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Getting Involved in Local Labs
At Church Marketing Sucks, we love Local Labs. You might have a couple questions: What are they? They are groups of church communicators in a specific area who get together to ...
Halloweening Poll Results
It’s only a few days until that strange time of year where churches get all riled up on opposing sides of the debate and argue until they’re blue in the ...
The Mystery Worshipper Phenomenon
Mystery shoppers for churches seem to be the latest rage. There was the recent Wall Street Journal article, we mentioned it last week, the Tennessean covered it Sunday and Anne ...
MinistryCOM 2008 On Audio & Video
If you’re new to this conversation about church marketing and communication, one of the great resources available to us is MinistryCOM. This annual event started in Houston four years ago ...
The Illusion of Community, Part 2
This is part two in a series about the illusion of community. Part one was about online community networks. Today, let’s talk about how we’re doing at building community in ...
Welcome to the Ad Network!
We’re very happy to welcome three new members to the CFCC Ad Network. If you keep your eye on the right sidebar on our family of sites, you’ll see them ...
Church Marketing Lab: Discuss!
One of the most frequent requests we get is, “What do you think of [blank]?” And our reply usually is a gentler form of “Go to the Church Marketing Lab!” ...
This Week in Church Marketing
A few stories have run across the figurative desks here at Church Marketing Sucks over the week, and you’ve probably caught them at other places on the ol’ Internet. But ...
The Church Logo Scorecard
Jon Acuff at Stuff Christians Like has posted his guide to creating the holiest church logo possible. It’s very funny, as usual from him, and it’s particularly pertinent to church ...
Re-branding Poll Results
Warning: bad news ahead. We are all about churches communicating clearly and effectively, in case you were unaware. One great way to do that is through a brand. It ties everything ...
Methodists Go Fair Trade
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard a good example of churches clamoring towards social justice in their marketing efforts, but it looks like the United Methodists are headed that direction. With ...
Paying Couples to Date
Here’s an interesting hook: Come to our church and get free dates with your spouse! That’s what Elevation Church did recently to promote a recent series and encourage husbands to “date ...
The Illusion of Community, Part 1
This is part one in a series about the illusion of community. First up, let’s talk about how we’re doing at building community online. Not so well in my opinion. I ...
Church Marketing Lab: Rules Slides, Series Graphics and More
We just welcomed a whole slew of new moderators to the Church Marketing Lab. What should you expect differently? More feedback, better feedback and an all-around improved Church Marketing Lab. ...
Marketing Hope through Economic Trouble
The economy does not affect Jesus, and churches can grow even if the economy fails. Even if the economy as we know it fails tomorrow, God’s church will still ...
Church Site Ads Poll Results
I haven’t seen many churches running advertisements on their sites, but I have seen plenty of churches scratching their head for a way to raise funds. And being an Internet ...
Ethnography and Marketing Myths
A couple stories that all of you church marketers should be sure to enjoy: Kem Meyer discusses ethnographers–what they do and why it matters. She describes ethnographers like this: “They’re investing ...