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The Smithsonian and Social Media Strategy
What do this, this and this all have in common? Someone thought they were a great idea, and they thought wrong. And sure, we can laud their creators for being ...
Churches Being Thankful
Sure, our name is Church Marketing Sucks, but above all, we like to see churches getting it right. Thanksgiving is a time when churches tend to stay out of hot-button ...
What’s in a Name Poll Results
The Internet is home to five years of crummy church signs, you’ve played with the church sign generator and we’ve done our fair share of lamenting ridiculous signage. But did ...
Church Marketing Gurus
Recently we mentioned that our own Brad Abare and CFCC board member Phil Cooke were appearing on a livestream from Conversant Life. You can now watch the archived video online: Check ...
Paper or Electronic Poll Results
In some places, the church bulletin has already died. And we first discussed the electronic replacement of the bulletin four years ago. But we were curious how our readers respond ...
How Pastors Should Deal with Reporters
Larry Kroon is pastor of Wasilla Bible Church in Wasilla, Alaska. If that sounds vaguely familiar, it’s the home church of former Alaskan governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. ...
Joshua Blankenship on Copying
If you’re not familiar with Joshua Blankenship, he’s the web guru behind the scenes at NewSpring Church in Anderson, S.C. A couple times recently, he’s tackled the difficult question of churches, ...
Live Interview with Church Marketing Gurus
Tune in tomorrow, Nov. 19 at 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. PT), as Conversant Life does a live interview with Phil Cooke and Brad Abare. They’ll be talking church marketing ...
Boon or Bust Poll Results
Just yesterday, Michael Buckingham said, The Internet isn’t powerful because it connects you to information, but because it connects you to other people. And that’s what social media aims to do. In ...
The Internet Is Not Your Delivery Boy
The Internet is more than a delivery method. As I was reading a report on the meeting of the European bishops and reps from Facebook, Google, YouTube and Wikipedia, one of ...
Church Marketing Plan
The United Methodist Church has put together an online tutorial to help churches create a marketing plan. It’s a seriously-involved, 5-step effort that includes homework with PDF downloads, action steps ...
Other Churches Suck: How Not to Market Your Church
We’ve covered plenty of churches who are trying to be edgy, stay relevant and communicate in a way that’s never been done before. Satan hates [insert church here] The 30-day sex challenge Che ...
Five Ways to Sabotage Creativity Poll Results
Our pals over at Media Salt recently penned an article on five ways to kill the creative process at your church. But what’s the best way? Well, only your collective ...
Communication You Can Believe In
If you’re like me, it’s often easy to be more focused on communicating the hope of what’s next than it is to heed the need for accurate communication about what’s ...
Deadly Viper & Racism in Marketing
Nothing says controversy like an Internet fight over racism in marketing and design. If you weren’t familiar with last week’s blow-by-blow, Asian author and professor Soong-Chan Rah called out racism ...
