Orange County, CA &ndash Already the #1 internet and event media group in the faith-based entertainment market, FrontGate Media is expanding its ability to deliver faith-based consumers and serve as companies&rsquo &ldquoGateway to the Christian audience.&rdquo Consistently growing and evolving, FrontGate Media continues its dedication to not only navigate the trends, but negotiate where the market is moving, and assist their clients in connecting with the consumer audiences they desire.
With this in mind, FrontGate has expanded their ever-growing list of services to include social networking, and publicity and public relations.
&ldquoI think what makes our FrontGate Media group unique is that we are marketers not content publishers. As marketing trends have moved from print media to the internet and events, and now content promotion, we have been able to evaluate these opportunities and lead companies in executing their marketing through our media group rather than just placing advertising, and without an agency markup. Our goal is to become the client&rsquos intern. We&rsquore the most experienced interns anyone has ever had. We talk personally with each organization to brainstorm together on their project and strategically dial in exactly the right audience matches from our 15 media vehicles, then create an integrated campaign strategy that includes content promotion, advertorial, advertising and non-traditional marketing.&rdquo Scott A. Shuford, Founder & CEO.
With their emphasis and expertise in technology and the internet, it seemed only logical for FrontGate to expand the social networking component of their services.  ShoutLife, the leading faith-based social network is already part of FrontGate Media.  With the ability to also fully-integrate public relations services, agencies and companies are now able to utilize FrontGate to execute a top-level, cost effective, market-wide campaign with one point of contact that will impact faith-based consumers.
Social Networking is more than just posting a MySpace page. Shuford says, &ldquoYou have to be in the communities, not just on them. FrontGate Media&rsquos approach is one of Fan Development rather than advertising.&rdquo With this approach, FrontGate Media has the ability, the time and manpower that very few marketing departments have available to select the best social networking communities to reach out to while avoiding the learning curve that can result in being blocked or blacklisted.
Gospel Music Channel and FrontGate Media recently partnered for the launch of Revolve: Rockin&rsquo The Road, a reality show focused around the Revolve Tour. Through a coordinated promotional campaign that included social networking, FrontGate Media worked seven different social networking sites, as well as deploying advertising across the FrontGate Media group that allowed Gospel Music Channel to create relationships with their core target audience of girls, drawing fans to the show and reconnecting with fans who had attended the tour or were interested in the music artists involved. 
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The public relations division has produced dramatic results in the two months FrontGate has offered the service.  ConversantLife.com, a blogger site that is targeted to the college to mid-thirties demographic, has experienced an increase in site traffic of over 33% as a result of adding FrontGate Media&rsquos public relations to their marketing plan.  Staff bloggers were invited to do radio interviews on major Christian stations across the United States, Canada, and worldwide including significant features on the Moody Radio Network and on CrossRhythms in the UK.  Their expertise has been noticed by radio producers as now ConversantLife.com has become not only a site for consumer content, but as a resource for other media sites as well.  FrontGate Media continues its efforts for ConversantLife.com and also for HearItFirst.com, Biola Media Conference, Visual Story Network, and Marriage Reality.
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About FrontGate Media:
FrontGate Media is the largest pop culture media group reaching the faith and family audience. FrontGate Media serves as both conduit and coach for brands and companies desiring to reach any and every demographic of faith-based consumers in the Christian market segments. Serving as the &ldquoGateway to the Christian Audience&rdquo since 2002, FrontGate Media stands ready to customize and deploy promotional campaigns through 15 media vehicles, social networking and public relations that will connect companies directly to family and faith-based consumers. The company has been honored by World Vision as their #1 emedia partner, and plays a key role in the success of record labels and artists, publishers and authors, movie studios, non-profit organizations and more seeking &ldquocreative & emerging media&rdquo outlets.  The company was recently featured in Adweek as an authority on the &ldquoRole Of Religion In Modern Consumer Culture.&rdquo
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For more information on FrontGate Media, please contact:
Lori Lenz &ndash FrontGate Media
714-553-5181