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Free Labs! Poll Results
In last week’s poll, we wanted to know what impact the freeness of the Job Lab and Freelance Lab would have on you. We were pretty excited to offer them ...
Say it Succinctly
Yesterday at the WWDC 2008 Keynote address Steve Jobs unveiled a beefed up iPhone and a new suite of mobile applications. It seems like half the world was salivating for ...
The Medium is Not the Message
This week’s Monday Morning Memo (you can also listen to it) from Roy H. Williams takes issue with Marshall McLuhan’s famous line, “The medium is the message.” I, too, have ...
Language for the Next Generation
All you church marketers have to stay on your lingo A-game. Your church service probably won’t attract many folks if you describe it as “groovy,” “neat-o-rama” or “super duper.” Mastering ...
Job Lab and Freelance Lab: Get Hired This Summer
What better opportunity than the summer to check out the Job Lab and Freelance Lab? You can just tell your current boss you’re going on vacation, pack up, and never ...
Twitter at Church
We’ve talked a lot about Twitter lately and some of you are probably wondering what Twitter might look like inside the church. Well, here’s a real live example of using ...
Twittering Church Poll Results
We’ve asked you, “What would Jesus Twitter?” and we’ve talked about Twitter for churches. But it’s time to put you to the test. Is your church Twittering? The biggest chunk of ...
Put Your Faith to Work: Slice Carrots
The Episcopal Church recently launched an advertising campaign emphasizing community outreach. The “Put Your Faith to Work” campaign includes print ads and videos and emphasizes slicing carrots. They go on ...
Free Breakfest Fridays
There’s probably 718,000 churches in America that offer free breakfast. The catch? You have to come on Sundays, be greeted and stick around for the service. Westchester Church looked to take ...
CMS at HOW Design
When I returned home from the 2008 HOW Design Conference the question was “How did it go?” In a word: WOW. You know those times when the thing before you is bigger ...
Internet Ministry Conference
Have you always wanted to visit Grand Rapids, Michigan? Or are you just looking for a way to pass the time October 20th-23rd? Maybe you’re in the mood to learn ...
What Would Jesus Twitter?
We’ve been talking up Twitter–the 140-character message/mini-blog application that’s sweeping the early adopters–a lot in the past few weeks (Oh, and if you’re looking for church marketing Twitter friends, about ...
Church Marketing Lab: Here’s to the Next 5,000
The Church Marketing Lab has officially neared, reached and surpassed both 2,000 members and 5,000 posts. That’s a heckuva lot of folks helping one another sharpen their skills. Here’s just ...
7 Ways to Put the CFCC Network to Work for You
So you know about the Job Lab, Freelance Lab, Local Labs and the Church Marketing Lab. But here are a few ideas of ways to go outside of the norm ...
Rep’in Your Church With Pride
Here’s a little story for you. The other day, I was in my local FedEx-Kinko’s, where I spend a lot of time. Bruce was helping me ship some packages, and then ...
Video on Flickr Poll Results
This week, we asked how you are feeling about Flickr adding video awhile back. It was a pretty hot issue back in the day, with sides being drawn and battle ...
Graphic Design and Religion: A Call for Renewal
“Religions must begin to see graphic design not as an expensive luxury or an unnecessary frivolity but as a steward of goodwill. Of course, design with no strategic context or ...