Comments on: Viral Marketing, Virile Thinking, the Sox & the Sex http://tonymorganlive.com/2005/09/24/viral-marketing-virile-thinking-the-sox-the-sex/ Trying to be strategic. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:28:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shawn Wood http://tonymorganlive.com/2005/09/24/viral-marketing-virile-thinking-the-sox-the-sex/#comment-542 Shawn Wood Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:25:47 +0000 http://tonymorgan.updatable.cc/?p=264#comment-542 Terry...as "Communications" Pastor I am hurt...(not really I hear you screamin')... My comment would be - lets have both. Many of our pastors, including Greg Surrat - our Senior Pastor - are blogging - and we have the "corporate line" Seacoast official blog. The Secoast blog does allow us to get information out quickly that would never make it to an announcement or on our website, stories that we dont have time to use on a weekend and constant reminders of whats coming up. I know all of this could be done on a website - but while blogs are hot - lets serve em' up...I think we can have a both and world... Terry…as “Communications” Pastor I am hurt…(not really I hear you screamin’)…

My comment would be – lets have both. Many of our pastors, including Greg Surrat – our Senior Pastor – are blogging – and we have the “corporate line” Seacoast official blog.

The Secoast blog does allow us to get information out quickly that would never make it to an announcement or on our website, stories that we dont have time to use on a weekend and constant reminders of whats coming up. I know all of this could be done on a website – but while blogs are hot – lets serve em’ up…I think we can have a both and world…

]]> By: Tony Morgan http://tonymorganlive.com/2005/09/24/viral-marketing-virile-thinking-the-sox-the-sex/#comment-541 Tony Morgan Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:44:16 +0000 http://tonymorgan.updatable.cc/?p=264#comment-541 If you're interested, Brian has addressed some the "church blog" questions over on <a href="http://www.bloggingchurch.com/home/2005/09/questions_about.html" rel="nofollow">BloggingChurch.com</a>. Tony If you’re interested, Brian has addressed some the “church blog” questions over on BloggingChurch.com.

Tony

]]> By: bob bickford http://tonymorganlive.com/2005/09/24/viral-marketing-virile-thinking-the-sox-the-sex/#comment-540 bob bickford Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:05:43 +0000 http://tonymorgan.updatable.cc/?p=264#comment-540 Tony, great stuff as usual, we've been thinking of you all and praying for you this week as a staff. Looking forward to the ICC and the blogapalooza! Will there be t-shirts? Sheet Music is a great read, we owe Dr. Leman big time, it's funny, frank and right on, Barb is reading it too, I don't think she'll be guest blogging quite yet, I can only hope. Tony,

great stuff as usual, we’ve been thinking of you all and praying for you this week as a staff. Looking forward to the ICC and the blogapalooza! Will there be t-shirts?

Sheet Music is a great read, we owe Dr. Leman big time, it’s funny, frank and right on, Barb is reading it too, I don’t think she’ll be guest blogging quite yet, I can only hope.

]]> By: James 'Smiler' Farrer http://tonymorganlive.com/2005/09/24/viral-marketing-virile-thinking-the-sox-the-sex/#comment-539 James 'Smiler' Farrer Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:54:39 +0000 http://tonymorgan.updatable.cc/?p=264#comment-539 Terry, If church blogs are a good thing, why is FC discontinuing it? (I don't mean to cause offence / trouble. Just wondered...) Terry,

If church blogs are a good thing, why is FC discontinuing it?

(I don’t mean to cause offence / trouble. Just wondered…)

]]> By: Tammy M. http://tonymorganlive.com/2005/09/24/viral-marketing-virile-thinking-the-sox-the-sex/#comment-538 Tammy M. Sat, 24 Sep 2005 17:22:34 +0000 http://tonymorgan.updatable.cc/?p=264#comment-538 I totally agree about the corportate blog thing. I would have no desire to read a corporate blog, but I would love to read the CEO's blog who lets me into his life outside of the company. Daryl and I are reading sheet music together right now, great book. Hope Emily hands it off to you Tony! I totally agree about the corportate blog thing. I would have no desire to read a corporate blog, but I would love to read the CEO’s blog who lets me into his life outside of the company.
Daryl and I are reading sheet music together right now, great book. Hope Emily hands it off to you Tony!

