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Social Networking, Online Entertainment and Church Podcasts
May 26, 2008
Barna Technology Study:
Social Networking, Online Entertainment and Church Podcasts
Social Networking, Online Entertainment and Church Podcasts
May 26, 2008(Ventura, CA) When the Internet clicked into the public consciousness more than a decade ago, experts debated its usefulness and staying power. Now, few would argue that mobile devices and online technology have become deeply embedded in society. Millions of Americans have become dependent upon the new digital conveniences that provide them with entertainment, information, products, and content. The impact of these technologies on interpersonal relationships - a domain often called social networking - has begun to rewire the way people meet, express themselves, and stay connected.
A new study from The Barna Group explores social networking as well as how Americans use digital technology to get the products, services, and content they desire. The research identifies the mainstream - as well as emerging - platforms and practices. Additionally, the Barna study also examines how the Christian community engages with such technologies, including the use of church podcasts.
Electronic Communication
A cultural novelty a mere 15 years ago, email has become an essential part of culture and commerce. Currently, nearly four out of five Americans (78%) who access a computer have sent an email in the past week. As proof of its mainstream status, computer users over the age of 50 are just as likely as younger adults to use email.
By contrast, text messaging and instant messaging (IM) are used by smaller, though devoted segments of the population. One-third of computer users (33%) have used IM in the past week, while 30% of Americans have sent someone a text message via a mobile telephone. One of the reasons younger adults email rates are merely “average” compared to older residents is the younger set’s heavy reliance on IM’ing and texting to stay connected.
Facebook, MySpace and the Blogosphere
The Internet helps individuals express themselves. Millions of Americans have taken advantage of this, launching personal websites and blogs (short for “weblogs”). While these personal venues for self-expression have become a significant feature of the online landscape, most Americans remain on the digital sidelines: just one-quarter of computer users (23%) has a personal webpage or home page on a social networking site (such as Facebook or MySpace).
Even fewer adults have a personal blog where they communicate their ideas and experiences (10% of Americans with regular access to a computer). Interestingly, an even higher proportion of computer users (14%) had posted a comment on another person’s blog in the last week.
Blogging has not reached the “tipping point” towards becoming a mainstream activity (an emerging technology is often thought to “tip” toward majority use when the penetration reaches 20% or more of the population). Still, there are an estimated 16 million American adults who use their blog as a pulpit to broadcast their voice to the world. Blogs are most common among single adults, Northeast residents, homosexuals, those not registered to vote, and atheists and agnostics.
One other insight related to blogs is the sheer devotion many bloggers find in the pursuit, rarely letting their online journals grow dark. More than seven out of 10 people who have a blog update the online journal at least once a week.
Finding Information, Content and Entertainment
Not surprisingly, the promise of the Internet - instant access to ubiquitous information - is not lost on Americans. Searching for information or content is easily the most common online activity of the 15 assessed in the study. In all, more than eight out of 10 computer users had snapped up information via the Web in the last week (84%).
Compared to online search habits, a less common activity is online purchasing. Still, the Internet has become a viable and widely used retail channel, tallying one-quarter of computer users (27%) who have completed an online purchase in the last week.
With more people than ever using high-speed connections, watching online videos has also become an important feature of the inter-connected digital world. Overall, one-quarter of computer users (26%) reported watching a video via the Internet in the previous seven days. This was twice as common as downloading music in the past week (13% of users).
Two of the activities examined were rarely undertaken by Americans. As yet, downloading movies is still a limited activity among computer users (just 2% in the past week). Also, just 4% of adults admitted to viewing pornography or adult content in the last week.
The Socially Networked Church
People within the Christian community are just as immersed in (and dependent upon) digital technologies and social networks as are those outside of it. Both evangelical Christians and other born again Christians emerged as statistically on par with national norms when it came to each of the 15 different areas that were studied. In other words, matters of faith played very little role in differentiating people’s technological habits.
One exception was access to spiritual content via podcasting, which not surprisingly found a more eager audience among Christians than non-Christians. The study found that 38% of evangelicals and 31% of other born again Christians had listened to a sermon or church teaching via digital recordings available on the Internet (often called a “podcast”), compared with 17% of other adults. In macro-terms, an enormous audience of roughly 45 million Americans reports going digital to acquire church sermon and teaching content. In all, one out of every four adults - 23% - said they downloaded a church podcast in the past week.
