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One Reason TO Post Your Photos on Facebook

Russell Martin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:07:35 +0000

Last week I wrote about why you should not post your church trip photos on Facebook, but instead on your website.

But there is a good reason to post your photo to Facebook too. That is the “like” button and the “tag” button.

Every time someone clicks “like” or “tags” themselves that photo of your event is posted to their profile. The average Facebook user has 130 friends. If you have 50 youth at an event, and they each comment, like or tag themselves then photos of your event have the potential to be seen by 6500 people.

The question is what do you do with those views. Make sure there is a path back to your Facebook page and ultimately to your website.

But don’t stop there. Always keep in mind that the ultimate goal is to get people in the doors of your church so you can share the gospel with them.

The Easiest Way to Do Slide Shows

Russell Martin — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:26:42 +0000

Slide shows have come a long way in the past few years.

I remember having slides developed, arranging them in a projector, and pressing play on the tape player.

I remember having photos developed, videoing each one for 5 seconds and pressing play on the cd player.

I remember taking digital photos, putting them in power point, and inserting a music link

I remember using windows movie maker, adding photos, adding a music track and rendering it together.

Now I just use Animoto

With animoto you upload your photos, or short video clips, and select one of their many themes. Next add your text where needed, and arrange the photos in order. Then you can choose a provided music track or upload your own. Finally click finish and they will send you an email when your video is ready.

From their it is very easy to share your video on youtube, facebook, twitter, email or embed in your blog. There is even an option to download a high resolution video to burn to DVD or show in your church service. Animoto even has an app for your iphone, and you can create a complete video from the photos and clips you have stored there, without ever using a computer.

Right now animoto is running a referral program. Sign up for an All-Access pass, $30 per year, and get one month free (or $5 off). Sign up for an Animoto Pro account $249 per year, and get one extra month free.

Click here to sign up

Check out some of these other uses for animoto.

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My hipstamatic life

Russell Martin — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:59:45 +0000

I recently downloaded the hipstamatic iPhone app. Basically it takes photos that look like old photos.

Veterans Day

Russell Martin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:23:40 +0000

Here are some photos from a Veteran’s day celebration held at our church.

My Daily Photo 8/20/09

Russell Martin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:42:19 +0000

Today’s photo was actually taken this past week when I led worship at St Marks UMC in Houston. It is of their chancel area.

My Dropbox – Something Free for You and Me!

Russell Martin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:23:38 +0000

For about a year now I have been using Dropbox as a way to share files between my various computers. It simply works like this. Install dropbox on whatever computers you want and folder called “My Dropbox” is put into My Documents. Whenever you add or take away files from that “My Dropbox” folder, it is syncronized on each computer on which it is installed. I use this often to put files I am working on so I can open them at home and work, such as publications for church, or photos for this blog.

My dropbox is making an offer for more free space. For everyone one of you who sign up for My Dropbox, I get ~~250~~ 500 mb of more space, up to 3 8 gig. But wait there is more. If you sign up you also get not only the 1G 2G of space that comes with the free version, but an additional 250 mb also.So I would like to ask for you to try My Dropbox. Just click “Get My Dropbox” below and it will take you through the short sign up process. I would not ask, or support this if I had not used it myself. I hope you enjoy.

(Update 9/20- Verify an .edu student address and double your referral space to 500 mb per referral)

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I found “My Dropbox” because someone else suggested it to me. What other cool, useful web tools would you suggest?