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The Come Back Effect: How Hospitality Can Compel Your Church’s Guests to Return by Jason Young & Jonathan Malm
In The Comeback Effect, we are asked to think about the connections we make with guests through their experiences. What exactly is hospitality? How do we practice it intentionally? And why is this so important for church growth?
December 17, 2019
Time to Dream It All up Again
We’re taking a break to go away and dream it all up again. But the archives are here and we've got other helpful initiatives.
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Brand Value Versus Brand Recognition
I got an e-mail from a friend with a quote in it, and then I realized Tony Morgan posted the same thing a few days ago. It’s a quote from ...
Communicating To/With Next Generation
Adweek, one of the trade pubs for the advertising industry, had an opinion piece by Deborah Morrison in their September 29 issue. Morrison is a professor of advertising at the ...
Church Marketing Lab: Countdown, Golfing, Magnets and More
This week in the Church Marketig Lab, we’ve seen some truly great pieces. If you aren’t involved over there, you’re really missing out. Both in the photo pool and on ...
Overworked? Drained? Kill Five Birds With One Stone
At one point in the not-too-distant past, my part-time communications position (which is now full-time) got so un-part-time, that I started keeping track of my hours, determined to show my ...
Stop Using Media
The Collide magazine blog just began “an ongoing and open-ended series devoted to convincing you, the church leader, not to use media.” Scott McClellan quickly clarifies, “Yes, Collide exists to encourage ...