]]> By: Tony Morgan http://tonymorganlive.com/2005/09/24/viral-marketing-virile-thinking-the-sox-the-sex/#comment-537 Tony Morgan Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:04:31 +0000 http://tonymorgan.updatable.cc/?p=264#comment-537 Terry, you're making my point. Mark's blog is the perfect example. It's one person opening up his life and his ministry for others to see. It's not a corporate deal. It's not the church's blog. It's Mark's blog that just happens to have a link on the church's website. That's why we're reading about his son's first soccer goal. You don't get the unfiltered stories like that from a corporate blog. We love blogs that have a personality and say stuff beyond the "approved" message. You're right, though. I have to admit--there's probably some spin on my blog. :-) By the way, I'm looking forward to hearing the podcast with Mark. It's about time more people heard his story. He's a great leader, and God's using him to do some incredible stuff in the DC area. Tony Terry, you’re making my point. Mark’s blog is the perfect example. It’s one person opening up his life and his ministry for others to see. It’s not a corporate deal. It’s not the church’s blog. It’s Mark’s blog that just happens to have a link on the church’s website. That’s why we’re reading about his son’s first soccer goal. You don’t get the unfiltered stories like that from a corporate blog. We love blogs that have a personality and say stuff beyond the “approved” message.

You’re right, though. I have to admit–there’s probably some spin on my blog. :-)

By the way, I’m looking forward to hearing the podcast with Mark. It’s about time more people heard his story. He’s a great leader, and God’s using him to do some incredible stuff in the DC area.

Tony

]]> By: Terry Storch http://tonymorganlive.com/2005/09/24/viral-marketing-virile-thinking-the-sox-the-sex/#comment-536 Terry Storch Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:13:20 +0000 http://tonymorgan.updatable.cc/?p=264#comment-536 Tony, Is there a benefit to a church blog? Yes, a huge benefit! Let me first stomp down on the idea of “share their story without the spin.” I think that is a crazy statement! Everyone has their own spin. Tony you have spin on your blog, I have spin on my blog…it is the spin of who we are! There is no way around that. Now, putting a communications or PR department in charge of a blog is a total waste of what a blog exists for. Blogs needs to be the heart and soul of communication, not a press release. I encourage you and your readers to listen to Mark Batterson’s podcast on BloggingChurch.com on Monday! He, as a Sr. Pastor has so many great stories and some wonderful examples of why a Church blog is a great thing. Tony,

Is there a benefit to a church blog? Yes, a huge benefit! Let me first stomp down on the idea of “share their story without the spin.” I think that is a crazy statement! Everyone has their own spin. Tony you have spin on your blog, I have spin on my blog…it is the spin of who we are! There is no way around that.

Now, putting a communications or PR department in charge of a blog is a total waste of what a blog exists for. Blogs needs to be the heart and soul of communication, not a press release. I encourage you and your readers to listen to Mark Batterson’s podcast on BloggingChurch.com on Monday! He, as a Sr. Pastor has so many great stories and some wonderful examples of why a Church blog is a great thing.

]]> By: Rich Kirkpatrick http://tonymorganlive.com/2005/09/24/viral-marketing-virile-thinking-the-sox-the-sex/#comment-535 Rich Kirkpatrick Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:45:55 +0000 http://tonymorgan.updatable.cc/?p=264#comment-535 I thought "Sheet Music" would be of interest to a musician such as I. After finding out the kind of sheets...well, I will buy a copy for my wife and myself...I enjoy your blog, by the way,Tony. Rich I thought “Sheet Music” would be of interest to a musician such as I. After finding out the kind of sheets…well, I will buy a copy for my wife and myself…I enjoy your blog, by the way,Tony.

Rich

]]> By: sarge http://tonymorganlive.com/2005/09/24/viral-marketing-virile-thinking-the-sox-the-sex/#comment-534 sarge Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:35:54 +0000 http://tonymorgan.updatable.cc/?p=264#comment-534 Thanks for the link Tony! The series has been crazy! I just got an email from a major leader saying how they loved the blog. On the church blogs, I noticed on Fellowship's Blog that they only have like 200 people subscribed to their feed out of a church of 17000+. Thought that was strange. Thanks for the link Tony! The series has been crazy! I just got an email from a major leader saying how they loved the blog. On the church blogs, I noticed on Fellowship’s Blog that they only have like 200 people subscribed to their feed out of a church of 17000+. Thought that was strange.

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