name, location, or phone number to get a pizza, find a mechanic, or check movie listings. Where’d you go for the information? If you’re like most people, you went to your computer or smart phone.  It’s quicker and easier than looking it [...] Related posts:

  1. Website vs. Blogging as a Church Planter
  2. Church Website Research
  3. SEO – Without It, Your Website Is Invisible

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Church Website Research

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Steve Swisher.

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I recently came across a good article on church websites. They surveyed 70,000 people who attended over 100 different churches. They asked them questions about the church they attend and what role the website played in their decision to attend that church. It’s worth the read. Click Here to Download the .pdf -Website Wisdom – New [...] Related posts:

  1. Introducing the Church
  2. SEO – Without It, Your Website Is Invisible
  3. Wordpress Website Design

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Financing a Church Plant

Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by Steve Swisher.

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Guest Blogger: Stephen Gray who is the Director of National Missions. Over the last 20 years he has been involved in transitioning, restarting, and planting new churches. He planted several churches himself and is now leading a church-planting movement. (This post is an edited version of Financing A Church Plant posted on September 29, 2009.) Let’s not be shy [...] Related posts:

  1. Lessons from a ‘Failed Church Plant’
  2. do you GOT WHAT it TAKES to PLANT a CHURCH?
  3. Is Church Planting for Me?

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Plus/Minus Staffing

Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by Steve Swisher.

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Recently I got to talking with some other church planters about the things to consider when adding staff. We had a healthy debate about the concept of Plus/Minus staf positions. I think someone said that Bill Hybles used the term in one of his books. The concept is that some staff that you add will [...] Related posts:

  1. Who’s Your GCD Person?
  2. Staff Culture: Intensity
  3. Top 10 Reasons People Leave Your Church

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Search Engines and Fleas

Posted on 19. Sep, 2009 by Steve Swisher.

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Whenever I think about getting the word out I think of this passage: How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless [...] Related posts:

  1. SEO – Without It, Your Website Is Invisible
  2. Mind Blowing Statistics on Social Media
  3. Wordpress Website Design

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SEO – Without It, Your Website Is Invisible

Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by Steve Swisher.

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SEO, stands for Search Engine Optimization. Basically what this means is that there are some websites that are designed in such a way that it’s easier for search engines like Google and Yahoo to read all the material on the site. The easier it is for Google and Yahoo to index your content, the more [...] Related posts:

  1. Search Engines and Fleas
  2. Wordpress Website Design
  3. Where to Get Videos (Links)

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Perry Noble Coaching Network

Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Steve Swisher.

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Origional Post written by Rodney Arnold (Creative Scribble) on August 27, 2009 Perry Noble Coaching Network 1 Last week was the first of four sessions that Perry Noble, pastor of NewSpring Church in South Carolina, is doing for me and 15 other pastors in what they’re calling a “Coaching Network.” NewSpring is a church that started 10 years [...] Related posts:

  1. Networking with Rick Eschenburg
  2. Hype Man
  3. Networking wih Austin Porter

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Stuff for sale

Posted on 06. Aug, 2009 by Steve Swisher.

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A church planting friend of mine (Rodney Arnold) bought more equipment than he needed to launch this fall. They bought their sound system and then found a good deal of Portable Church equipment that included a sound system. That left them with two stound systems. They are looking to sell one of them and need [...]

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