There are two very good reasons to embed videos on your website (instead of just providing a link): Embedded videos keep the viewers on your website—not clicking away to another site An embedded video is a design element that makes your web page more visual and engaging
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HHS Debate Finds Catholics on the Internet
The current debate over the HHS mandate requiring insurance coverage of sterilization and contraception has been widely covered over the Internet and social media. Fortunately, Church leaders and many Catholics are also there to present our case for the right to religious freedom directly to the public as well.
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Getting Help with Technology Questions
Do-it-yourself has been a longtime tradition for many of us. We’ve picked up many skills as we have assembled new furniture or equipment; painted, cleaned, or serviced items in our possession. Now, the digital age has opened up a whole new world of self-learning possibilities. We may have the latest hardware and software, but not know how to use it to do the simple or complicated tasks we want. Sometimes…
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World Youth Day 2011 and Social Media
World Youth Day 2011 takes places in Madrid, Spain from August 16-21. An anticipated one million plus people will be there to celebrate our universal Catholic faith with exuberance and joy. Pope Benedict XVI will be with them from the 18th to the 21st. According to the official WYD Madrid website, this is the first WYD completely connected to social networks.
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Video Adds Value to Websites and Blogs
The results of the recent poll taken by Catholic Web Solutions indicate that CWS followers, like the general social media population, use Facebook and YouTube the most. I have written about Facebook before, so let’s talk about video and YouTube today.
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Six Reasons to Poll Your Readers
Writing a blog is a commitment. For some writers, finding new material to write about and post is easy, but for many of us—it can be a challenge. Another challenge is that readers over time can become complacent and just take in the weekly/daily posts and not really engage with them. They don’t comment or respond. Good comments encourage bloggers and are interesting to other readers. What can a blogger…