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Archive for July 2007
Welcome to the Internet Poll Results
Last week we asked if your church utilizes any web 2.0 technologies. Here are the results: The good news is that the most used technology is social networking. Networking socially is ...
Building A Network
Call it church marketing if you want, but Southeast Christian in Louisville, Ky. (my own church) is taking a unique approach to reaching the community. Kyle Idleman has taken a three-part ...
Church Marketing Lab: T-Shirts, Car Shows and Beyond
As the weather heats up, there’s no better place to go than the beach. Or the pool. Or if neither of those are an option–the Church Marketing Lab! We’ve got ...
Church YouTube Contest
A few days ago we talked about online church video. We encouraged everyone to embrace the phenomenon of online video and harness its power. One church in Boston is doing ...
Top 20 Church Logos
Church Relevance has compiled a list of the top 20 church logos. According to Kent Schaffer, blogger and co-owner of Bombay Creative, a good logo is: Distinctive. Memorable. And timeless. It is ...
Three Years Poll Results
A few weeks ago, we broke a new record in low responses by polling you about what polls you liked best. This week, we challenged that by asking you another ...
Cheap, Fast and Good?
In the Church Marketing Lab, ‘shawncampbell’ asks the following question: The concept is simple–There are three choices for any project: budget, timeline, and quality, but only two can be a priority. ...
Embracing Online Video
According to comScore, 75% of Internet users watched online video in May 2007, averaging 158 minutes per viewer. Nearly 8.4 billion videos were streamed online in the month of May. ...
Church Marketing Lab: Barbecues and Coffee Shops
This week in the Church Marketing Lab, we did what we do best. Help change the world. Here’s some samples of how we saw that working this week: Here’s a sermon ...
Grow Your Church By Asking People to Leave
Craig Groeschel at LifeChurch.tv has an interesting series of blog posts on getting people to leave your church. It seems completely counter-intuitive, but it makes sense. If people aren’t moving ...
New Church Location Poll Results
For the first time at CMS, we decided to take our poll head to head with another poll. Last month, we asked the question, “Where should a new church meet?” ...
Job Lab & Freelance Lab Roundup
Our Job Lab and Freelance Lab are still going strong, and we wanted to make sure all you churches and communicators are effectively connecting, so here’s a reminder and a ...
New to the CFCC Ad Network
This month, we are pleased to welcome three new additions to the CFCC Ad Network: The Internet Ministry ConferenceTraining to improve your online ministry. Outreach CinemaEngage your community with feature films! Power2Show Media ...
Contagious Joy, Use It
“When hundreds of you come flooding out of the church after services every weekend, your heads are high, your shoulders are back and your enthusiasm is obvious. Take that same ...
Church Marketing Lab: Logos, Buttons, and More
Last week, we took a week off from our Church Marketing Lab to celebrate our big milestones of a thousand members and two thousand submissions. This week, we’re back to ...
