The Do A New Thing Blog
Stay Committed to Your Sacred Goals
Here we are, two months into the new year. The year started out with so much promise. Maybe you prayed your way through Grace Goals and planned to make some progress on things that were important to you this year. Or you ... Read more
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How to Use a Challenge to Boost Your Email List
Whether you call it a challenge, a drip campaign, an autoresponder or an email series, mulit-part emails are one of the hottest ways to grow your email list. Need some proof? How about these: Christian blogger Arabah Joy has a ... Read more
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How to Know What Your Reader Wants
For many of us who blog, sometimes the hardest part of blogging is not the technical challenge or all the conflicting advice. It’s coming up with something to write about every week (or even more often for some!) We scour ... Read more
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Go Where the People Are to Build Your Email List
By now, you probably know how important it is to build your email list as you grow your online presence. Your email list allows you to control when, how and where you interact with your audience. And you probably already ... Read more
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Make a Working Staycation Your Most Productive Day Ever
My normal blogging workday is spent at home by myself on the weekend, stretched out in the recliner with my laptop. For those who try to work with two or three littles nipping around their knees, that may sound like heaven. But ... Read more
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Is Your Ministry Prepared for an Emergency?
Over the holidays, the news was full of articles about Queen Elizabeth and her poor health. She missed Christmas church for the first time in decades. There was even a fake news report of her death. In the wake of these reports, ... Read more
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Black Friday 2023
Ready, Set …. Black Friday! Bookmark this page to get all the details on Black Friday deals for online Christian ministries and businesses. I’ll have specials on my products, and showcase other deals on tools and resources to support you. ... Read more
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The Assembly Line Method to Task Batching
My favorite thing about the Honor Circle is watching my friends apply what they learn in ways that work for them, and then share it with the rest of us. Our girl Susan from Growing A Content Heart came up ... Read more
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January Reset: Social Media Guidelines
There is nothing that seems to bring more angst, stress, and even fear to those in online ministry and business than social media. Which platforms are the best? How many days a week should I post? What should I post? ... Read more
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January Reset: 3 Tips for Managing Email
Before we close our 2022 planners and open the crisp new ones, blank with possibilities for 2023, there are some things we can do to make way for all those possibilities. We need to unload some things and straighten up ... Read more
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January Reset: Financial Stewardship
This is it! The last week of our January Reset… a month spent cleaning up our ministry and biz clutter to make room for the new opportunities God has for us in 2023. Are you ready to talk about financial ... Read more
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January Reset: Organizing Digital Files
Here we are in our second week of January Reset … time we have set aside to clear out some of our ministry and business clutter and make way for the amazing opportunities God has in store for us this ... Read more
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Is your to-do list out of control?
Grab my best to-do list tips and learn to overcome the de-railers in your week