o  [*] Terry’s marriage/ministry post
o  [*] Terry’s Online giving conference call post
o  [*] Scoble’s observation of FC (relationships, connectivity of non believers & believers)

How do you handle negative comments? How you handle defending a view/can be a danger

Be careful of what you say, it’s on the Internet and open to everyone!
Be careful how you represent your church, and yourself

o  Focus on what are you saying how are you saying it
o  Quick community/quick information – short posts are great!
o  Be personal – people want a personal inside scoop
o  Creative Titles are a must
o  Publish your posts during high traffics times
o  Write your posts and set up a future publish date
o  Drafting capability to start/finish posts when you have time
o  Give credit where credit is due, include links to what you’re posting
o  Comment on others’ sites & include your blog address when commenting
o  Typepad & Blogger can email you to notify of comments made on your blog
o  RSS feed doesn’t notify you about comments on your blog

Yes, you can promote books/etc.  Most link to Amazon to purchase.  You can also self promote – Seth Godwin example

$4.95, $8.95 or $14.95 per month depending on the package you want to purchase

Yes, we will. They will be created internally in the next month or so.

We will be supporting those departmental blogs along with Exec’s blogs.

Yes, some are addressed, some just let them ride. Some generalized, some more specifically addressed depending on their remark.

Yes, you can publish multiple authors on a blog – credit shown at end of post.  They can have different logins, etc.