Let's Get Technical!: The ultimate guide to SHARE YOUR MESSAGE with the world--ONLINE!
About this ebook
I’ve shared my message online daily with tens of thousands of people for more than 30 years.
In this book, I’ll show you:
- How to build a website (using Web.com/GoDaddy/WordPress)
- How to build a mailing list (using Campaign Monitor/aWeber)
- How to build a social media presence (using Facebook/Instagram/LinkedIn)
- How to create a podcast (using Spotify/Apple Podcasts/YouTube)
- How to create a YouTube channel (using YouTube)
- How to create an audiobook (using Spotify/Audible)
- How to edit audio (using Audacity/GarageBand)
- How to edit video (using iMovie/Davinci Resolve)
- How to create business cards, bookmarks or postcards (using Vistaprint)
- How to setup a live online class (using Zoom)
- How to setup a payment system (using PayPal/Venmo/Square)
- How to setup a coaching calendar (using Calendly)
- BONUS. How to create an AI audiobook (using Google Play Book/ElevenLabs)
ENDORSEMENTS
“Eric Elder is my ‘go-to-person’ for all things technical. Eric has the ‘know-how.’” Tim Wilkins
“Thanks for helping me with my writing. You give me the confidence to do the hard things.” Crystal Balas
“Eric has been a blessing to our ministry in so many ways…his technical expertise and assistance have meant everything!” Greg Potzer
About the author
From the Preface:
I’d like to share with you how I’ve been able to reach the world online with my message… which is really God’s message: God loves you and has a purpose for your life.
I came to Christ on February 9th, 1987, and ever since, I’ve wanted to tell the world about Him! I did what I could while working a secular job, sharing my message with anyone who would listen.
Then on February 14th, 1995, I felt God calling me to quit my secular job and go into full-time work for Him. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know where to start.
But I did know how to create a website. I had been working in the Advanced Technology Group of a For- tune 10 corporation for nine years, researching everything from virtual reality to speech recognition, from tablets you could write on to maps that could tell you the nearest Chinese restaurant. Basically, everything a smart phone can do today!
It was a dream job for me, meeting researchers in their labs around the country at places like Apple, IBM, NASA, and MIT. I would come back from those visits and share what I learned with my colleagues to see how we might use these upcoming technologies in our business.
My final project before I went into full-time ministry was to create my company’s first website using the brand-new (at the time) HTML markup language.
It was exciting stuff, and my visionary eyes lit up with possibilities!
That’s when God called me into full-time ministry, to use all these gifts and talents that I had developed for Him.
As I told a reporter from USA Today, when asked why I quit my corporate job to go into an internet ministry, I said:
“I have a message I want to get out, and the Internet was made for delivering messages!”
I’ve been doing this now for over 30 years, and if you have a message you want to get out to the world, I’d love to help!
I’ve built more than 100 websites. I’ve created mailing lists that have grown from 1,000 to 40,000 subscribers. I’ve built a social media presence to reach 5,000 people. I’ve created multiple podcasts and YouTube channels, audiobooks, and online classes.
I love using all the tools and technologies at our disposal to reach as many people as possible with the message that God has put on my heart.
And I’d love to share how I did it with you. By the end of each chapter, you’ll have practical steps and tools to get you started on each of these things as well. I hope by the end you’ll have the confidence to move forward, knowing that you really can do this!
Ready to start?!? Let’s get technical! (Cue Olivia Newton-John’s dance music and let’s go!)
Eric Elder
