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Linkfest for 8/16/2007

Cory Miller — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:17:36 +0000

Here are some links I’ve run into and just want to share:

6 Ways to Help Your Church Website Rank Better in Google Check out
Social Media and the Church My good fr

Blogs4God Is Back!

Nathan Rice — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:03:08 +0000

MeanDean from healyourchurchwebsite.com has announced that Blogs4God is back and ready for action! (unfortunately, this is bittersweet for Dean. Be praying for him.) To be honest, I’m not that familiar with the old iteration, but the new version is VERY digg-like (based on pligg), and looks like it’s gonna be an awesome place for Christian blog aggregation and voting.

Head over there, sign up, and start submitting your favorite Christian blog posts. Also, be sure to browse through the stories that have already been submitted and vote on them.

I’ve been wanting something like this for a long time, and I’m glad someone took the time to make it. If I’m honest, I never really understood why Christian blogs, mine included, would have a “digg this” link. Digg isn’t exactly Christian-friendly. But with our own place to hang out and submit/aggregate our own stories, we can now create our own community much like digg.

So, let me encourage you today to get over there and sign up. Vote A LOT! Oh, and go ahead and add me as your friend. My ID is “nathanrice“. Also, if someone wants to be super-cool, you can go ahead and submit this story to Blogs4God and vote for it! That’d be a cool way to start things off

PS – Be warned that this site is running a bit slow and sometimes won’t come up at all. I’m sure Dean is on it, but I just wanted to warn everyone.

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Resources and Links for 2/26/07

Cory Miller — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:52:19 +0000

Here’s some links and resources for your surfing pleasure:

The History of Branding site is pretty neat site displaying the history of some of the most famous brands including Starbucks, Yahoo!, etc.
Sexual Abuse Advocates Target the SBC
Google Operating System blog tells Bloggers using Blogger.com how to back up their blogs. (Via ProBlogger)
Clicky uses Google Maps to show where your blog or church website guests are located. (Via MP)
Nathan just released a Blue and Green version of my RockinBlue 2-column WordPress Theme. Check it out.
StumbleUpon is an insanely fun tour guide of some great sites. It’s also a great time waster. But I’ve really enjoyed stumbling unto sites. Someone “stumbled” my Rockin Cool Website Design site a couple days ago and I enjoyed a nice little bump in traffic as a result.
Shameless Plug: Speaking of Rockin Cool Website Design, we’re offering the basic church website design package for $595 again. (Limited time.) If you’re interested in a quote, fill out our website design questionnaire.

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Get LinkedIn With Me

Cory Miller — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:50:06 +0000

Lately, I’ve been receiving a lot of invitations to get LinkedIn on … uh … LinkedIn.

If you’re on this social networking site, which is geared for business-type relationships, and want to get networked, here’s my profile:

[ Update: If you're looking for my email to invite me ... it's corymiller303@gmail.com ]

Social Media and the Church My good fr

Resource Links and Notes for 2/7

Cory Miller — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:17:51 +0000

Well, My bride and I are traveling to Kansas City to visit friends and to take some time off this week. I really don’t know what my posting schedule’s going to be like, so … yeah, you just might have to explore my archives.

In the meantime though, here’s some links to explore …

ON BEING MISSIONAL… My friend Brad Briscoe is kicking off a new blog called the Missional Church Network. Brad is an awesome guy I met while I was at Midwestern Baptist Seminary in Kansas City. He’s a veteran church planter and a missional guru. He lived this article titled 10 Practical Ways to Get to Know Your Neighbor. I love his practical tips for reaching out … and across the fence in your own neighborhood.

ON CHURCH WEBSITES & BLOGGING… David at Church Blogger has some good posts on all things church communications — actually, it’s church website and blogging ideas and much more.

ON MY FIRST CUSTOM WP THEME… I’ve been working on creating my first custom WordPress theme for public release. You can see a preview of it over at my vacant blog site Movie Bleeps. By the way, if you’re interested in beta-testing this theme for me before I do the public release, send me an email. Special thanks to Brian!

ON INSTALLING WP FOR FREE… Speaking of WordPress, did you know they will sometimes install it for you on your server for free?

ON GETTING BLOG TRAFFIC… Daniel at Daily Blog Tips has a group project listing 30 blog traffic generation tips. If you haven’t been reading him, you should … he gives tons of practical stuff.

