Marketing and Management Thoughts

In the ongoing debate over what constitutes fair use of another persons work, the iconic poster of Barack Obama has been brought into the spotlight.  The conflict is under the Fair Use section of the copy right law and their may be implications for your church.

For those of you unfamiliar with this struggle, copyright law has for a long time been a point of struggle for artists. Part of the brilliance of Andy Warhol was his re-purposing of a popular image (Marilyn Monroe, or Campbells Soup Cans) into something totally different.

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Earlier we’ve blogged about the importance of having a presence in online communities like Facebook and Twitter. Talking with some pastors and other friends of mine in ministry has raised an interesting point.

How does one separate their close friends, from those who know them because of their ministry? Facebook has actually built in a number of features to help you grant and deny access to various parts of your profile! Most people don’t realize this is even possible.

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