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Recommended Resources: Websites

Communications and Marketing

The Barna Group

http://www.barnagroup.com
The Barna Group offers the latest research and resources relevant to the spiritual and moral state of culture in the United States.

Emotional Branding

http://www.emotionalbranding.com
A site that includes "The Ten Commandments of Emotional Branding" and white papers featuring Marc Gobe, brand strategist.

Fast Company

http://www.fastcompany.com
A vast collection of contemporary resources and networks for professionals and nonprofit managers that is both comprehensive and on the cutting edge.

Free Management Library

http://www.managementhelp.org
The site provides easy-to-access comprehensive resources regarding leadership, management, marketing and more.

Marketing Sherpa

http://www.marketingsherpa.com
This resource rich site specializes in tracking what works in all aspects of marketing (and what does not) to give marketers the stats, inspiration, and instructions to improve their results.

Percept

http://www.percept.info
Percept provides demographic resources (for a fee) to help your church or ministry better understand the community you are serving. They provide a full spectrum of information products, from an introductory FirstView report for a single ZIP Code area to a comprehensive PeopleArea study of the United States or any other uniquely defined region or ministry area in-between.

Photos & Illustration Sites

Need stock and royalty free photos? Check out these sites:
http://www.freepixels.com
http://www.christianphotos.net
http://www.yotophoto.com
http://www.sxc.hu

Photo Laws

http://www.photolawnews.com/index.html#model
This site is dedicated to photography and the law; can be of help to your communications/marketing department when developing photo-use policies and procedures.

Photo Secrets

http://www.photosecrets.com/law.html
A photographer-developed free online guide to taking and selling photos.

Seth Godin

http://www.sethgodin.com
While this site promotes Godin's books, it also provides access to his newsletters and popular marketing blog (http://sethgodin.typepad.com/) that will challenge you to think differently about marketing, work and change.

Blogs

• http://czmarketing.com/brand/
  This blog, by consultant Dave Goetz, provides brief but seasoned insights and brand and strategy interviews with leaders in the field.
• http://blog.guykawasaki.com/
  Guy Kawasaki's blog helps keep you thinking sharp and up-to-date on marketing and more.

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