The profile of people who had listened to sermon podcasts cut across generational lines, with older adults just as likely as young residents to listen in. Residents of the South (31%) were twice as likely as those in the Northeast (14%) to access church podcasts. Similarly, Protestants (32%) were more intrigued by such content than were Catholics (18%) and the same held true for non-mainline attenders (38%) compared to mainline Protestants (16%). African-Americans (50%) were very loyal listeners, especially when contrasted with Asians (14%). Furthermore, those who are economically downscale (35%) were more likely to listen to church podcasts than were upscale adults (10%).
Subgroup Insights
The analysis of differing demographic and psychographic groups provided several intriguing patterns:
The research was given context by David Kinnaman, the lead researcher on the project. “Church leaders have to strike the delicate balance between the spiritual and cultural potential of tech tools without surrendering to the false promise of these tools. Having the means of reaching the masses - for instance, through podcasting - is a good thing. Yet, nothing matches the potency of life-on-life discipleship. In this respect, social networking and blogs can be effective tools to intimately connect with a small, natural network of relationships. The key is using the technology to in a way that is consistent with your calling and purpose, not just an addictive self-indulgence.”
Kinnaman, the president of The Barna Group, also pointed out the need for a more intentional and broad discussion within the Church about how technology shapes its users. “One recent study we completed among teenagers showed that just 9% of church-going teens had learned something helpful about technology in their church during the past year. As each new generation becomes increasingly enmeshed with technology, these discussions and choices cannot be left to chance. Control, image, relevance, immediacy, transparency, purity, truth, stewardship, and escapism are some of the many issues that technology brings to the surface, not always with benign consequences.
“On the positive side, however, technology can empower and engage people, across generations, socio-economic segments, and physical boundaries. Young people, for instance, think of themselves as creators of content, not merely consumers of it. Technology, in essence, gives them a voice and fuels their search for calling. Whether or not you welcome it, technology creates an entirely new calculus of influence and independence. The stewardship of technology as a force for good in culture is an important role for technologists, entrepreneurs, educators, and Christian leaders.”
About the Research
This report is based upon two nationwide telephone surveys conducted by The Barna Group with random samples of adults, age 18 and older. These surveys were conducted in July-August 2007 and December 2007. The August survey involved interviews with 1000 adults; the December survey included 1005 adults. The maximum margin of sampling error associated with the aggregate sample for each of those surveys is ±3.2 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. Statistical weighting was used to calibrate the sample to known population percentages in relation to demographic variables.
“Born again Christians” are defined as people who said they have made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ that is still important in their life today and who also indicated they believe that when they die they will go to Heaven because they had confessed their sins and had accepted Jesus Christ as their savior. Respondents are not asked to describe themselves as “born again.”
“Evangelicals” meet the born again criteria (described above) plus seven other conditions. Those include saying their faith is very important in their life today; believing they have a personal responsibility to share their religious beliefs about Christ with non-Christians; believing that Satan exists; believing that eternal salvation is possible only through grace, not works; believing that Jesus Christ lived a sinless life on earth; asserting that the Bible is accurate in all that it teaches; and describing God as the all-knowing, all-powerful, perfect deity who created the universe and still rules it today. Being classified as an evangelical is not dependent upon church attendance or the denominational affiliation of the church attended. Respondents were not asked to describe themselves as “evangelical.”
“Downscale” adults were defined as those who did not attend college and whose annual, pre-tax household income is $20,000 or less.
“Upscale” adults are people who have completed a four-year degree and whose annual, pre-tax income exceeds $60,000.
The Barna Group, Ltd. (which includes its research division, The Barna Research Group) conducts primary research, produces media resources pertaining to spiritual development, and facilitates the healthy spiritual growth of leaders, children, families and Christian ministries. Located in Ventura, California, Barna has been conducting and analyzing primary research to understand cultural trends related to values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors since 1984. If you would like to receive free e-mail notification of the release of each new, bi-monthly update on the latest research findings from The Barna Group, you may subscribe to this free service at the Barna website www.barna.org.
