I guess some of you have noticed that my posts are more concerned with the temporal aspects of the blog rather than the spiritual. Sorry, that's just the way my brain is wired I guess. I'm interested in getting folks involved and active here. That said, I've been watching the traffic statistics on this site and my personal blog as well and have noticed a couple of things that would probably increase the visibility of our blog here.
The first thing is the blog name. The "sunshine-church" name can be changed without changing the URL. Although it defines who we are, it's a bit lackluster. Folks tend to gravitate towards sites with catchy names. I'd like to hear some suggestions for new names. If you've got an idea, make a comment. Maybe we'll pick your suggestion. Think of it as a little contest. I'm drafting Jason, Jennifer and Scott as judges.
Next is appearance. We can adjust the looks of the template to some extent if folks think it's too plain vanilla or we can go to a totally different template. I'm content with it as is but please comment if there are changes you'd like to see.
The third thing, and I think the most important, is that if you post it, they will come. The more often you post in the blog, the more often it pops up as one of the "random" blogs while people are surfing. The blogs selected don't appear to be totally random. So it will pop up more often when people click the Next Blog button or watch the blog scroll on the dashboard. I've noticed on my personal blog it runs one or two hits a day until I make a post. When the post goes online, the hits skyrocket for about an hour or so. So, let's get postal posting!
First suggestion for a new title...based on my "If You Post It" title...drum roll please..."Field Of Prayers."
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
If You Post It, They Will Come
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I, too, have thought a tweeking of the name and template is needed. I favor a name change that includes "Sunshine" in it somewhere, but I'm not stuck on that. I'll go with whatever suits the most the best. Personally, I like other blogs that have gone with lighter-colored templates, but again I don't hold any strong opinion.
I accept the nomination of judge, that way I don't have to come up with a suggestion!
I think the judges should be permitted to suggest names also.
In fact, I think it should be a REQUIREMENT for judges to suggest at least one name....
Beware of any suggestions from Invader Kat--AKA. Katy "The Weird One" I've seen her blog, it's a different world.
After lurking on the blog, for several weeks now. I find that most of my friends are a bunch of smart-allecks, and I am pleased that I have none of the smart-alleck tendencies that the rest of you possess.;) Therefore, I respectfully submit the name "Sunshine Smart-Allecks" as a potential name for the blog. Jason, Jamie, and all of you other allecks, I hope you're happy I have finally posted.
I think we could leave the name the same and just work on the description for the blog. Give it more of a mission statement or a specific purpose for being online and read by (what appears to be) the world. I am always open to font changes, color changes, etc., on the blog. This is obvious if you look at my blogs. They're always changing. I just love change. I don't care if we change the name of the blog. It's the description (mission statement) that concerns me the most. It should tell the world exactly what to expect when reading what we have to say on here and why they should bother coming back for more.
Smart-Allecks???? You should read my email!!!!
I took the "-" out of our name, just to be doing something. I am still open to any change to the name, I figured taking out the hyphen was a given. As far as templates, I like (1) Rounders 3, (2) Minima, and (3) Mr. Moto. Other suggestions are most welcome.
I am really partial to the Minima because I like the way the title of your blog is centered right in the center. I really like the color Ochre from the four choices provided. It's easier on the eyes while you're reading the blog. So, "Minima Ochre" is my choice for our blog's new look.
Minima?
Rounders3?
Mr. Moto?
Gee...I bet you like plain vanilla ice cream too.
Ok, we're not getting very far with the suggestions for name changes...which are, by my count:
- Field Of Prayers (lame-o)
- Sunshine Church (yawn)
- Church Of Christ The Only 1 (X^*)
- Sunshine Smart-Allecks (so true)
How about something like. . .um. . .oh, I dunno. . .how about "Scrawl Of The Wild" or something.
I really like that, Jeff! I would change it to how we talk nowadays though and say "Into All The World". It doesn't HAVE to be changed though. ;) Great name! It also gives us a mission statement.
How about keeping with the "Sunshine" theme...
Shine into all the World
or
Shining into all the World
or
Shining at the World
or
ShoeShine for all the World
We could just call it SONshine. Is that too cheesey?
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