Welcome to the inaugural issue of the ResultsKatalyst newsletter from Katalyst Solutions. We are introducing this newsletter in the hopes of helping you to get better results from your online ministry endeavors.
Each issue will include short articles designed to help drive traffic to your site, maximize the your website’s effectiveness, and provide other helpful tips and suggestions for your online experience. To that end, we would love to hear your ideas and suggestions for articles and ways we can help you improve your web presence. Contact us at results@katalsytsolutions.com with your feedback.
I would also like to welcome Traci Riley to Katalyst Solutions. Traci joined us in February and has been instrumental in helping us get the ResultsKatalyst Newsletter off the ground. Traci will be writing and editing for the newsletter each month as well as helping in other marketing efforts for Katalyst.
For our customers, I personally would like to say Thank You. Thank you for using ChurchKatalyst and entrusting Katalyst Solutions with helping you succeed online. For our other readers, we hope that you will benefit from this newsletter as well. Please let us know if we can be of assistance to you in any way. If there is any way that we can pray for you or your church or ministry, don’t hesitate to ask. The body is a unit and we consider prayer for you part of our role within the body of Christ. (1 Cor. 12:12). If you have friends or colleagues who might be interested in receiving our monthly newsletter, invite them out to our website at www.churchkatalyst.com to sign up for free.
Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter. It is our sincere desire that this will be one more katalyst for your online success and assist you in spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Thanks,
Don Cranford
| Why Your Church Needs A Good Website | |
| As the Internet becomes more prevalent in our society, it has become commonplace to turn to the Internet for shopping, finding directions, researching products, and even to find a church or seek answers to spiritual questions. As churches and Christian Ministries begin to understand this dynamic, they are increasingly beginning to understand the importance and the need for an effective web presence – not just a web site, but a real presence on the web. | |
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| Using Audio Messages To Enhance Your Church Website | |
| You have your website and it’s good. You’ve figured out your audience, streamlined the design and everything flows exactly as you want it. But while all those words are accurate, they’re not very personal. There is no ‘warm and fuzzy.’ One way to increase the personal touch you provide your audience is through an audio message. | |
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| Putting Your Sermon Online | |
| Multiple steps are required in order for you to successfully put your sermon or other audio clips online. The first step is making the recording. Your sermon will need to be recorded into a media file type that is suitable for the web. Today, that means MP3. Audio recording and editing software will generally use its own file types for its internal processing and provide a way to export audio files to a standard format like .WAV. | |
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| What Is A Blog? | |
| According to Wikipedia, the term ‘blog’ is a blend of the words web and log. Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other resources related to its topic. | |
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