Blogging Wars - Wordpress Vs Blogger
May 24, 2008
Blogging Wars - Wordpress Vs Blogger
There’s a war going on in the blogosphere, and it has nothing to do with bloggers dissing each other on their respective websites. The war is about control of the blogosphere by several great, many good, and tons of terrible blogging platforms. The average newbie now has “too many” options to choose from, and the battle for blogging supremacy is hotter than ever.
At my website and blogs, I’m always asked the question “Is Wordpress better than Blogger?”. The answer, of course, is “Yes”. But to really understand why, it’s important to look at both blogging platforms side-by-side and see which one you really need.
Here’s the comparison scale:
1) Ease of Set-up And Use
Yes, it’s much easier to set-up a blog with Blogspot.com and get your own Bloggger account. You can be done in 10 minutes flat. Once you’re set-up you can start posting immediately. If you want to add a designer’s touch to your blog, there are also tons of blogger templates available for free.
Installing Wordpress however can be a major headache if you don’t know what you’re doing. Since you’re going to host it on your own account, you’ll need to download the installation files, upload them to your server, set-up a database, and run the configuration script.
However, if you know which hosting account to get, you can choose one with Cpanel included. With Cpanel, you can do a one-click installation, upgrade and removal of your Wordpress platform.
2) Customization & Advanced Use
Blogger doesn’t allow categories. You can’t sort your articles into different focuses, unless you know how to hack the platform. With Wordpress, not only can you add categories, you can also display each category differently on your main page. In fact with the correct plugins you can even turn your Wordpress into a magazine-like portal.
Publishing with Blogger can be a pain in the ass. It can take forever to post articles, especially if you’re making changes to the entire website. With Wordpress, publishing is much faster, although if you load your system with all kinds of bells and whistles it can be just as frustrating. With a Blogger account, you can get additional features like “Shout Boxes” that improve interaction on your site. You can also get pretty themes and nifty little tools that you can add to the core template files. However, that’s as far as you can go with Blogger.
With Wordpress however, the sky is the limit. As cliche as that may sound, not only can you get themes, additional “plugins” and advanced tools, you can also extend Wordpress to far beyond just a blogging platform.
The talk today is about using Wordpress as a complete, user-friendly Content Management System or CMS.
4) Copyrights and Ownership of Content
I started with Blogger and I won’t say that it’s bad. But after a while I started to get frustrated with Blogger, and here’s why: Google Owns Your Content
Google has the authority to shut down your account without warning if they don’t like what you’re blogging about. You don’t have absolute control over your own blog. With Wordpress, you own the domain name and the blog is hosted on your own account. You have full control over your content.
With the self-hosted version of Wordpress (not Wordpress.com), you’re free to write about anything you want, and use the software in any way you want. Yes, Blogger allows you to publish to your own domain, but they still own the database that holds your content! Don’t forget that!
5) Search Engine Optimization and Traffic
There’s this propaganda that since Google owns Blogger, they tend to favor Blogger accounts. I won’t say that this is illogical, but from my experience, there’s no such favoritism.
I’ve heard as many stories of getting indexed fast and ranking high in search engines from both Wordpress and Blogger users. As long as the content is good, the spiders will come.
When you post in Blogger, you can only “ping” a limited amount of sites, whereas with Wordpress on your own domain you can ping as many blog directories as you want, and start getting more traffic.
As a conclusion, I would say that Wordpress is only slightly ahead in terms of optimization for search engines, and building large amounts of traffic.
6) Money-Making Potential
There’s no doubt that it’s easier to get started with Google Adsense if you have a Blogger account. In fact you can now apply for Adsense from within a Blogger account. Not entirely surprising considering the fact that both are owned by the same company.
With Wordpress, it can get tricky. The default installation is not enough. You’ll need a couple of plugins and even a better theme to really maximize the Adsense potential. However, this seems to be getting easier and there’s even “Adsense revenue sharing” plugins around that allow you to share ad revenue with other contributors and writers for your blog.
When you start using Wordpress to build your Adsense websites, you’ll soon discover what I mean. It’s something you need to experience for yourself. I can tell you one thing though – when you go Wordpress, you don’t go back.
