“What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for yesterday?” This popular internet quote should remind us of how prone we are to ungratefulness. Yet, it begs the question: why be thankful? If we’re not careful, our concept of gratitude can quickly become no more than a tren...
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You probably got into this line of work because you recognize the value of human life. This is an idea to keep front and center, even in the world of business and marketing. Jeremiah 1:5 states, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you...” The concept of humans being made in the Imago Dei (...
We recently received a question from a pregnancy care center employee regarding HIPAA compliant email. Her concern was for both the privacy of her clients and the legal protection of her organization. While iRapture.com can provide some basic answers, you should also consult a legal professional to...
Sep
04
Not One Life Forgotten
This song and video were created to honor the heroes who work at pregnancy help centers across the country in the movement working to save lives. Please enjoy and share with others!
Not One Life Forgotten Song Lyrics:
To Bring Life to the Helpless and Hope to Those without Dreams
To Bring Chan...
Sep
04
Praise for NIFLA
Recently the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers in NIFLA vs. Becerra. The justices ruled that California law violated our first amendment rights to freedom of speech. This ruling by the Supreme Court is a victory worth celebrating. Pregnancy centers and people everywhere hav...
Spam is a delicious meat-like-product found at most grocery stores. It may or not be healthy, and it may or may not be meat, but it is nonetheless tasty. Spam, sometimes called “Hawaiian Steak,” is part of many Hawaiian meals. It's been popular in the islands for decades.
Spam is also the name we..
Smart prolife pregnancy center directors gathered together to break bread, learn together and reflect on ideas shared by experts from across the country. The Advanced Training Institute is a place for in depth and advanced education for pregnancy center directors and teams.
Beyond growing stronge...
Have you ever ignored warning signs? We've all done it. The sign reads, "ACCIDENT AHEAD. EXIT NOW." You think, "I'm not familiar with this exit and my normal route is easier. I'm sure it's clear by now. Let's see how this plays out." Next thing you know, you're sitting in a sea of brake lights and
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Just imagine investing thousands of dollars and hours into a project you care deeply about. Then you wake up one morning and it’s all gone.
That’s exactly what happened to a professional photographer on a small island in 2008. The poor guy had poured everything into his business. He had worked...
In a grocery store parking lot a couple years ago, I accidentally locked myself out of my little Toyota. I needed a locksmith. So I pulled out my phone and quickly narrowed my Google search down to two local locksmiths.
One had a sketchy feel, appearing to operate under two different company nam...
Video Script:
What if I told you that your pregnancy center is missing out on a free grant? Would you believe me? What if I told you that this free grant from Google could give your center $10,000 worth of free adverting per month for your website? Would you believe me? Well, I hope you will beli...
We had the opportunity to build a website for Fountain of Life Lutheran Church (follutheran.org). Pastor Greg and his team were friendly and enjoyable to work with. I found their campus at FOL to be beautiful and inviting.
The people that we had the chance to interact with were very friendly...
Jan
17
Get Going with Google Grants
Wow, Google is giving away millions of dollars of advertising every month.
Is your favourite nonprofit getting it's share of free advertising? This is a new and exciting program from Google. The Google Advertising Grant is for 10,000 per month. That is $329 per day!
We helped 4 organizations...
"Writing this blog article reminded me to ask Jeremy and Sherry for their photos, again." - Jacob Barr
Everyone knows what dated content is.
It's a summer sale in winter. It's a bio of someone who no longer works for your company.
Today, I would like to encourage you to check your st...
Jan
03
Busy Blogs Build Business
If your blog stays the same, repeat visitors may think there is not much going on. Adding new conent to your blog will help encourage people to come back.
A good change to make at least every month is to add a blog article that demonstrates your expertise.
Even a short video such as this...
Dreaming Big with the Alliance for Life
After first meeting Marsha Middleton 7 years ago at a Heartbeat International conference, we have enjoyed a healthy working relationship with a shared, common, life minded goal - to stop abortion by helping people. This year marks the 15th year of the All...
Oct
27
Fight for Life Book Review
Fight for Life starts with, "Common sense tell us that anything begins when it starts!"
Fight for Life is a small booklet designed to help a student prepare for a debate on abortion. This booklet was written in 1994 by Kathy Hochderffer with International Life Services. While this book is 20...
The people at the Care Net conference are wonderful. Over the past few days I have spoken with many leaders at pregnancy centers across the country.
The ministry and care being provided by pregnancy centers is saving physical and spiritual lives. Pregnancy centers are making big difference!
A...
Speaking Up for the Unborn is a new book that tackles very low engagement of a church in prolife ministry. Mike Brady and Neil Travisano share several practical ideas to connect the church to prolife ministry. These steps are organized to assist in increasing awareness, which leads to building the...
