13 Church Video Ideas For YouTube by: Kurt Steinbrueck

We’ve been looking at ways churches can use social media to market their church online and reach others for Christ. In my last article I talked about the benefits of online video sharing as an online church marketing strategy. In this article I’ll give several ideas for videos.

Video Ideas:

Sometimes churches have some difficulty thinking of videos to share. Here are 13 ideas for videos:

1. Post sermons: You pastor is giving the sermons every week anyway. Why note record them and post them online? (Note: YouTube and other sites have limits on the length and size of videos. So, you may need to break the sermon up into parts. YouTube limits are 10 minutes and a file size of 1 GB.)

2. Post funny videos: Funny videos have the added benefit of being potentially viral. If the video catches on, it could be viewed by millions of people.

3. Post commercials: If your church has commercials they are airing on TV, put them online as well.

4. Personal testimonies and interviews: Remember, one of the thing people love about video sharing is people being real. Personal testimonies are the perfect example of videos of people being real and are a great way for viewers to connect with your church on an emotional level.

5. Conference speakers: Does your church present conferences or special guest speakers. Just like the pastor’s sermons, you can post these messages online.

6. Highlights of upcoming events: Let people know what’s coming up at the church, like an online commercial.

7. Highlights of recent events: Similar to the commercial of upcoming events, showing highlights of recent events can show people what your church is like and show them what they missed (so they don’t miss it next time).

8. Artists (drama, visual, musical, literary): Does your church have artists in the congregation? You can produce videos of these artists whether it’s drama, visual arts, literary readings, musical performances, etc.

9. Spiritual and Christian life related messages: A lot of people are looking for spiritual guidance and information. You can produce videos about various topics such as “Christ in your marriage” or “The end times”.

10. Informational non-church videos: Don’t limit yourself to just church and Christian topics. The members of your congregation have a lot of information they can offer about “secular” and everyday topics such as “10 ways to save on your electric bill” (brought to you by Christ the King church in Auburn or whichever church you attend). This is a great way to reach out to people who would not normally look for a church, exactly the people who we should be focused on with our church marketing.

11. Video used in your church services: Does you church use videos during the services. Why not post them online?

12. Commenting on current events: This can have the benefit of using the pop culture and hot topics of the day to reach more people. But be careful of divisive issues, such as the political topics. I’m not saying you can make a political statement, but you risk turning people off your church and the ultimate message of your church, Jesus Christ. Remember, Christ died for Republicans and Democrats alike.

13. Video Contests: Have a contest for youth or some other group to create videos about a particular subject or about the church and then post the videos. This can be a great way to make several videos, get the congregation involved, and have a great time.

These are just some ideas to get you started. Be creative. Most churches have tons of creative and talented people in their congregations. Creating videos can be a great way to get those people more involved the church.

In the next article in our series about using social media as an online church marketing strategy, I’ll look at ways you can increase the effects of your church’s video sharing.


About The Author
Kurt Steinbrueck is the author of the Church Marketing Online blog. He has been Director of Marketing Services with Ourchurch.Com for over 5 years providing Christian search engine optimization services including services specific for church marketing solutions and private school marketing. Kurt is also a Deacon at his church. You can find the original version of this article at http://churchmarketingonline.com/2008/11/is-your-church-social-part-3-youtube-video-ideas-for-church-marketing/ For more at http://churchmarketingonline.com

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Read Christian Books to Enrich Your Life by Richard Marchand

Christians can connect to the compassionate Lord, Jesus Christ in many ways. The Bibles, sermons and other church services are the conventional paths by which Christians can affirm their relationship with the merciful Lord, Jesus Christ. There are many Christian books that are made available for the followers of this magnificent religion to understand and comprehend the basic tenets of the religion as espoused by our Lord, Jesus Christ. Christian family books make great reading for you to share with your family. In fact, many families make it a point to read aloud from these Christian books everyday after supper.

There are many versions of the Holy Book, The Bible that are available any Christian bookstore. There are special bibles that you can get for celebrating an important family occasion. The Children’s Bible is one of the most popular Christian books in the United States. This book condenses the teachings of our Lord, Jesus Christ in a format that is easily assimilated by our youngsters. There is also a liberal use of illustrations depicting the life and times of Jesus Christ in these Bibles.

Many Christians are now turning to DVDs and Christian videos to enrich their experience of their communion with God using the visual medium. You can now buy all such Christian merchandise and listen to sermons and other religious discourses from the comfort of your home. Music is also an integral part of Christianity and Christian traditions. The church choir is one of the most celebrated mediums for glorifying and thanking our Lord, Jesus Christ for our countless and bountiful blessings that we have got by His grace. Many Christians renew their faith and range of personal religious beliefs by listening to Christian music CDs.

There are many websites on the Internet that sell Christian CDs, books and DVDs. The best websites selling Christian family books and Christian music prominently display user ratings and popular editorial reviews of all the Christian merchandise that they have put up for sale. Some of the better Christian merchandise websites also donate a part of their profits to deserving charities.

If you visit these websites you can also get the Christian books or DVDs that you want easily by using the multi channel search options that are provided by them. You can search for the Christian products by category, subcategory or by title. This ensures that you get what you want in a jiffy without much hassle. You can even scan the bestsellers list to get ideas for Christian gifts that you may want to get for some family member or friend. Look for some cool bargains when you shop for Christian family books in websites selling Christian merchandise, these are a great way of building up your collection of Christian books in a short time. Good websites selling Christian books, CDs and DVDs allow their customers to post reviews; some of the reviews are frank appraisals of the products and may help you make a purchase of your choice from the website.

