Facebook Advertising For Easter
Leading up to Easter we have started running a paid advertisement on Facebook. Clicking on the ad leads to a page on our website promoting our Easter service in the theatre of the local high school.
Facebook estimates potential reach of the ad at 2 million Facebook users within a 50 mile radius of Pointe Claire.
Since yesterday at around noon there have been 149,000 impressions with 23 click throughs. Total cost thus far is $8.52 - with an average cost per click of .37 and a cost per thousand impressions of .06.
Here is the ad: 
Here is a link to the page it links to:
http://www.westislandchurch.com/?page_id=49
Seth Godin Quoted On Anxiety
“Anxiety is nothing but repeatedly re-experiencing failure in advance. What a waste!”
Most Duplicated App on Itunes
Relevant Magazine reports that the most duplicated app on Itunes is….. the Bible.
I have two Bible apps on my IPhone currently – YouVersion and Logos. Of the two I use YouVersion the most. It’s free and allows for downloads of many different Bible versions for free including many of the modern translations along with versions in many different languages. If you are into Twitter it will also let you tweet a Bible verse directly from the app.
Flipping A Coin
"When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you, but because, in that brief moment with the coin is in the air, you suddenly know what you are hoping for."
From Lifehacker.com
Phoning It In
Seth Godin makes some great points regarding ministry – and while a secular blogger brings a great reminder. It’s easy to lose vision and passion and just go through the motions.
HMDir retweeted
RT @stevelcannon: It isn’t the whistle that pulls the train. — Vermont Proverb
TED Talks
If you haven’t seen any of the TED Talks before they are well worth your time to watch.
TED is an annual conference held in Long Beach, CA which makes the video of the presentations available on their website. Other videos from previous years are available on YouTube.
With presenters like Malcolm Gladwell, J.K. Rowlings and Richard Dawkins there is always plenty of food for thought.
The Sea And Life by Rev. Lonnie Treadway
Back in the 80’s I came across a recording of a sermon preached by Rev. Lonnie Treadway
to the UPCI Youth Committee. Titled “The Sea And Life” it was perhaps the most played sermon that I have ever had.
This week I came across the cassette and decided to convert it to mp3. If you are in ministry this is a must listen to sermon.
You can stream or download it by clicking the title link
The Sea And LifeQuoted On Preaching
"To preach, to really preach, is to die naked a little at a time, and to know each time you do it that you must do it again."
Bruce Thielemann
Ministry Magazine
The January/February digital version of Ministry Magazine is now available free. You can access it here.
Digital seems to me to be the way to go – instant access, embedded video clips and features – and it’s green!. No trees died in the process.
