For those into what some call Web 2.0 or Social Media, then you have probably heard of Chris Brogan. Chris is someone who I have read with regularity. I also follow him on Twitter and was very intrigued by his tweet “If I Started Today”.
So, that got me to thinking…what if “I” were to start [...]
Every church has a story to tell about itself, the ministries and the people within it. And some of those stories are not only inspiring and motivational, but in a word “amazing”. But the stories don’t become quite as amazing when they are told by the individual ministries. How can it be that churches with such [...]
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Guestpost by Annalaura Brown
If you are a member of a church you no doubt need to do fundraising at least occasionally if not frequently. You need funds to pay for everything from a new building to mission trips. So how exactly do you jump start your church fundraising and make it as easy and painless [...]
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The Merriam Diction defines the word “slacker” in the following manner:
1: a person who shirks work or obligation; especially : one who evades military service in time of war
2: a person and especially a young person who is perceived to be disaffected, apathetic, cynical, or lacking ambition – slacker adjective
Easy enough to define and understand. Now [...]
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I get calls from businesses and church leaders alike. They were all excited when they mapped out their marketing campaign. They planned it, budgeted for it hit the ground running. 30 – 45 days into the campaign is when I typically get the call.
I did everything you told me…yet we haven’t seen the growth yet!
What [...]
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As you can probably guess, I am on a lot of lists and turn up on FaceBook groups having to do with churches in general and church marketing in particular.
I received an email today that was put out to their congregation that asked members input about a new church logo. And I totally resonated with [...]
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Seemingly, one or two lifetimes ago, I used to create websites. That was well before you had any of the amazing web design tools that are available today. You had to code it by hand.
It was a small shop, started out of my bedroom and eventually got to an office. I would sell the site [...]
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We want to think that churches do a good job of welcoming people, but do we subconsciously undermine that by some of our actions? I think you would be surprised just how often that we do.
If you are a first time visitor to your church, what is it that you see? What are the relevant [...]
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When you put your church’s marketing plan together, you knew that you were on your way to success. But something happened along the way and it isn’t close to where you want it to be. And everyone is looking at you because this was YOUR idea You are wondering yourself what went wrong.
Here are some [...]
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You see the church down the street filling up faster than yours. You and your spouse are at the coffee shop and overhear a couple talking with their friends about the same church. Over and over again, you hear about people loving the services that church is putting on, the new ministry they have just [...]
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