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Archive for April 2008
Just Ideas: Give Blood, Give Life
This is part two of a four-part series called “Just Ideas,” looking at ways your church can commit itself to fighting for justice and righteousness in the society around you. Tons ...
Church Marketing Lab: Try, Try Again
The Church Marketing Lab is all about peer review. It’s good to post your designs and ideas after you’ve executed them. It’s better to share them before go time so ...
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!
The Stuff Christians Like blog has been around since January. Unfortunately, I just found out about it today. Prodigal John explains how Christians like myriad things, such as: not knowing ...
Just Ideas: Buying Sweatshop-Free
This is part one of a four-part series called “Just Ideas,” looking at ways the church can commit itself to fighting for justice and righteousness in the society around them. Think ...
Tony Morgan Thinks Your Branding Sucks
Staying on the brandwagon (I apologize; I’m ashamed; It probably won’t happen again for a little bit.), Tony Morgan follows Seth Godin in discussing bad branding ideas. And he’s got ...
Chasing Justice with Mark Van Steenwyk
More and more churches are trying to do the right thing, beyond simple evangelism. They’re reimagining everything they do and each step in their processes to see if they’re glorifying ...
How Important Is Your Church Logo?
Here’s some interesting research that looks at Apple’s branding and its impact on viewers: [Researchers at Duke University] found that exposing people to a brand’s logo for 30 milliseconds will make ...
Free WordPress Blog Installs for Church Leaders
56% of you pastors out there haven’t started blogging yet, according to a super scientific poll done by the Church Marketing Sucks Polling & Research Department. Now, a lot of ...
Heathen Marketing Poll Results
A few of you were very excited to see the poll results this week, and that’s exactly what Tuesdays are about–hanging out at your computer, constantly refreshing Church Marketing Sucks ...
Q in New York
I’m heading to New York this week for the Q conference. Last year was the debut of this event and I really enjoyed it so I’m going again. This year ...
Brands Are Bigger Than Logos
If you read Church Marketing Sucks often, then you’ll see the word “brand” come up here and there. It’s used as a noun, meaning the collection of your logo, letterhead, ...
Church Marketing Lab: Worship Guides to Breakfast Designs
Church Marketing Lab time. If you’re not getting involved over there, you’re missing out on a ton. There’s discussions on church directories, Local Labs, purpose statements and more, as well ...
Branding Faith
Over the last several weeks I’ve been working my way through Phil Cooke‘s latest book, Branding Faith: Why Some Churches and Nonprofits Impact Culture and Others Don’t. I’ve known Phil ...
Church Greeting Poll Results
Some people hate to love them; other people love to hate them; still others could care less. Church greeters. Honestly, to me, it seems like a pretty tough gig. You have ...
One Prayer
LifeChurch.tv announced yesterday a bold idea to bring churches together this summer around a series called One Prayer. It’s a call to churches around the world to rally around a ...
