June 29th, 2010 
alandanielson Social media has exploded and social media platforms are everywhere. It’s sometimes hard to know what social media avenues are the best to use. I’ve used social media to build my consulting business with churches, and now I’ve expanded to do Social Media Marketing in the business sector. My social media approach starts with thinking [...]
June 28th, 2010 alandanielson “So don’t lose a minute in building on what you’ve been given, complementing your basic faith with…passionate patience…” 2 Peter 1:5-6 (MSG) In my personal devotional time I’ve been reading through the New Testament in the Message translation and last week I got stuck for three days on two simple words: passionate patience. In 2 [...]
Posted in Character, Spiritual Growth 
Tags: Difficult Times, Difficulties, hardship, Passion, patience, Surviving Tough Times 
1 Comment » June 24th, 2010 alandanielson “Human Resources” is a term that on some level I hate! I hate it because of the fact that many leaders treat their “Human Resources” more like resources and less like humans. The difference between a good leader and a bad leader is how “Human Resources” are treated. The same can be said of good [...]
June 23rd, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted 07-24-2009. Reposted 06-23-2010. ——————————————————————– There’s something I don’t get about the online small groups debate: I don’t get why it’s being debated. People argue that people need physical touch, eye contact, proximity etc. for a real community experience. Yes, it is a proven fact that all of those play a part in human interaction, [...]
June 17th, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted 06-21-09. Reposted 06-17-10 ——————————- Fathers have to be careful because they can do a lot of damage. Here’s a list of the damage my Dad has done and continues to do: My Dad damages the status quo. My dad, the appliance repairman, always works with integrity. He never cheats anyone or lies about [...]
June 16th, 2010 alandanielson SEO is a buzz word that everyone in the business world is all excited about. ”Search Engine Optimization” is all about getting your business to the top of the search engine lists. It’s great, and it’s a good business practice. The problem with SEO is that the public has caught on. People know you can [...]
Posted in Leadership, Marketing Tags: Search Engine Optimization, SEO, SMO, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Optimization 1 Comment » June 15th, 2010 alandanielson Today is another guest post by Derek Irvin. Derek is the Small Group Pastor at Northview Christian Life Church in Carmel, Indiana. They are a church of about 3300with roughly 200 small groups. Derek is a brilliant strategist and has a great ability to intuitively see how things fit together. I have a ton of [...]
June 11th, 2010 alandanielson Does your Social Media Marketing approach include commenting on blogs? If so, good! Commenting on blogs is a proven way to generate more traffic to your site. However, your comments need to be real! Don’t comment on every blog you come across just to have your web address out there. THAT’S ANNOYING!! Annoying = Spam! [...]
Posted in Character, Marketing Tags: Blog Posts, Blog Spam, Social Media Marketing, Spam No Comments » June 10th, 2010 alandanielson Originally posted 11-04-2009. Reposted 06-10-2010. —————————————————————— I had the privilege of attending a Business and Technology conference in Oklahoma City called Innotech, and the track I attended was all about eMarketing. I’m excited because marketing is one of the greatest out-reaching tools at any organization’s disposal, yet many organizations tend to market rather poorly. Today, [...]
Posted in Marketing Tags: advertising, church, effective, effectiveness, evaluate, Marketing, perception, Social Media Marketing, strategy, your 2 Comments »
June 5th, 2010 alandanielson Invite Alan to speak at your conference, event, church or company. Here are some video and audio files demonstrating Alan’s fun and engaging style. This is a clip of Alan’s talk at the RightNow ’09 conference in Dallas. The entire message is available below. ————————————————————————————– This video is a short preview of a leadership development [...]
