Archive for 2009

social-media-2 Article
December 3, 2009

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 ...

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examples Article
December 2, 2009

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 ...

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poll-results Article
December 1, 2009

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 ...

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philosophy Article
November 30, 2009

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 ...

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poll-results Article
November 25, 2009

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 ...

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public-relations Article
November 24, 2009

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. ...

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web-sites Article
November 19, 2009

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, ...

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events Article
November 18, 2009

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 ...

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poll-results Article
November 18, 2009

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 ...

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technology Article
November 17, 2009

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 ...

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think-ahead Article
November 16, 2009

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 ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
November 12, 2009

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 ...

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poll-results Article
November 11, 2009

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 ...

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promotion Article
November 10, 2009

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 ...

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examples Article
November 9, 2009

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 ...

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