Faithful Bloggers

Podcast #15 – Winter @ Christ Centered Home Magazine

Courtney — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:14:50 +0000

I recently talked with Winter from Christ Centered Home Magazine. We chatted about her testimony, what it was like to get away from the Lord and coming back again. We also talk about her magazine Christ Centered Home and how and why she stated that.

Links:

Christ Centered Home Magazine

Facebook

Twitter

Faithful Blogging Prompt #98

Courtney — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:18:50 +0000

Faithful Blogging Prompt #98:

What is favorite thing about blogging?

If you do end up using the topic to write about, come back and leave a link in the comments section, so that we can come read it.

Podcast #14 – Anointed Heels

Courtney — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:20:21 +0000

In today’s show I interviewed Roodlyne from Anointed Heels. We discussed how she got started blogging, why she blogs, and how God guides not only her life but her blog as well.

Anointed Heels on Facebook.

Anointed Heels on Twitter.

Anointed Heels on Instagram.

Faithful Blogging Prompt #97

Courtney — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:17:11 +0000

Faithful Blogging Prompt #97:

Do you offer advertising on your blog? Why or why not?

If you do end up using the topic to write about, come back and leave a link in the comments section, so that we can come read it.

Why Do You Blog? Report

Courtney — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:17:04 +0000

A couple weeks ago we started the “Why Do You Blog?” group writing project. We had 19 bloggers participate and all the entries are awesome. I have complied all the entries into a special report for you to download, read, and share.

Just click on the download link below to get it.

Download Now!

Also, please feel free to share it. Here is some code you can use to do so:

Text Link:
Why Do You Blog: Group Writing Project

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Faithful Blogging Prompt #96

Courtney — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:16:12 +0000

Faithful Blogging Prompt #96:

Do you offer any paid services on your blog? If so, what are they?

If you do end up using the topic to write about, come back and leave a link in the comments section, so that we can come read it.

3 Ways To Share Your Testimony Online

Courtney — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:03:43 +0000

If you are like a lot of Christian online you probably have a strong desire to share your faith and witness to others online. One way of doing this is telling others about your personal testimony.

Sharing your faith and witnessing online can be a very emotional and intimate experience. Depending on your story and background, sharing where you were before Christ and where you are after accepting Christ as your Savior, is a scary thing for people. It however does help win people to Christ by seeing the power Christ has to forgive sins and to turn lives around.

There are 3 main ways you can share your story of faith online in a way that can help others.

Write it – You can write about your faith on a blog, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Blogger, WordPress, forums, etc. With the popularity of social media there are numerous ways you can share your faith and testimony online in the written form. You could write articles and post them on different sites such as ezarticles.com. You could guest blog for other bloggers if you don’t have your own blog. You could write an ebook and then publish it on Amazon for Kindle.
Video it – If you are not comfortable with your writing skills then consider recording a video. Videos can be a very intimate way to share a story or an experience because the viewer can see your emotions and how you react while sharing it. Just as a reminder, if you go the video route, the video doesn’t have to be a just of you and your face. You could create a PowerPoint Presentation and turn it into a video or even use graphics to create a slideshow to get your point across. Once you record your video, you can post it on to a blog, YouTube, Vimeo, or any of the hundreds of video sharing sites available online. Once you have posted the video you can then share it on all of your social media sites as well.
Podcast it – If you are not comfortable doing a video consider recording a podcast. A podcast is just an audio recording that is normally delivered through iTunes to listeners. Like video, a podcast is more personal than traditional writing in that the emotions in your voice come out for the listeners to hear. You can share your story, allow your listeners to see the emotional side of you, allow them to intimately connect with you, without the fear of a camera. iTunes has made it so easy to publish a podcast, that you could easier reach hundreds of people this way.

The important thing is that your get your message out there. Share your testimony. Share how God has changed your life. Share the love of God.

Faithful Blogging Prompt #95

Courtney — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:14:12 +0000

Faithful Blogging Prompt #95:

Do you have an about me page on your blog? If not, why not?

If you do end up using the topic to write about, come back and leave a link in the comments section, so that we can come read it.

Faithful Blogging Prompt #94

Courtney — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:12:53 +0000

Faithful Blogging Prompt #94:

How do you prefer your readers contact you? Leave a comment, fill out a contact form, email you directly?

If you do end up using the topic to write about, come back and leave a link in the comments section, so that we can come read it.

Interviewing Others

Courtney — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:02:23 +0000

Interviewing others is a great way to get to know your readers and the people in your chosen niche. Interviews can happen in a couple different ways – written, audio, or video. Even those 3 ways can all be done in a multitude of different ways.

I mostly interview people on the Faithful Bloggers podcast. So that’s an audio interview and I usually talk to the person being interviewed via Skype and record the call using the software Pamela. Another option I use is FreeConferenceCall.com where both of us call into a dedicated line and the call is recorded. If you want to do an audio interview you have a lot of options.

Written interviews are the easiest and are normally done through email. If I was going to do a interview this way, I would just email my questions to the interviewee and wait for their response. I would then copy/paste the questions and answers into a blog post and format it to make it look pretty. Super Easy.

Video interviews are usually done in person but you can do them over the Internet in a couple different ways. There are services out there that will allow you to split your screen so that both parties are visible in the video. Or if you are handy with video editing you could do this yourself.

When interviewing another person its important to at least know a little about that person. Unless you have prepared questions ahead of time, you don’t want to be stuttering your way through the interview because you don’t know what to ask or say.

Below are some of the questions I ask bloggers who I interview for the Faithful Blogger Podcast:

Can you tell us a little about you and your testimony?
When did you start blogging? How did you get started?
How did you come up with the name of you blog?
What is your goal with your blog?
How do your incorporate your faith in your blog?
Do you have any bloggers you look up to or that have really encouraged you in blogging?
What is your favorite blogging tool?
How do you balance life and blogging?

These are not all the questions I ask it’s just a guideline. Often while conducting the interview I will come up with new questions based on the person’s answers. The prepared questions are more of an outline to follow and not a strict schedule of questions that have to asked and answered.

Have you interviewed anybody on your blog yet? If not, I would be happy to do an interview for you on your blog to help get your feet wet. Just drop me an email at support@faithfulbloggers.com and we will get it setup.