Some audible goodness from Josh Garrels with video goodness from Andrew Ellis. If you can’t see the video, click here.
Ulysses by Josh Garrels from Andrew Ellis on Vimeo.
Josh Garrels performs Ulysses in a New York City backyard.
Sound by Jonathan Seale
Image by Andrew Ellis
Sometimes a company or church or youth group will start using social media.
Sometimes they don’t know why, but they know everyone else does.
Here’s a tip: treat your new followers or friends or email subscribers or blog readers the same way you would a quest in your newly opened retail store. Any relationship is a 2-way street & if you hope to GET you’d better be ready to GIVE or the relationship isn’t going to last.
Example:
Tigertree is a terrific shop in downtown Columbus with some pretty cool offerings. The Tigertree twitter account is very active & engaging. They don’t just post links to their shops. They don’t just tweet about themselves. They engage. I’m a big fan of their stuff, because they made the first step.
{thanks to tim for showing me}
Television might actually morph into something positive. Cool…
It seems that all my bridges have been burned
But you say ‘That’s exactly how this grace thing works’
It’s not the long walk home that will change this heart
But the welcome I receive with every start
This is an anthem of grace. Also, this video lets you see about 10% of the energy of their live shows. If you can get to one, go. Drive far. Pay too much. It’s worth it.
“I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” ~Jesus~
When Jesus said this, He was talking about these Kids.
if you can’t see the video, click here.
I just started reading Jeffery Gitomer’s “Little Red Book of Selling.”
I just realized that a TON of the church leadership types tend to read/recommend business books. It seems to me that most of those books are from the “marketing” section (Seth Godin, Malcom Gladwell).
Just an observation.
Go read some books outside of your norm.
Flobots Interview with Sojourners Magazine.
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I’ve decided to stop following a lot of blogs I was following for several reasons.
A main one being that they were self-promoters. They were pastors who just promoted themselves via their blog. I mean, i understand that a lot of blogging is self-centered, but i sense that too many blogs are a revenue stream for pastors.
Now before you get upset, hear this: I have NO problem with monetizing your blog. I just think that – once you attach a price tag to your blog, you’ve compromised your message. I mean – If the message I want to get out is supposed to be “free for everyone” – but I charge people or I try to make money off of it, then I’ve tainted the message.
So yeah, if your blog is a little self promoting scheme to get more people to click your links or sell ads, I stopped following it. (oh yeah, and I stopped following you on twitter, too)
But if your blog/twitter is just a open space for the exchange of ideas, then you’ve got my full attention.
Yesterday Allie and I went out a picked up a new family member: Desh. Desh is a 6 week old cockapoo puppy. He’s super cool and cute and pretty much makes me melt. Last night, he woke us up about 6 times and I was really ticked. Then I looked at him. Here is a video of him playing around. Cute:
and here is the a video from the Bourne Ultimatum where Jason Bourne fights Desh. It’s where we got the name from:
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