eMinistry, eQuipping, Promotion & SEO, Written Content2 Comments

What to Do about Duplicate Content

February 5, 2013December 15, 2016 Sus Schmitt

For several years I’ve heard bloggers express concern about duplicate content. I finally found two articles that explain it very well. If you are a blogger and want to guest-post on other blogs or want to use content from other sites, you really should familiarize yourself with the effects of duplicate content for Google searches Continue reading “What to Do about Duplicate Content”

eMinistry, Written Content5 Comments

Start the new year with an up-to-date giving page on your blog or website

January 2, 2013June 3, 2014 Sus Schmitt

UPDATE (June 3, 2014): Because it’s important not to lose people in a trail of clicks, I made our “Join our team!” tab at the top of our site as a link straight to give.cru.org (Use Appearance / Menus in WordPress) . I still have the two pages I describe below so I can send a potential donor to these for information. Anyone on our site can get to these through a “table of contents” in the right sidebar.

I’ve got an idea for you today that will take less than an hour, but would be a huge positive step to take at the beginning of the year.

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Communication, Written Content4 Comments

Don’t Post Your Email Address on the Internet

November 28, 2012June 19, 2014 Sus Schmitt

UPDATE (June 10, 2014): Visit a revision of this post at Cutting Out the Spam: Disguising Your Email Address (and Phone).

If you don’t want spam, don’t post your eAddress on the internet (or your Twitter name with the @ sign).

Why

Spammers use computer software to search for the @ sign so they can harvest your email address. (Because I’m using it in this post, I’ll get more hits.) They might also be searching for the “mailto:” HTML code for your email link.

What You Can Do

WordPress.com support recommends you use a contact form on your blog or website for people to reach you, but if you’d like to put your email address on a webpage (or that’s your only option), try one of these work-arounds Continue reading “Don’t Post Your Email Address on the Internet”

Communication, Visual Content, Written Content8 Comments

Photo Ideas for Your End-of-Year Fund Appeal (Guest Post)

November 24, 2012January 31, 2018 pasqualerose

From my days of being on staff with Cru I know this can be a very fruitful time in fundraising. I spent many hours writing letters and stuffing envelopes between Thanksgiving and the end of the first week of December. … Continue reading Photo Ideas for Your End-of-Year Fund Appeal (Guest Post)

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Pretty Your Posts

November 20, 2012April 7, 2013 Sus Schmitt

It’s that time of year again when turkey and cranberries top our plates while friends and family fellowship at our tables. And while we speak to one another with words of thanksgiving, we remember the many blessings we have been given. Even our blogs, tweets and Facebook posts reflect the attitudes of our hearts with messages that communicate the magic of these moments. Then before we know it, not only do our lives overflow with thanksgiving, but also with Christmas festivities such as trimming our trees and decking the halls. So why not make the most of this holiday season by not only decorating our homes, but also decorating our blogs? Continue reading “Pretty Your Posts”