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Sep28 0

Email newsletters – how do I do this?

Posted by Bryan in Email and Newsletters, Low-Cost Solutions for Ministries

I want to start collecting emails to send to…or I want to send a “graphical” email instead of just text. How do I do this?   While not at the volume level it was a few years ago – due to the influx of other similar mediums such as Twitter, Facebook, and texting – email communication is still an effective and low-cost way to get your message out. Sending a mass email through your email client (such as MS Outlook), is an awkward and dangerous way to handle this on your own....

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Sep27 0

The Table Project – effective, no-cost, small group site for your church.

Posted by Bryan in Low-Cost Solutions for Ministries

Are you looking for something for your sunday school classes or other groups within the church, to communicate and share ideas, prayers, etc.? I first heard about this “app”, around 7 months ago on Twitter. Being one to jump on any new social app I’m able to, I checked it out. After 10 minutes, I had set up a “table” site for the church I was on-staff with at the time, which included 3 groups (1 private), and 10 invitations sent out to other staff members....

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Aug22 2

How to use Wufoo for HTML “E-vites”

Posted by Bryan in Form Management, Low-Cost Solutions for Ministries, Tips, Wufoo

  Wufoo is a wonderfully capable “form management” app, that’s been re-enforced and revised over the last couple of years. It basically handles form creation, data collection, payment processing, and reporting of all collected data. Exceptionally easy to work with – not only for designers – but for no-tech savvy site editors. One of the beauty’s of using Wufoo on your site, is that, while it can be utilized through a built-in API (for serious power and...

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Aug14 1

Using Dropbox to Host your Files

Posted by Bryan in Dropbox, Low-Cost Solutions for Ministries, Tips

By now, everyone has heard of Dropbox. If you haven’t – below is a short introduction to help make sense of the useage. What it is – an Overview In short, Dropbox is a file sharing – public and private – app that can reside, sync, and generally “make nice”, with all  of your gadgets. PC/Mac computer, iPhone, iPad, Droid, Android, whatever. It just works. While it is a “virtual thumb-drive”, it is much more powerful that that. It uses...

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  • Email newsletters – how do I do this?
  • The Table Project – effective, no-cost, small group site for your church.
  • How to use Wufoo for HTML “E-vites”
  • Using Dropbox to Host your Files

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