Church Marketing Sucks

18 Word of Mouth Marketing Tips for Churches

At a recent Word of Mouth Marketing convention several bigwigs sat down and came up with 40 ideas to boost word of mouth marketing in 40 minutes. As leadership in ...

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Phone Book Advertising Poll

Last week we asked about advertising in the phone book, and it looks like it’s a dying art. 40% asked if the Yellow Pages were still around. A majority do ...

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Firing the Help Poll

Last week we asked about that tricky situation of disposing of volunteer help that’s not so helpful. What would push you over the edge and ask a volunteer to stop ...

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Seth Godin on Church Marketing

Simply strategic guy Tony Morgan interviews marketing guru Seth Godin. Here’s a quick excerpt: Nearly everyone who markets something suffers from the following conceit: other people do marketing, but my product ...

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Church Outreach & MySpace

In the real world, preaching to the choir is as effective in outreach as preaching to the choir. Community within church walls is great, but it makes for an ...

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The Church Van Poll

Last week we asked what should be printed on the side of church vans. It makes me wonder how many churches even have vans. My current church doesn’t own any ...

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Back to Church, $60 Design & Back Doors

Back to Church Sunday – A campaign to welcome people back to church. Faith Visuals – Another media download site for churches, this time brought to you by Christianity ...

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Do It Yourself Market Research for Churches

Sometimes the best things in life don’t cost any money. This is a fact that is very easily overlooked in the realm of church marketing. From fliers and mailers to ...

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Church Marketing Lab Lightning Round

Some images get lots of comments in the Church Marketing Lab and sometimes they don’t. Here are some images that could use your feedback. What are you waiting for? ...

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The Ageing MySpace Population

We’ve talked before about how your church can use MySpace and other social networking sites to connect with people, whether it’s connecting your congregants or giving visitors a preview, but ...

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Church Newsletter Poll

Last week we asked about church newsletters, the sanctuary for modern clipart. But apparently it’s the church newsletter that’s endangered. 35% said had no church newsletter. The remainder cited the ...

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Sheep, More Mars Hill, Buildings & More

All We Like Sheep – “This god of consumerism shows no resemblance to the Consuming Fire described in Scripture. People may say they believe in Jesus, but the archaic Lord, ...

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A Slimmer Sinner: Does Your Brand Match Your Message?

I think HP has gone off the deep end with their latest attempt to market the Photosmart line of digital cameras. They are promoting a “slimming” feature on the camera ...

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More Church Web 2.0: MyChurch.org

The church web 2.0 trend continues with another new site and some media attention. This time around it’s MyChurch.org, founded by recent guest blogger Joe Suh. And the media attention ...

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Church Marketing Lab Round Up #15

It’s been a while since we’ve had a round up, but there has been a lot happening in the Church Marketing Lab. We have nearly 700 images in the ...

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