About the Author
Gobala Krishnan is the author of Wordpress Adsense System, the unique beginner’s guide to building content-rich Adsense websites with Wordpress. You can download two free chapters of his book at Easy Wordpress.com
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7 Dollar Secrets
May 18, 2008
Finally A Chance for the “Small Guy”!
Are you struggling to make a living from your online business?
Here’s an affordable new approach for the “little guy”.
You’ve probably tried all kinds of methods to make a few bucks
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the gurus tell you. Read more
How To Get Started With Paid Surveys Immediately
May 17, 2008
How To Get Started With Paid Surveys Immediately
It is easy to get started. Once you have set up a separate
email just for your survey business, simply sign up for all
of legitimate companies listed below. Be sure to keep an
eye on your email for offers to take surveys. Be sure to
take as many surveys as you possibly can in the offers will
keep coming in. Before you know it will start seeing those
pay a checks come in the mail.
Sign up for all the following Companies that pay with
checks
Get $5 paid by check for each survey, and the check arrives
in my snailbox in 2 days!
http://www.pineconeresearch.com
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Typically, ACOP will send out a “screener” survey which
will be used to qualify you for the longer, paid survey.
Screeners are typically short in length and by filling them
out you will be entered into a drawing for multiple cash
prizes. If you qualify for a longer paid online survey, you
will be rewarded with a cash payment between $4 and $50,
depending on the length of the survey. They will also,
occasionally host an online focus group, which generally
pay at least $25.
If you live in the United States or Canada any cash rewards
for online surveys will be paid via check. Outside of the
United States and Canada you will be paid by American
Express gift check (just as good as cash).
They offer surveys to people from all over the world. They
welcome international participants.
Whenever you complete one of these longer surveys, you will
be paid an honorarium. The amount of the honorarium ranges
from $4 to $50, and is proportional to the length of time
it would take the average person to complete the survey.
For those members who live within the U.S. or Canada,
American Consumer Opinion® ACOP sends checks to those who
complete the surveys and win the drawings. The checks are
mailed within 4 weeks of the survey closing.
For members who live outside the U.S. or Canada, American
Consumer Opinion® ACOP sends most International countries a
check in their currency. For those countries that are
unable to receive these types of checks an American Express
gift checks is sent to those who complete surveys or win
the drawings. The checks are mailed within 4 weeks of the
survey closing.
ACOP———-
This survey site works on a point system. You need 1000
points to reach cash out. Each survey gives you 5-50
points. Even if you don’t qualify they give you 5 points.
You can get interactives that will pay you as high as 500
points. Once you have reached your 1000 points you can get
your check for $50 in 5-7 weeks.
They also offer a referral program via direct email from
their site. For each person that you refer, you will
receive 20 Market Points AFTER they complete their first
paid survey.
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SurveySavvy pays $3-$6 per survey and occasionally $10-$20.
They also offer a referral program. For direct referrals
that a panelist has made, the panelist receives $2 for
every survey the referral makes. Also, for every referral
OF the referral, the panelist is compensated with $1. There
is no minimum payments and check payouts are made in a
reasonable 4-6 weeks.
SurveySavvy ———-
My Survey
Earn points for joining, taking surveys & referring others.
You can redeem points for cash, prizes, or charity
donations with just a few simple clicks. 1,000 points =
$10.00 cash.
https://fun.mysurvey.com/rewards.cfm
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Pays users who meet the minimum payout (only $10!) have
their payments processed by the 20th of the following month
So, if you earn $250 in June, you’ll get paid in mid-July.
How does the referral program work?
The referral program has two levels. You get paid 20% of
what your direct referrals make and 10% of what THEIR
referrals make. Members can make hundreds a month just by
referring other members to our free program!
Cash Crate———-
On the 20th-25th of each month, they will process your
payment for sending if you have earned a minimum of 20
dollars by the last day of the previous month.
Refer your friends to TreasureTrooper.com and get 20
percent of whatever they make for life! In addition, you’ll
get 5 percent of anybody that your friends refer. You can
literally make hundreds of dollars this way!
TreasureTrooper.com~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“I like to do my principal research in bars, where people
are more likely to tell the truth or, at least, lie less
convincingly than they do in briefings and books.”
