The Do A New Thing Blog
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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Strong Messages Build a Strong Ministry
I am so excited to welcome Amy Carroll of Proverbs 31 Ministries and Next Step Speaker Services to the blog today. Her wise words apply to writers as well as speakers. Thank you, Amy, for sharing your experience with us! ... Read more
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Lesson Learned: Progress over Perfection
I want to welcome my friend Samantha to the Lesson Learned series. Sam blogs at Heaven on Earth. She’s a newbie to blogging, having only started her blog 5 months ago. She has learned so much in a short time ... Read more
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5 Things A Virtual Assistant Can Do For Your Online Ministry
How long is your to-do list? If it is anything like mine, there are more things on the “To-Do” side than on the “Done” side. Running an online ministry or business is a lot of work .. writing, creating graphics, ... Read more
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What I Lost in the Great Flood of 2016
One year ago today, I made the first post on the Do A New Thing blog. It’s almost an unwritten rule on your “bloggerversary”, you have to write a post on what you learned in your first year of blogging. ... Read more
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4 Biblical Strategies to Grow Your Christian Blog
Did you see the S-word in my post title? Did the word “strategy” make your stomach churn? For some reason, many people, especially Christian women, believe “Biblical”, “strategy” and “blog” cannot co-exist in the same sentence. If you want to ... Read more
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Lesson Learned: The Right Hosting Matters
Well, school is back in for most parts of the country, so after taking a little break for the summer, I thought it was time to re-start my Lesson Learned series. This is where I share with you things I’ve ... 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