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FrontGate Media is proud to announce Blue Letter Bible as the newest addition to the media family. FrontGate, the largest web and event network in the faith-based market, will strategize and facilitate all promotional and advertising campaigns on BlueLetterBible.org, delivering engagement for organizations seeking to reach the faith-based audience.

Each month, over 1,000,000 unique visitors utilize the sites impressive resources. Since 1996, Blue Letter Bible has provided Biblical study reference tools through their free online reference library that are grounded in the historical, conservative Christian faith. Recently the site has expanded its online offerings with commentaries, lexicons, audio sermons, maps and Bible courses. The latest website revitalization brings personalized study pages and powerful search tools to users from a variety of platforms.

President and CEO of Blue Letter Bible, Jim Milligan says, The release of the new version of the Blue Letter Bible has allowed our users to easily study the Bible wherever they are, and on a variety of devices. Our partnership with FrontGate will allow our users to engage with like-minded Christian organizations.

According to Scott A. Shuford, FrontGate’s Chief Engagement Officer, “FrontGate exists solely to help organizations engage the Christian audience. BlueLetterBible.org has 1 million of the most passionate pastors, lay leaders and congregants I’ve ever seen. We are excited to help organizations connect to this faith-based audience.”

For more information, please see: http://www.BlueLetterBible.org.

To discuss engagement, please contact FrontGate at http://www.FrontGateMedia.com.

ABOUT FRONTGATE MEDIA – Established in 2001, FrontGate (http://FrontGateMedia.com) is the largest internet and events group reaching the faith and family values audience. The firm received the 2013 Crystal Trophy as the Best Faith-based Website in the Internet Advertising Competition, and was also honored in 2012 with two WebAwards receiving the Standard of Excellence in the Marketing and Faith-Based categories. Serving as Your Gateway To The Christian Audience, FrontGates web network provides reach to more than 10 million people and 6 million email subscribers. In addition, the firm provides strategy and execution for Faith-based Media Buying, Public Relations, and Social Media. The company plays a key role in the success of movie studios, non-profit organizations, publishers and authors, record labels and artists, and more seeking faith-based and faith-friendly audiences.

ABOUT BLUE LETTER BIBLE Since 1996, http://BlueLetterBible.org has been the leader in providing free online study Bible resources grounded in the historical, conservative Christian faith. Resources include: powerful Bible searches, Greek and Hebrew language tools, advanced cross-referencing system, commentaries, concordances, daily devotionals, an online Bible institute, mobile apps and much more. Blue Letter Bible reaches over 1 million people per month from over 200 countries.

To interview President and CEO of Blue Letter Bible, Jim Milligan, FrontGate CEO Scott A. Shuford, or for more information, please contact:

Lori Heiselman FrontGate Media 714-553-5181 Lori(at)FrontGateMedia(dot)com

Social Networking

So you have heard about it on the reports, read about it in the paper and you still have no idea what all these people are talking about. No problem, I have you enclosed guys.

What are social networking sites?

A Definition

We define social network sites as web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. The nature and nomenclature of these connections may vary from site to site.

While we use the term “social network site” to describe this phenomenon, the term “social networking sites” also appears in public discourse, and the two terms are often used interchangeably. We chose not to employ the term “networking” for two reasons: emphasis and scope. “Networking” emphasizes relationship initiation, often between strangers. While networking is possible on these sites, it is not the primary practice on many of them, nor is it what differentiates them from other forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC).

All that social networking refers to is people coming together on a website to discuss similar interests. What! That’s it?

Yes, there is lot of ways to place it and revolve what this is, but in a nutshell that is it guys. These are a very dominant way to acquire a group of knowledgeable people to contribute what they know and how they learned. Not always are these groups about awareness, but in most cases they are.

The cause that these sites are super powerful as an online dealer is that you can meet people and get to recognize them. Most people appear at selling items like you actually have to sell an item. What I mean by that is that you can become a power seller of any product on these sites, not by trying to inform people to buy, but by making friends. Yes, accept as true it or not, it has been verified that people are more likely to buy and tell friends about products that are offered by somebody that they feel they know.