How to Maintain Your Income Stream If You Are Laid Off? by Nicole Reebi

How to Maintain Your Income Stream If You Are Laid Off?

The world has entered into a recession, many corporations and companies had announced their job cutting news. If you are an employee for any of the companies that have plan to reduce their company's headcounts; then, your job will not be guaranteed. The question is how you are going to maintain your income stream just in case you are being laid off and unable to find a new job due to the job opportunities have been cutting down tremendously by most companies. It's time for you to think of setting up a second income source.

If you are thinking of getting a part-time job from other company, and go to work after your day job, then you probably will have a hard time find one in today's recession situation. Then, what other ways to source for income if you can't find a part-time job?

What if you create one for yourself? There are a few ways to make your own business without the need to investment a lot of money. By using the advantages of internet and online business features that allow you to work from home, here are the 2 common ways of earning money online:

1. Affiliate marketing

Affiliate marketing is a business model that enables you to make money online without the need to have your own product. There are many online merchants looking for marketing outsourcing. They make their products available for online freelance agents, called affiliates who will be given commission based on their sales. You can set up a website to sell a few selected affiliate products. Your role as an affiliate is to drive web traffic to your website or directly to merchant's website through a unique link that will identify you as the affiliate who makes the sale.

Affiliate marketing has been a good income source for many people either as the part-time job or a full-time income. You may consider to set up a second income source through affiliate marketing while you still with your day job. Invest some time and efforts to make it successful; it can become your main income source just in case you are being laid off.

2. Set up an online store

Unlike traditional business, you don't need to invest a lot of money to have your own business on internet. You can choose to become your own boss by opening an online store to sell physical or downloadable products. In addition, you don't need to own a product for an online business. There is a business called dropshipping where you can easily find the products you are interested in selling at your online store; buy it at wholesale price and sell it at retail price at your online store. Under the dropshipping business model, dropshippers will sell you their product at wholesale price for individual item and they will deliver the ordered items to your customers on your behalf.

You don't need to quit your day job to start an online business. In fact, you can do it in parallel and work it out for a success. The income from online store can replace your main income just in case you have lost your job due to being laid off.

Summary

Under the bad economy situation where companies are looking for potential cost cutting and headcounts reduction, no job is guaranteed. As a working individual, you need to start to think of how to maintain your income stream if you are hit by the recession wave. Internet can be the best source to set up an income online and be the back up income stream while you are still with your day job.

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Stimulus package. Stimulus bill. Economy. Senate. It is important that Christians pray for our nation, its leaders and the direction of the country. This video gives direction for prayer for the country from National Prayer Ministry

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Michael Jackson, the legendary singer, songwriter and dancer, died in Los Angeles on Thursday.

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Interview with Michael Cheney from Adsense Videos

Interview
with Michael Cheney from AdSense Videos

Q. So what made
you get started with AdSense?

A. I
was looking for a way to monetize some of my websites. AdSense
is such an easy thing to get started with the eye for it would
be a great way to start earning more money without actually putting
into much more effort. I think as soon as you see the first earnings
coming into your account you get addicted to AdSense. I know is
what happened to me and since then I've just spent time working
out how to earn more and more each day.

Q. How much do
you make with AdSense?

A. Some days I can earn
close to $1000 and others it's less than that. But it all comes
down to how much time and effort you devote to creating a quality
site that people like visiting. AdSense is not what my business
is based on by any means - but it is a great way to earn revenue
almost on autopilot.

Q. What is the
biggest mistake people making with AdSense?

A. Probably
the biggest mistake people make is thinking the AdSense earnings
are easy to achieve. It is very easy to get started but as I learned
it takes a lot of effort to increase your earnings. I got really
downhearted whenever I would log in to my account to see that
I had only made a few dollars. And that's when I decided to spend
months and months of my time learning everything I could about
AdSense.

I basically buried myself
away and devoured every single piece of AdSense information I
could find. I ran thousands of AdSense tests and started to see
a dramatic effect on my click through ratio and therefore on my
earnings.

This is why I'd decided
to record the videos - because I knew that it would help people
who were in my position to also increase their earnings. I've
read an absolute ton of AdSense e-book's but they take so long
to go through and always seem to keep information back.

With AdSense Videos I
knew that I had to tell the story exactly as it is and actually
show people and lead them by the hand through the exact techniques
that I use to generate large earnings from AdSense.

Q. In your videos
you show people how to increase their AdSense earnings - can you
give us a taster of this advice?

A. I
don't want to give away my biggest secrets as you can understand!
But some of the more basic things that you can do to increase
your revenues include using ads that blend in rather than stand
out from your content. Flat out the worst thing you can do with
an AdSense ad is make it look like the standard Google ad. What
you need to realise is that you will get more clicks if your ad
actually appears part of your site rather than something that's
just been dropped into the page.

Q. What would
you recommend that someone do right now to increase their AdSense
earnings?

A. I've
created a totally free AdSense minicourse that people can go through
to learn some of my techniques. It takes you through the four
cornerstone principles that I've used to build up my AdSense empire.
You can check it out, as well as all the AdSense Videos, here:


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Michael Jackson dead at 50

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Attacking Christian Faith In democrat 'Stimulus' - Porkulus Bill

The Senate rejected an amendment offered by Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) that would have stripped language from the stimulus bill that would force colleges and universities to throw religious clubs off campus if the schools receive federal funds