ON THANKING CHURCH RELEVANCE… Kent at the excellent site Church Relevance allowed me to vent this week, gave me some godly advice and shared some of his blogging experiences with me. He’s at the top of my feedreader … go check it out … and also his design services also! Thanks, Kent!!!

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Resource Links for 2/1/2007

Cory Miller — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:20:16 +0000

OurStory, another Web 2.0-type website, allows you to “capture, share, and preserve stories about life.” Maybe this could be used to do online testimonies, like Chris’s brainchild Most Important Thing?

Websites to create easy invites for your Super Bowl Party … Evite and Mypunchbowl.

Small groups aka Sunday School classes … Mark Batterson talks about publishing a Discipleship Atlas and links to their small groups blog Zone Gaterhing. Also, we’re beginning to use WordPress blog technology to communicate with our Sunday School leadership at SS Leader.

Jeff Wilson, one of the associate pastors at Henderson Hills Baptist Church, a neighboring church by me in Edmond, Okla., has been doing some great blogging. Among other posts, check out 8 Ways to Make a Great Impression, his series on Church Staffing 101, and the projects he’s working on.

An INC Magazine article on Worshipping at Work.

Tim posts on how another church is using their idea of thePure Sex series and links to this Miami Herald article titled Coral Springs church wants to talk about sex.

Chris talks (rants) about how ministries and churches (and probably me too!) can better use surveys and polls. Chris is one of the best around in the “church world” at effectively using research data, so when he talks, I listen!

Christianity Today has an article titled My Ministry Space and talks about using social networking … and has a Mom’s Guide to MySpace (which they note isn’t just for moms).

Purpose Driven is offering free downloads related to S.H.A.P.E. and also provides some samples of ministry guides, bulletin inserts from other churches.

6 Ways to Help Your Church Website Rank Better in Google Check out

Resource Links for 1/22/07

Cory Miller — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:03:03 +0000

>> Public domain image resources from Wikipedia that you could use for worship backgrounds or images. Public domain, of course, means images that are no longer under copyright restrictions.

>> Most Innovative Churches on Squidoo is a neat resource from Church Marketing Sucks that includes links and other resources. (Thanks, Kevin, for the link!)

>> Kent sent me this handy article about blogs titled the 10 Sins of Blog Usability, which has some sharp advice, including my favorite sin — “No Contact Info.” Seriously people, unless you don’t care about anyone sending you an email, put your email addy up or have a contact form. Mine is corymiller303@gmail.com, by the way!

>> Speaking of blogs, Dr. Earl Creps has one seriously rockin’ cool blog. Dr. Creps is director of the Doctor of Ministry program and associate professor at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. I interviewed Dr. Creps for this Pastors.com story on questions a pastor candidate should ask before accepting a church/ministry position.

>> A new movie titled Amazing Grace will debut Feb. 23 based on the life of William Wilberforce. John Piper also has a book out on this influential Christian’s life. Pastors.com also has some resources for the movie.

>> Greg at Church Videos Ideas has a link to Video 101 Course, which is bound to be a handy resource for churches looking at doing videos.

>> Some Bling for Your Blog is a NY Times article about blog widgets. It’s also a great headline!

>> Ed Young and Creative Pastors offers their fasting guidelines handout as a downloadable, printable PDF here.

>> Saw this website on the news touting a free service to help speed up your Internet connections.

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A Whole Bunch of Link Love

Cory Miller — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:57:14 +0000

Man, this post really turned out to be a massive deal. I guess I had to get some stuff out of my system … like a whole lot of link love, compiled into one big post … so here goes:

[First, a disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive link love list ... just what came out at 11:53 p.m.]

Mark Batterson – Enough said … nah, I gotta say this much: You are the cutting edge for church marketing pastors. I hope to meet you personally some time in the future.

Missional Apologetics — John, love the domain name and theme!

Image Forth — Go, Jeff, go! I’m very thankful you’re sharing your insights … I admire your ministry and work from across our good city!

Ministry Marketing Coach – Chris is blogging his brains out … literally. Chris, thanks for all you’ve done to help me in thinking about church marketing … and marketing in general! There’s a good motto I’ve heard and tried to live by: Praise in public. So here I say: Chris, you are my ministry marketing coach and I thank you for your ministry!

