Topher's Tech Tips

Topher’s Tech Tips

Go into all the world wide web

Smart strategies for presenting your church’s mission and ministries on the internet.

Harding University Lectureship 2015

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Develop a healthy CORE

WEBSITE – The website is still your primary method for establishing WWW credibility. Develop this static media presentation first.

·         Website Design: Topher’s Top Pick – www.WIX.com

o   Web Editors – WordPress, SquareSpace, Weebly, Blogger, Virb

·         Domain Management: Topher’s Top Pick – www.GoDaddy.com

o   Domain, 1and1, NameCheap, Register

Develop major MUSCLES

These dynamic primary information sharing platforms affect different demographics.

·         Email – (Men, Women) MailChimp, MailChimpSnap (Mobile)

·         Blog – (Men, Women) Blogger, WordPress, Blog.com, Tumblr

·         Facebook – (Women,preteens) Use “Pages” for evangelism.

·         Twitter – (20’s & 30’s, Educational/Professional Crowd)

·         Linked-In – (Men)

·         Instagram – (Teens – 30’s, Women) (Mobile Only)

Develop your PERIPHIAL Presence

·         Pinterest (Visual WWW Bookmarking)

·         Youtube (15 minute videos for new users)

·         Snapchat *MyStory* - (Mobile only) (10sec videos & photos)

·         Periscope “The Snapchat of Video” (Mobile Only) (up to 24 hrs)

·         Vines (Mobile Only) – (6 second videos)

Extras

·         Poll Everywhere (interact & audience in sermons)

·         Remote Clicker “PC Remote” , MyPoint (iphone)

·         Hootsuite – Connect over 35+ popular social networks

·         Andyroid, Genymotion – Android Emulators for Computer

·         iPadian – iOS Emulator for Computer

Topher’s Media prep & Hosting

Text

·         Word, Docs (for word count)

·         Blogger

·         Google Drive

Image

·         Photoshop

·         Gimp

·         Bible.com (Mobile)

·         Powerpoint

·         Slideshare

·         Prezi

·         Pinterest

Audio

·         Audacity (PC&MAC)

·         Archive.org

·         SermonAudio.com ($)

·         iTunes.com

·         Feedburner

Video

·         MovieMaker (PC)

·         iMovie (Mac)

·         Youtube

·         Vimeo

·         Sermoncast.com ($)

·         Periscope (Mobile)

·         Instagram (Mobile)