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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.
Thank you. Keep telling the greatest story ever told.
Fun with Brand Standards
Ambert Rodriguez made a great video threatening bodily harm to anyone who didn't follow the church's brand standards. We talked with Ambert to go deeper on branding.
Job & Freelance Board: Audio, Communication & Web
New listings on our Job & Freelance Boards, including audio engineer, technical director, social media marketing manager and web specialist.
Make it Functional: Making Sure Your Audience Can Understand Your Message
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently simplified the food pyramid, again. It's a good example of how cutting out the clutter and getting to the essentials can better get your ...
The Power of the Question Mark
The very first rule of social media that I put in place with the churches I work with: There should be more question marks than periods on your page.
Eliminating False Assumptions
Todd Henry, author of The Accidental Creative, shows how our false assumptions can hold back our creativity. In the church, it's called the 'that's how we've always done it' excuse. ...
Office Hours: Open-Source Websites & Social Metrics
Our own Justin Wise has online office hours and takes your questions. This week he talks about open-source websites and balancing information overload on social networks.
Veneer: Getting Beneath the Surface
We talk with Jason Locy and Timothy Willard, the authors of Veneer: Living Deeply in a Surface Society, about creativity, relevant church services and more.
Church Marketing Lab: Dilemmas, Branding & Ideas
Discussions in the Church Marketing Lab currently include branding, logos, creativity, content management systems, iPad apps and more.
5 Ways to Market Your Church Through a Fundraiser
Community fundraisers are by their very nature a church marketing tool, but you can go beyond the typical promotions to get more out of your fundraiser.
Church Diversity Sucks: Why Diversity Matters
The church still remains 93% segregated, nearly 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr. declared Sunday the most segregated day of the week.
Events Calendar: Conferences & Meetups
There are lots of great events on our calendar for church communicators and creative types coming up this summer and fall.
Fighting Hate with Grace, Sarcasm & Donuts
How Mars Hill Church in Seattle responded to being picketed by Westboro Baptist "Church".
Office Hours: Church Fan Pages & Weaning Publicity
Our own Justin Wise has online office hours and takes your questions. This week he talks about Facebook fan pages and experimenting.
A Letter to Pastors: Is Communication PR or DNA?
Is your church communication PR or DNA? An open letter to pastors about two ways of handling communications and the startling differences.
Church Marketing Directory: Signs, Graphics, Web & Sound
We run down some of the recent additions to the Church Marketing Directory.