Create Your Communications Experience — Bert, thanks for stopping by and your contribution to helping me be a better speaker and communicator. I love the post-it notes idea!

Joe McKeever, Cartoonist, Pastor – Man, with all the sinful envy in the world … I say: You are an awesome cartoonist. What would a friend need to do to get a caricarture of himself for a blog profile?

Pastors.com — Tobin, you rock, bro! You REALLY need a blog! I want to help.

Counter Culture Blog – Mark and Erich, I deeply respect your work, witness and example in Christian writing and Southern Baptist life. I’m delighted to seeing you sharing it all with the world.

Bitter Sweet Life – Ariel, you are one cool dude. My prediction is you’ll be a published author before 30. And I want a signed copy!

Challies — Tim, you’re a crazy insane postmaster! I look forward to your links every day. And I’m excited to know you’ve taken over Discerning Reader.

Theology Prof – Doc, I love reading you. I’m so glad you are helping us (me) work through and discern this whole emerging church “conversation.” Of course, I’m still waiting for the book “Calvinists without Fangs.” I promise we’ll get you over to WordPress soon!

Church Marketing Sucks — Kevin, you set the pace for all of us blogging about church marketing. Thanks.

Church Relevance – Kent, your web design work absolutely rocks … and I love seeing what links and information you find on CR.

Friesville – Micah, you’ve got a radio voice, dude! And I’m so glad there are young (missional) pastors in SBC life willing to stick their neck out for the cause of Christ.

Less Clutter & Noise – Kem, you post gold.

The Leadership Blog — Who are you and how do I get in touch with you? A goldmine of awesome interviews.

The Road We Travel — Rick, you’re one of my favorite blogging pastors. Keep rockin’ the blogosphere!

Think Christian – Thanks for the link love.

Nathan Rice – I appreciate your heart for ministry!

Your Money 2 Keep – Stuart, I appreciate your advice on keywords and help recently!

Free Money Finance — FMF, thanks for stopping by here … and rockin’ it with great finance advice … oh, and donating all the proceeds to charities, like Samaritan’s Purse.

ProBlogger — Darren, bro, you have an outstanding testimony on the Web … and I thank the Lord for that ministry (along with your excellent blogging help). You are a credit to the Kingdom. People can sense your deep graciousness that comes from Christ in you … and they know you are His “by your deeds.”

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OK, can I give myself some link love? I’d like to post some of the blogs and sites (and services) I’m either own or am responsible for:

Free Marketing Ideas Blog – I’m calling it The Napkin (kind of). It’s my new venture into business marketing. Get the free ebook 7 Steps to Starting a Business Blog by subscribing to my email newsletter there.

Rockin Cool Website Design – Enough said … I think.

Christian Book Lounge – A book reviews blog.

14six – A Christian blogging network that’s desperate for some help and TLC. Interested? Email me.

Church Website Hosting & Domain Name Registration — Yeah, I offer hosting. And yes, you can find it cheaper elsewhere … but hey, it’s kind of nice knowing the actual person, right? And his email address: corymiller303@gmail.com.

Turnkey Blog Design — The luxury of having someone else do all the backend, nitty-gritty, tech work … and you just get to blog!

The CCP Bookstore – Buy a book, support this site. Then go post a book review at CBL.

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7 Sermons in One Day … Personal Record

Cory Miller — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:50:37 +0000

Yesterday I hit a personal record. I sat through 7, count them, SEVEN, sermons.

My church is hosting our state convention and it was the first week of my preaching class where students preach their sermons. Four from the state; three in class.
So thus, I’m worn out and behind on posting … forgive me! Here’s some links:

50 Favorite Blogging Tools – Excellent!
10 Things that Make or Break a Web Site
New Ten Best Free Wordpress Templates — I’m fascinated with WordPress and it’s gillion free themes. There are some great ones here.
CSS Allstar — A gallery of beautiful sites for inspiration. I gave 50-plus sites for inspiration when doing a church Web site a while back.
Web 2.0 LogoMaker — Get two-pointed-o’d
Church Marketing for Members
Christian Blog Search Engine — Search more than 160-plus blogs through my Google custom search engine.
5 Deadly Sins of Blogging
How to Build Traffic to Your Blog

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