Archive for the ‘News & Updates’ Category

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May 9, 2008

Our Don’t Suck List Still Sucks

For those counting–you know who you are–it’s been 31 months since our last update about the infamous Don’t Suck list. Lots of people have made suggestions publicly on this site, ...

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May 5, 2008

Job Lab and Freelance Lab Roundup

We’ve seen some good action in our Freelance Lab and Job Lab since our announcement that they’re free forever. If you haven’t been checking them out, here are some opportunities ...

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April 30, 2008

Flickr Goes Video, So Does the Church Marketing Lab

If you haven’t heard, Flickr added video capabilities to their photo-sharing site. And if you didn’t know, the Church Marketing Lab runs on Flickr. What does that mean to you? Well ...

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April 18, 2008

Local Labs: How it Worked for Tulsa

I’m sure some of you have heard the buzz surrounding Local Labs, and you’re even considering getting involved, but it’s a little intimidating. What will they do there? Will I ...

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April 16, 2008

Job Lab and Freelance Lab: Now 100% More Free

If you haven’t been keeping your eyes on the Job Lab and Freelance Lab lately, you might not have noticed a little change in our language. You used to see ...

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March 26, 2008

Boston or Bust! (Our HOW Winner is … )

A special congratulations goes out to Vincent Scatliffe of Decatur, Ga. for his victorious effort in our special Win a Free Trip to HOW contest! Of the first 30 respondents ...

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March 19, 2008

Still Time To Win HOW Ticket

If you haven’t entered to win the ticket to the HOW Design Conference this May 18-21, you still have a chance you’re out of luck–the drawing is now closed. We’re ...

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March 14, 2008

HOW Church Marketing Sucks

How does church marketing suck? Well, we count the ways on this blog nearly every day. But one way church marketing can suck a little less is by learning from ...

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March 13, 2008

Job Lab Roundup

The Job Lab and Freelance Lab are still going strong in 2008. It’s been two months since January; remember that time you resolved to find a new job? Well, don’t ...

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March 6, 2008

Church Marketing Goes Local

If you’re signed up for our monthly e-mail newsletter then you probably already heard the news: We’ve gone local. The Center for Church Communication (our nonprofit parent) has just launched ...

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January 7, 2008

Church Marketing New Year’s Resolution

New Year’s resolutions never work. Let’s face it, you’ll probably be too busy to get organized. And somehow chocolate will be the downfall of your diet. So maybe you could ...

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November 30, 2007

Lessons In Not Sucking Wrap-Up

I just finished up the series on “Lessons In Not Sucking.” In case you missed it, here is a handy little linked index of each of the topics: Communication: Online Communication: In ...

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October 29, 2007

Interviews with Bloggers

Apparently press coverage comes in spurts. Last week we were in How magazine, this week Church Marketing Sucks is featured in a series of blogger interviews from Issue Dynamics. You ...

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October 26, 2007

CMS in How Magazine

If you’re flipping through the December 2007 issue of How magazine you might see something familiar–this site. There’s a screenshot of Church Marketing Sucks on page 104 in an article ...

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October 24, 2007

You Said It: July, August, September, October Comment Roundup

I love comments. I don’t know how you guys feel about them, but they’re generally more insightful than whatever we wrote in the first place. To those of you who ...

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