International Life Services has an annual conference in Southern California called the Advanced Training Institute. This institute provides valuable educational opportunities to pregnancy center leaders. This annual educational institution provides me with an opportunity to grow in my understandi...
Aug
26
Hush Review
I shared my review of Hush with the team that produced the film today.
"I understand that the connection between abortion and breast cancer has been branded as a controversial topic. I can understand that nobody wants to look foolish or connected to propaganda. The health related risks assoc...
Jun
22
The Wall by Kirk Walden
I read The Wall by Kirk Walden and I would like to share my thoughts on this prolife book of encouragement.
In this book, Kirk applies the story from the Bible about Nehemiah and the building of a wall around Israel to draw a parallel to the prolife effort over the past 4 decades and into the fu...
I asked Mecki how her website was working and she expressed how she wanted to reach more abortion minded women – so the website we built for her needs to work much harder. Please pray that abortion minded women in La Habra California will find lifecentersoforangecounty.com and that they will read...
We recently released Answers for Life’s new website http://afltucson.com/ and I would like to share a story that coincides with my experience with working with Kathy Arizmendi and her team.
Answers for Life is a pregnancy center located in the middle of Tucson Arizona. It is located 1.9 miles a...
Real Options has 4 locations located in Northern California with 2 in San Jose, 1 in Mountain View and 1 in Union City. These 4 locations are within 36 minutes or less to 25 colleges and 133 high schools. The amount of people that Real Options is able to help is awesome. We started working with D...
I believe the Abortion Pill Reversal process is the best innovation for the pro-life movement since the ultrasound machine. An ultrasound machine allows someone to see inside someone. This is incredible technology! I think the ultrasound machine is awesome! And I think the discovery of the Abort...
I was honored to have the opportunity to design carepregnancycenter.com with Jessica and Brenda at Care Pregnancy Resource Center. After working on the design with Jessica it was exciting to receive an email from her saying, “The website looks perfect!!! Go ahead and finalize please!!!! We are...
Kaylie Barr (13) and her father Jacob have each been selected to give “TED-style” presentations at the 2015 CARE NET National Conference in San Diego, California the second week of September. “My daughter and I both decided to apply to be presenters,” said Jacob. “It is really cool we were...
On April 21st, 2015 Google will be implementing a new aspect of their search algorithm which will affect the position of websites in a list of search results. This change will cause sites which are recognized as mobile-friendly to rise higher in the list when a user runs a search from a mobile devic...
You want to increase your brand awareness and traffic on your website. You have toyed with the idea of sending out an e-letter, but are not really sure where to begin. That’s okay! Eletters are simple to create and send, especially when you have the professionals at iRapture.com to help you!
It...
Pregnancy centers nationwide have been trying to find the best method of reaching their target audiences. However, this audience can range from prolife individuals who are seeking help to abortion-minded women caught betwixt and between. Reaching these opposing audiences takes a lot of careful thoug...
As more companies employ email as a means of reaching out to customers and contractors, our email addresses have become part of our identity; they reflect a small part of who we are: our names, our work, and- sometimes- the teams we root for. There is another part of the email address that we don..
Dec
24
The Christmas Story
Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was, that while they were there, the days were comp...
"This is the best recipe for Baked Alaska!" - Jacob Barr
When I needed a recipe for Baked Alaska, I asked my Uncle Char. Uncle Char grinned and pulled out our old family recipe book. He flipped through a couple pages before he stopped, cleared his throat, and read:
"Baked Alaska... Serves 1-2......
"Your message will shape how people perceive you. Remarkable content invites people to share your ideas. Your website's popularity will increase when its content is shared again and again." - Jacob Barr
High quality content. Everyone in the website industry is talking about it, but what does it...
Jul
29
Website Redesign
"Everything on the homepage should promote a message and a clear call to action." - Jacob Barr
Time to Update
Now is the time to think about renewing your website. Does it have a clear concise message? Does it speak to your target audience? Has your company gone through some significant chang...
Jun
26
Content First Strategy
Someone can craft the content first and then design the website layout to compliment the contents instead of building a website that will need an unknown amount of content to fit within a prebuilt box, that may be built to satisfy more or less content than needed.
How do you craft your content fir...
Is your website working? Does your target audience find your website online? Does your website have a goal or a call to action? Could your website be improved when it comes to the clarity of it's marketing message? Does someone know what you do and who it is for within 3 seconds?
Lets talk about w...
Jun
10
Too Much Spam
Do you get 10 spams per day? Or do you get hundreds of spams per day?
What Is Spam? Spam is email that you don't want. If you get an email from a business and you did not sign up for their list then this is spam. If you get an email from someone you don't know and they are soliciting you to buy so...