How to give your web site a Favicon (favorites icon)

You might have noticed that your browser shows a little favorite icon when you visit some web sites, but not for others. If you have a web site, you might wonder how to change that–especially if you use a host like Bluehost or Hostmonster, which add their own (sort of ugly) icons to your site….   Read more


New Student Outreach/Welcome Week Tips?

It’s the busiest week of the year for most of you, as your colleges come back to life with the return of students to campus. Even though I’m not on campus anymore, it’s a pretty busy for me too, as I work on a new project I hope to announce more details about in the…   Read more


Online Conversations About Campus Ministry

You may have heard that The Blogference, an online blog conference about campus ministry, is happening again this week. What you might not know is that there are also great conversations happening every week at several other places online. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of campus ministry online. For that, visit…   Read more


Content Management Systems and your web site

Not every campus ministry has a web site, and many that do are painfully out of date. Even if you had someone tech-savvy set up your web site, often they graduate, leaving your web site with information that’s current as of that student’s senior year. There are programs available called “Content Management Systems” that plug…   Read more


Promoting Your External Event On Facebook

We’ve mentioned this before, but the Facebook News Feed is key to getting students to interact with your Facebook page, updates, and events. There are a few keys to helping a particular event gain weight in people’s News Feeds, including user interactions and multiple people posting it. Brian Barela from MediaforMinistry recorded a short video…   Read more