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Bad Marketing Poll Results
We’ve seen some pretty crappy church marketing lately (not to say we haven’t seen some great ideas as well). But which move was the worst of the worst of the ...
Church Marketing Lab: Group Branding, Newsletters & More
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a standard Church Marketing Lab update, so we thought we would let you in on a little bit of what’s been going on in ...
Internet Ministry Conference – Register Soon!
Ever get frustrated that you’re only metafriends with us at Church Marketing Sucks? The Internet Ministry Conference is the perfect place to fix that. If you hadn’t heard, Brad Abare ...
Pooling Talents to Multiply Talents
Many of you are familiar with the parable of the talents. Essentially God entrusts us with things, and we diligently care for and use those things. Maybe it’s a knack ...
Atheists Marketing Billboard
We’ve talked about billboards a lot. No, really. A lot. But here’s a little something different. Coming to you courtesy of DJ Chuang’s Twitter, here’s sort of the opposite of a ...
Future of the Church Poll Results
The future of the church. It’s a huge topic, and it’s one we need to be ready for. But what is that future? Well, 37% of you think multi-site churches are ...
Name a Church Contest
Here’s a new and innovative way of going about naming your church — ask your whole country to help. And give them a Wii if they’re right. [Insert name here] church ...
Praying for Rain on Obama & Saying No to Money
Here we have two case studies in why Church Marketing Sucks still sucks: Church Rejects Donation from Lottery WinnerThe title pretty much says it all. $600,000 could do a heck of ...
Church Marketing Lab: Capturing Great Ideas
We take a break from our typical Church Marketing Lab updates to show you a different way you can use the Flickr group. Usually, folks post their designs, and other ...
Merlin Mann Calls Out Branding
Productivity guru Merlin Mann has this to say about branding, via Twitter: If you’re really worried about your “branding,” try to stop thinking about life as a press release and ...
Church Taglines Poll Results
In the Church Marketing Lab, a discussion fired up on how to choose a church tagline. So we wanted to know just how your church went about it. The majority of ...
Special Guests Poll Results
Just how special does your church treat visitors? Well, for nearly a third of you, the answer is not special at all. They get a pat on the back, a bulletin ...
Jesus for President
Superstition Springs Community Church gets the prize here. They were the first link we received of a church to tying a marketing campaign to the presidential campaign, and thus the ...
Creating a Church Style Guide, Part 2
This is part two of an irregular and indefinite journey. Follow Associate Editor Joshua Cody as he works to get a style guide together for his church. Last time we talked, ...
Church Marketing Lab: Extreme Makeover Edition
One thing that makes us proud in a big way is when the Church Marketing Lab is all that it can be. One place we really see that is with ...