Social bookmarking sites are very similar to these network sites, the variation being the focus on sharing links to popular blogs, videos and pictures online. These sites have an incredible power to grow website traffic and raise your Google search engine listings immediately if you have a lot of friends on them!

So stop trying to sell and learn how to make some new friends and get prosperous instead!

This is the primary article in the series on Social Networking so make sure to watch for the next articles as they come out.

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Chris is: “writing a column about how businesses can benefit from social networking websites”. Sound familiar? This is my Facebook update. If you’re not sure what I mean, keep reading. Wait, even if you know what I mean, keep reading!

Have you ever noticed how almost everyone you know is involved in some type of social networking website? Whether it’s Facebook, Myspace, Linked In, Twitter or the countless other sites, social networking websites have become an accepted form of communication and method of keeping tabs on what the people you know are up to. The benefits also cross the line into the world of business and this is where it gets interesting.

If you are skeptical, I invite you to look into the membership numbers. My Space claims to have over 200 million members. Facebook reportedly has 80 million and is growing rapidly. The list of other websites goes on, but the numbers are staggering.

Although sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter are perceived to be mainly for friendly networking, you can also create pages for your business. And for those who aren’t yet on the bandwagon, hop on Facebook or one of the other sites and search around for a particular company. If they are savvy and educated on how social networking is transforming the way business is done, you will find them. Whether it’s a group, a fan club or a page about the company, there is a good chance you’ll track them down on one of the social networking sites.

Similar to Google ads, many of the most popular social networking sites have advertising and marketing opportunities available. For many businesses, this has proven to be a very effective approach, as advertisers can be ultra specific with the demographics they want to target. You can run a campaign that gets as specific as you want. I know a company that recently launched a Facebook marketing campaign targeting 35-40 year old married females living in a specific zip code. Think about all of the public information people post and then think about how it can be compiled and used as the world’s largest marketing database, as I recently heard it called. Scary isn’t? Scary, but genius.

It’s fairly obvious that these large networking sites can benefit advertising and marketing campaigns, but how can sales people use them to their selling advantage? This particular topic has grown in popularity and I have noticed more and more people using social networking sites to help drive sales. But what’s the real story? Is this acceptable to many of the people who frequent these sites? How effective are these efforts?

As a fairly late adopter of the social networking craze, I don’t consider myself to be an expert on every site, but I would like to share my experiences and observations and let you decide what may work best for your selling efforts.

I was surfing around on Facebook the other day and the instant message pop up suddenly appeared. It was my financial advisor reminding me to complete a list of actions that I needed to get off my backside and complete. After I responded, I quickly realized that he was using Facebook to follow up with his clients and move business forward. Good for him! In this case, I didn’t feel like it was awkward that we were in a way, doing business on Facebook.

I have another “Facebook Friend” who constantly posts updates about the company he sells for. He is very into it and develops very compelling messages. Almost daily, you can count on some blurb about a new product, an event or some other news. One could argue that he isn’t really selling, but by typing a few words and clicking enter, he is getting his companies name in front of hundreds of people in his network. Prior to his posts, I had never heard of the company. Now, I am a customer. Interesting.

I know several people who rely heavily on Linked In as a prospecting tool and database. With a few clicks, they can look up companies and contacts within the company that they are somehow connected to. Even if the contact is two or three friends away, there is a connection of some type and that can often be used to warm up calls or even broker an introduction with that hard to reach executive you’ve been trying to pin down.

These are just a few examples of sales people benefiting from incorporating social networking into their sales efforts and I’m sure new ideas and techniques and best practices will continue to be developed. The opportunity for sales professionals continues to grow and it’s time every business accepts it and looks for ways they can best fit into these types of websites.

So go Twitter (or should I say Tweet) about something related to your business. Create a group on Facebook for your company. Check Linked In to track down prospects. Create a My Space page and educate prospects about your product or service. Your biggest challenge will be remembering all of your different user names and passwords and keeping up on updates for each site, but there is almost a guarantee you will see a healthy return on the time and effort you put into it.