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Create a MailChimp Newsletter with Our Free Template (Guest Post)

Sus Schmitt

In a previous post, I explained a few brief reasons why you might want to consider an email service for sending newsletters and also gave some quick steps to get you started with MailChimp. (e4e now has detailed steps for you as well. Please follow these two links for more information.)

I’m assuming that you’ve signed up for MailChimp and would like help to send a newsletter. I created an easy template for you to download and use right away. Continue reading “Create a MailChimp Newsletter with Our Free Template (Guest Post)”

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A Video Resource for You on YouTube

Sus Schmitt

YouTube Channel for eQuipping for eMinistry

Today, I created a YouTube Channel for eQuipping for eMinistry. I’m confident it’ll be a useful tool for many of you. Continue reading “A Video Resource for You on YouTube”

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Meet My Summer Intern

Sus Schmitt

Meet Bethany, of one dress. one year. for freedom. (Her parents are on staff here at Lake Hart, working for Worldwide Challenge.) She’s a home-schooled teen, raising funds to fight human trafficking by wearing the same dress for one year. Bethany explains:

Every day, millions of men, women, and children wake up in slavery. Faced with the same bleak reality day after day, their dreams of freedom remain as just that–dreams.

So for a year, I’m wearing the same dress every day. Continue reading “Meet My Summer Intern”

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Computer Labs Are Successful at Headquarters

Sus Schmitt

“Love what you’ve created in these lunchtime help sessions.” ~ Leah

Since February, we’ve had computer labs (called “1-2-1 Labs at Lake Hart”) during the lunch hour on the first Tuesday of each month at headquarters.  This past Tuesday, ten volunteers were available to answer questions on topics ranging from Macs, Facebook pages, iPads, mobile devices, HootSuite, blogging, TntMPD, MailChimp, and more.  Twenty-six staff came to our seventh lab; many were newcomers! Continue reading “Computer Labs Are Successful at Headquarters”

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Wikitude and Augmented Reality Worlds

Sus Schmitt

I think Wikitude offers some great potential as a ministry tool. Using your smartphone’s camera and the Wikitude platform, you “browse” the world around you; Wikitude ties in with apps you’re already using like TripAdvisor, Yelp, and more; look through your camera to find recommended eateries and special deals for hotels when you travel, for instance. Continue reading “Wikitude and Augmented Reality Worlds”

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Tag Stuffing… Who, Me?

Sus Schmitt

Tag Cloud of thesovereign.wordpress.comI learned a few weeks ago about “tag stuffing.” I also learned my many tags may be hindering my page ranking instead of helping it.

Spammers will put a lot of tags into their sites (even duplicate tags), hoping to rank high in internet searches.  They will also put in tags that aren’t related to the content of their website or post. You may have noticed this in spam comments (the commenter says one thing, but has unrelated links included in his comment that promote his site or product).

I’ve put in lots of tags because I think a variety of different readers would like a particular post. That may be true, but search engines find all those links and also the links in my tag cloud (see related post) and may conclude that I’m tag stuffing. This may be hurting my page ranking on some search engines. Continue reading “Tag Stuffing… Who, Me?”