Did you know April 29th is Internet Evangelism Day?  In fact, the entire month of April is Digital Outreach Month.

Are you doing anything on the internet to reach out to people with the love of Christ? Whether or not you already are, why not pick up a new idea this week?

• Learn more about Internet Evangelism Day and find a lot of ideas and great resources (see important notes about free downloads this week and a chance to win two books).
• Curt signed up to be an online missionary with Global Media Outreach. Have you?
• Did you know you can specifically request to answer eMails received from women who are seeking God?
• Check out these creative ideas from EveryStudent.com for sharing your faith.  (I’ll make myself accountable to you, I’m very interested in trying this idea in particular: it’s a mini-survey where you gather eMail addresses and send requested evangelistic articles to people.)

NOTES:

• On Sunday, April 29th, Internet Evangelism Day will be offering more than 10 free ebook titles and a mobile ph...

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Perhaps you have been thinking about sending out your prayer letter by email, or you may already be sending it out through Outlook as an attachment.  However, you can make your emails more impactful by using an email service like MailChimp to send your letter.

I did a survey with my ministry partners and found in general that women like to read the printed letter and men prefer to read by email.  I suggest sending both.  Sending your prayer letter by email should not become the only way you communicate with your ministry partners.  You should continue to send it by mail as well.  Also, using multiple touch points of communication each month enables you to stand out.

There are several other email services that are available, but MailChimp has a generous free option and is very easy to set-up and use.  Here are some of the key features:

• With MailChimp you can personalize each email to your partners using merge tags.  This will make your email standout.
• All your text including pictures and links are i...

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Guest Post from Marilyn Adamson, director of EveryStudent.com, StartingwithGod.com, and MarilynAdamson.com

So far, about 30,000 people have signed up for “The Spiritual Starter Kit” or other emails series that we offer on EveryStudent.com and StartingwithGod.com.

I’ve been asking God if there is something further he would want me to do to continue ministering to these new believers, not just for their own growth, but to encourage them to share Jesus with others.

This week, through interactions with others, the idea came to start a blog for them. (It’s also a way to communicate to our Campus leaders around the world about new developments in EveryStudent.com.)

After sending an email (to the 30,000 people on any of our email series lists), already 5,000 people visited the blog within just the first 24 hours. So no one would have to learn a new URL, I decided to just stay with my name, which they know from the email series. However, MarilynAdamson.com isn’t about me. It’s a blog about our great God,...

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One of the top posts on eQuipping for eMinistry is Tips about eMail Usage and Abusage.  (I’d like to suggest you read it along with this article since many of the 18 tips will apply to this post.)

So, here’s “part two” which I based on some great ideas from “How ‘EOM’ Makes Your eMail More Efficient” and “How to eMail Busy People”.  (I’ll include the links within this post so you can read more from the original authors.)

Have you ever written an eMail that you realized in hindsight would have been more efficiently done over the phone or in a short meeting?  Try this mental checklist from LifeHacker for your eMail messages:

• Can you fit everything into a subject line? No?
• Then can your message fit into one paragraph? No?
• Then can it fit into two paragraphs? No?
• If it cannot, then a phone call or meeting is likely more efficient.

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One of the top posts on eQuipping for eMinistry is Tips about eMail Usage and Abusage.  (I’d like to suggest you read it along with this article since many of the 18 tips will apply to this post.)

So, here’s “part two” which I based on some great ideas from “How ‘EOM’ Makes Your eMail More Efficient” and “How to eMail Busy People”.  I recommend following the links within this post for more detail from the original authors.

Have you ever written an eMail that you realized in hindsight would have been more efficiently done over the phone or in a short meeting?  Try this mental checklist from LifeHacker for your eMail messages:

• Can you fit everything into a subject line? No?
• Then can your message fit into one paragraph? No?
• Then can it fit into two paragraphs? No?
• If it cannot, then a phone call or meeting is likely more efficient.

More »

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