Once you know the goals of your website; what your owners/stakeholders want to communicate and what your intended visitors need and want, you are ready to start organizing your content. This can be done with a simple outline of proposed page titles. If you have…
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Making Sense of Your Online Content
If you have ever visited a website that is not well-organized; does not answer the basic questions of who, what, where, when, why and how; is confusing to navigate and in general just not helpful-you are experiencing a website that does not have what is…
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Learning to Communicate Requires Learning to Listen, Contemplate and Speak
People go to the Internet and social media for many different reasons, some of them casual and very superficial and others very profound. In Silence and Word: the Path to Evangelization, Pope Benedict’s message for the 46th World Communications Day (May 20), the Holy Father…
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Creating Internet Buzz for Your Cause or Mission
One of the main tenets of Catholic Web Solutions is that we can use the Internet and social media to advance our mission and raise awareness about our causes in ways that we could not do before they existed. This past Sunday, April 29, 2012,…
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Listening is the First Stage in Planning Our Online Presence
As more and more communication takes place on the Internet, organizations and ministries are recognizing that not all websites, social media sites, or blogs are equal. Some are more effective than others. Some are really good and others are really bad. What makes the difference?…
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An Integrated Online Presence Takes Planning and Team Work
At the end of March, the Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio, launched a new website. This website is the centerpiece of a multi-channel online presence which includes blogs, social media and links to various SND ministry sites. The goals of our online presence…