Each week I am trying to post some of the web sites, photos, blog posts and other stuff that I like from the week.  I hope you find it interesting as well.

Tim Hawkins is hilarious and has an awesome song about one of my favorite restaurants – Chick-fil-a.

Church Online in Real Life Video from LifeChurch.tv – a visual look at what is going on in the Church Online chatroom.  I think online church is an awesome idea and a way to lower barriers to entry to church and reach people for Christ:

The Louder Trap from Tony Morgan – If everything we say is loud then it isn’t loud anymore.  If everything you do now is special, then it isn’t special any more.

Focus on a Niche and Be the Best You Can Be by Grant Griffiths at Blog for Profit.  Hopefully, by now it is clear that online and offline businesses need to focus down (at least their marketing efforts) into a niche to help identify and target prospects and customers.

3 Principles for Creating for Creating E-commerce Video that Sells from the guys are ReelSEO.com.  While this focuses more on using online video for retailers, the principles of (1) Motivation – what is motivating the shopper/prospective client to buy, (2) Simplicity/Ability – how can you simplify the process for someone to move from prospect to client , and (3) Triggers or call to action to let your prospects know what to do next.  These three steps can be applied to anyone wanting to use online video to increase their marketing efforts and offline-business.