Church Marketing Sucks

MinistryCOM Early Bird Deadline

If you’ve been keeping a watchful eye on our Events Lab, or if you’ve been reading us the last three years, you might know a little about MinistryCOM. For everyone ...

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Know Your History: Episcopal Ad Project

While reading Graphic Design and Religion, I came across the Episcopal Ad Project of 1979. Apparently, Reverend Dr. George H. Martin decided he wanted to venture into advertising, which churches ...

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Church and High Gas Prices

Here’s a thought: Maybe more folks will be in town over the summer for church because of the spike in gas prices. At least that’s what the Minneapolis Star Tribune is ...

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Share the Gospel in 140 Characters or Less

When you talk about marketing it’s easy to focus on design. But writing matters. A lot. Here’s a chance to sharpen your writing skills. Brian Baute has thrown down the ...

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wethechurch.org and Your Church

There’s been a lot of buzz going around about WeTheChurch. It’s a quick and easy way to share a prayer or a praise, and it’s a great way to spend ...

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CFCC and HOW Poll Results

CFCC and HOW Design are official. If you missed out on that news, now you’re in the know. At the HOW Design Conference, Michael Buckingham led a session on behalf ...

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Minnesota Church Files Restraining Order Against Autistic Boy

Have you seen this news story? The Church of St. Joseph, a Catholic church in Bertha, Minn., has filed a restraining order against 13-year-old Adam Race, a severely autistic boy, ...

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Innovation of Ideas

I don’t know about you, but oftentimes when I think of innovation, my mind immediately jumps to products or services. Things like the telephone, the assembly line, solar panels, airplanes ...

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Last Call for Don’t Suck List 2.0

We’re just putting a last call out there for anyone who might want to help with our revision of the Don’t Suck List. We’ve had some great interest and volunteers ...

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When People Avoid Your Advertising

Here’s a pretty great quote from Cammie Dunaway, the vice president of sales and marketing for Nintendo of America in an interview by the Wall Street Journal concerning the Wii ...

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Communication: Lifechurch.tv Style

Craig Groeschel has been tackling communications techniques on the Swerve blog lately. So far, he’s looked at The Question and The Visual. Just to whet your appetite… Great teachers and communicators know ...

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CFCC Ad Network Grows

We take a lot of pride in the CFCC Ad Network. Not just anyone can throw up an ad in the CFCC network for whatever they want so long as ...

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Little Tweaks, Big Gains

Tiny adjustments can make a big difference. Sometimes if you just slow down a little bit, you’ll see big gains: American Airlines is saving $4 million by having their planes taxi ...

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HOW Design Conference: Design Evangelist

I’m really honored and looking forward to speaking at the HOW Design Conference next week. For those of you who will be there, I thought I’d give you a sneak ...

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Jesus Did Polls Too

Last year at MinistryCOM, it was a delight to hear Shawn Wood‘s keynote titled “Brand Schizophrenia”. Shawn is the experiences and creative communications pastor at Seacoast and a new author. ...

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