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		<title>Laying the right foundation with hosting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lay the groundwork the right way with the appropriate web hosting environment
I have had the opportunity to host website solutions within about 8 varied Internet hosting environments. When I evaluate my selections based on rock solid dependability, amazing functionality, and ease of access, I would certainly have to render the nod to a hosting corporation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Search Engine Optimization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Should your church be interested in a search engine optimized website that that allows you to be found by search engine traffic, or in other words, by people who are searching for a church home, ministry, life-help, or the truth about the afterlife?
Much thought should be put into the above question…

What is the mission statement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ministrymaven.com/MMaven/seo/church-search-engine-optimization/</link>
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		<title>Important Tools for Church SEO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, for that fact SEO in general, but since this blog niche is Internet Marketing for churches, we&#8217;ll go with church SEO.
There are a couple of ways to obtain valuable keyword research. Google Adwords has a splendid free tool that does a great job of giving you an idea of how competitive a phrase is, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ministrymaven.com/MMaven/marketing-and-advertising/important-tools-for-church-seo/</link>
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		<title>Church Marketing Sucks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading a blog post by Nils Smith, and it really jolted my &#8220;thinker.&#8221; The title that I used for this post is the title of his post, which is at the end of it all is the name of a blog that is on the cutting edge of this topic.
Nils writes, &#8220;I love [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ministrymaven.com/MMaven/marketing-and-advertising/church-marketing-sucks/</link>
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		<title>Innovative Church Marketing Example</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interesting read on how a church in Florida got past the challenge of people remembering their domain name while cars zipped by on the highway.
Nice Marketing by Florida Church
Give some thought to an easy to remember domain name that you can forward to your church site, especially if you domain is extremely long.
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		<link>http://ministrymaven.com/MMaven/marketing-and-advertising/innovative-church-marketing-example/</link>
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		<title>Church Web Hosting Must be Reliable and Secure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Catherine Smith wrote an interesting article entitled, &#8220;Small  Business Web Hosting Must be Reliable and Secure on a web hosting review site, and it got me to thinking about what is important for church web hosting.
1) Reliability is essential &#8211; Regardless of why you have a web property, you want it to be available to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ministrymaven.com/MMaven/marketing-and-advertising/church-web-hosting-must-be-reliable-and-secure/</link>
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		<title>Drummer Boy 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: The nine performances saw a total attendance of 39,400. This event has become a fantastic outreach event for Grace Church.
If you live in the Greater St. Louis area, there is a &#8220;must-see&#8221; event coming up at Grace Church in Maryland Heights. Enjoy watching the video, and I hope to see you there.

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		<link>http://ministrymaven.com/MMaven/marketing-and-advertising/drummer-boy-2009/</link>
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		<title>Building the kingdom of Christ through Internet marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Building the kingdom of Christ through Internet marketing.
Who wants a free “conversion friendly” website? Would you like to have a targeted audience driven to that website? Would this help your church or ministry reach your community? If no, then let me know why not?
The Internet is one of the greatest communication mediums on the planet. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ministrymaven.com/MMaven/marketing-and-advertising/building-the-kingdom-of-christ-through-internet-marketing/</link>
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		<title>Do you staff for church marketing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Does your church or religious organization have a person on staff dedicated to marketing / outreach? Maybe you have a team of people who head up that function. 
Are they pastoral level, layperson, or both?
I think it would be insightful to find out what others are doing, and whether they feel like they are being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ministrymaven.com/MMaven/marketing-and-advertising/do-you-staff-for-church-marketing/</link>
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		<title>Where do people spend their time online?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Users spend 45% of their internet time on content sites.
They go to the net to search, but users spend the majority of their time on content sites. Does your church or religious organization invest in putting up the type of content that answers the questions that people have about you? If not, why not.
You can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ministrymaven.com/MMaven/marketing-and-advertising/where-do-people-spend-their-time-online/</link>
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