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Archive for July 2007
Why Your Fancy Web Site Sucks
Your web site really sucks when you try to be fancy. Yes, I’m talking to you, Mr. Front-Page-Guy with your blinking animations and scrolling text. But I’m also talking to ...
Buzz Film Fest
The Buzz Conference wrapped up in Washington, D.C., a few weeks back and the results of their film festival are now online. You can watch the four top church films ...
July 4th Poll Results
We at Church Marketing Sucks hope that you had a great 4th of July. That being said, last week, we asked you just how you would be celebrating. Here’s what ...
Oops: Mistakes in Church Leadership
Craig Groeschel is sharing four mistakes he’s made at LifeChurch.tv. I think it’s always helpful when people share their mistakes so you can learn from them and hopefully not make ...
Turning Churches into Homeless Shelters
I stumbled on this satirical and presumably fictional piece last month. The fact that it quotes big-name mega-church pastors in the Twin Cities gives it an eerie feeling of authenticity. ...
You Said It: June Comment Roundup
Around here, it’s 50% what we say, and 90% what you guys say that matters. Wait, no. Oh well. Without your comments, we couldn’t spread our message with nearly as ...
Marketing, (Re?)Defined
Over in the Church Marketing Lab, there’s some good discussion going on about the definition of marketing. It all started when user ‘blogpaul’ put forth this marketing definition: mar·ket·ing /ˈmɑrkɪtɪŋ/ Pronunciation ...
Church Marketing Lab Poll Results
Last week, we wanted to know what your current position was in our Church Marketing Lab. You weighed in, and here’s what you had to say: The majority of you said ...
Mad Church Disease Awareness
The good thing about Church Marketing Sucks is that we’re people. People have friends. Thus, we have friends. Anne Jackson comes out of this simple logic. She’s written for us ...
