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Jesus Goes Marketing
If you’re interested in spending a few minutes checking out some funny photos, you might want to see the blog at NEOchurch. Essentially, they dressed up like Jesus and took ...
Skills and Bills: Working with Churches & Contractors
A recent comment about churches paying their bills prompted my post today, although this has been a pet peeve of mine for as long as I can remember. Having worked ...
Church Marketing Lab: Worship Albums, Christianese and Logos
Want to discuss the top 10 fonts? Know what font is used for The Deadliest Catch? Keep up with designers and church marketers who are using Twitter? You can do ...
Well Hello, Integrity Music!
If you’re checking us out via RSS, we don’t want you to miss out on the newest member of the CFCC Ad Network, Integrity Music and Canadian worship leader Joel ...
Nit-Picking Marketing Motivation
All right, the practical ramifications of this article aren’t huge. Christianity Today’s Our of Ur blog examines the theological basis for felt-needs marketing. It’s a well-thought out post that looks ...
Semiautomatic Assault Rifle–Free at Church!
Only one thing comes to mind when I heard this story: Uh oh. I don’t want to be sensationalist or over-report this. It’s pretty tough, though. From KOCO in Oklahoma City: ...
Clothing Your Flock Poll Results
Long, long ago, I told you a story of a jerk in his corporate shirt who made his company look like a fool. So what about when your church staff ...
How the Catholic Church Markets World Youth Day
Sometimes it’s fun to see what others say about church marketing. Here’s a blog entry talking about how the Catholic church is marketing World Youth Day 2008. The initial thought ...
Job Lab and Freelance Lab Roundup
We’ve been having great success in the Job Lab and Freelance Lab lately. Take Kyle Baker of Skillful Productions. It’s success stories like his that make these labs worthwhile: I ...
Stolen Church Trailer Smack Down
We talked before about what to do when someone steals your church trailer. Gary Lamb would beg to differ, however. His church trailer was stolen (perhaps we have a serial ...
Most Important Marketing Poll Results
Last week, we wanted to know which aspect of your marketing was most important. We provided plenty of choices, so let’s see what you had to say: 45% of you say ...
Your Church Web Site, 320×480
In case you live under a rock (or just aren’t a slave to technology), an iPhone is about to set you back 199 George Washingtons. And they’re predicting a whole ...
Church Marketing Lab: New Sites, a Green God and More
The Church Marketing Lab never fails to disappoint if you’re in the mood for great church design work. Here’s a small something from the past week to whet your appetite: Is ...
10 Commandments of Web Design
We’ve learned about church web sites from John McCain and Barack Obama. But the lessons don’t stop there. Kem Meyer quotes a Business Week article, The 10 Commandments of Web Design. ...
Phone Booking Poll Results
According to Wikipedia, the first telephone book was issued in 1878. So can an idea from 130 years ago still help your church today? Almost a quarter of you say yes. ...
Barack Obama & John McCain’s Lessons for Church Web Sites
While you can’t endorse a presidential candidate as a church, you are allowed to learn from them. And there’s plenty to learn from the communications practices of candidates. Let’s start ...
Fresh From the Events Lab
We just updated the Events Lab, and if you’ve got some frequent flyer miles you’re looking to kill, we have some suggestions for you. Here’s what’s on the slate for ...