Below are some of our favorite stories that we’ve run across the past week. Info includes Facebook for restaurants, emailing newsletters, cyber-loafing, and more. As always, we’d love to get your feedback and questions. 13 Best Practices for Restaurants on Facebook Tips for restaurants when using Facebook (and really any online media). Some of the […]
Pray for Rain
I was working through a Scripture for a sermon not too long ago and was encouraged by a particular passage I wanted to share. “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on […]
Start Using Your Website Email Address
Today is a quick tip – use your domain for your email address. Most of us have email accounts with free services like Yahoo or Gmail. But if you are using [email protected] instead of [email protected], you are missing out on opportunities to get people to your website. I don’t know about you, but I’m nosy […]
Get, or Correct, Your Google Places Page
One of the most important things you can do to improve your search ranking on Google is also one of the easiest to set up. Simply register, or update, your Google Places listing. Let us show you how. You’ll see Google Places in action if you search for a business in Google. You can also […]
I’m Here to Recruit You!
An older Blog of mine from 2009…. I was watching the movie “Milk” the other day which is a powerful film with many things to be taken from it. One thing that captured my attention was his catch phrase, “Hello, I’m Harvey Milk and I’m here to recruit you!” I pondered on that statement and […]
Get a Better, Custom Facebook Address
If you have a Facebook for your business, or even for yourself, you may have noticed that the url address to get to your page is long and has a bunch of numbers. What you need is a shorter, easier to remember address. For example, the Facebook address for Neighborhood Image is www.facebook.com/neighborhoodimage. So how […]
Movie Sequels
OK , life has been quite serious lately so I have decided to break format and blog about something different; movie sequels. Over the weekend, director Cameron Crowe announced that he would like to do a sequel to “Say Anything” (one of the best films of the 80s). This got me to thinking…. what movies […]
Meat the Need
I get the opportunity to work with and talk to many in the Marion, Ohio area that are struggling with getting food. It’s one of the reasons we support a local food pantry by volunteering and keeping a small food pantry for individual needs at our church. However, in talking with folks, I am finding […]
How to Encourage Your Pastor…
A thought jumped into my head in the middle of yesterday’s message at church and I thought I would explore it a little more here in blog form. However, before I do, I want to let you, the reader, know that I am making some assumptions. If you do not fall into these assumptions, this […]
Book Review: Erasing Hell by Francis Chan
There has been a lot of buzz on the topic of Hell ever since Rob Bell came out the book “Love Wins”. Many (including myself) were concerned with some of his writings on the topic. While he brought up several good points about life, it ended up being what I call a “rubber band” book. […]