~ P.J. O’Rourke ~
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I hope you have enjoyed this eCourse and will make loads of cash filling out surveys.
To your Success,
Greg Nemer
http://www.surveyecourse.com
mail@gregnemer.com
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DISCLAIMER: All information is intended for your general
knowledge only and is not a substitute for a professional’s
advice. Use of the making money with online surveys tips
are at your own risk. We do not suggest or guarantee any
income will be made from your own business from what you
read in this course. Whether or not you make any income
will depend on your own experience, time put in on your
business and the amount of effort you put forth to building
your own business. We make no warranty, express or implied,
regarding your individual results. Read more
The Secrets To Maximizing Your Paid Survey Income
May 17, 2008
The Secrets To Maximizing Your Paid Survey Income
There are many ways that you can increase your paid survey
income. One great way is to use a free software program
that will fill out forms automatically for you. A lot of
the time spent filling out a survey includes putting in
your basic information. By using the free software you can
simply click in each space and it will fill it out for you. Read more
Benefits of Paid Surveys
May 17, 2008
Benefits of Paid Surveys
First and foremost the best benefit of paid surveys is that
you get paid. Who doesn’t find it appealing to have an easy
way to make extra cash. Paid online surveys is one of the
easiest ways to make money online. Where else can you get
paid for your opinion? So what are the other benefits are
there to paid online surveys? Check out the list below to
see if paid surveys might be for you.
1. Filling out online surveys is easy work. All you have to
do is look in your email for new surveys you want to fill
out, log into your account and spend a few minutes
answering questions. The great thing about it is there are
no wrong or right answers. You are only giving your
opinion.
2. You can work your own hours. You do not have to clock in
at a certain time everyday. If you are a night person you
can work in the middle of the night. If you have children
at home, you can do while they’re at school or taking naps.
You can fill out surveys at your own convenience anytime of
the day or night.
3. You can get some wonderful free things. You will be
surprised at how many really great gifts you can get by
filling out online surveys. Many of the things you can get
maybe something you’ve always wanted but couldn’t afford.
With online surveys you can now get things you had on your
wish list.
4. You get the chance to offer your opinion. It’s a great
feeling to be asked what you think of things and know that
your opinion counts.
5. You can have lots of fun. With all the different
companies offering surveys, you will never get bored as you
will be given completely different topics on a continuous
basis. This can make your job interesting and fun.
6. You can stay at home with your children instead of
sending them to daycare. With all the problems in the world
it can be very scary sometimes to send your children out
for somebody else to take care of. By doing surveys online
for extra income, you have the security of knowing your
children are safe with you.
7. You can work from anywhere you want. If you go on
vacation you can take your computer with you and lay on the
beach while you fill out surveys. You are not restricted on
when and where you can leave home because you can bring
your work with you. Not only that but the extra income you
make each year from doing online surveys could actually pay
for your vacation.
8. If you have teenagers, they can also make extra income
working from home which is another way to save you money.
As you can see there are many benefits to filling out
online surveys. It is one of the easiest ways for you to
get started in your own business without the worry of
startup costs. Many people use online surveys to make the
money to actually start another online business. Whatever
you want to do with the money, aren’t you glad that the
Internet came along so you can make money at home?
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The Net Panel
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Next Time you will learn The Secrets To Maximizing Your
Paid Survey Income.
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“Money won’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of
a large research staff to study the problem.”
~ Bill Vaughan ~
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I look forward to visiting again,
Greg Nemer
http://www.surveyecourse.com
mail@gregnemer.com
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DISCLAIMER: All information is intended for your general
knowledge only and is not a substitute for a professional’s
advice. Use of the making money with online surveys tips
are at your own risk. We do not suggest or guarantee any
income will be made from your own business from what you
read in this course. Whether or not you make any income
will depend on your own experience, time put in on your
business and the amount of effort you put forth to building
your own business. We make no warranty, express or implied,
regarding your individual results.
Paid Surveys - Myths And Truth
May 17, 2008
Paid Surveys - Myths And Truth
There are a lot of rumors good and bad floating around the
Internet about online surveys. Because of companies that
try to scam you this business is getting a bad reputation.
You can protect yourself by reading everything you can find
on how to find a legitimate companies that offer online
surveys. Read more
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