Joshua Cody

Josh Cody served as our associate editor for several years before moving on to bigger things. Like Texas. These days he lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, and you can find him online or on Twitter when he's not wrestling code.

Joshua Cody's Posts:

brand-identity Article
April 9, 2008

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 ...

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web-sites Article
April 8, 2008

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 ...

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poll-results Article

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 ...

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peer-review Article
April 4, 2008

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 ...

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poll-results Article
April 2, 2008

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 ...

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peer-review Article
March 28, 2008

Church Marketing Lab: Welcome Displays, Bulletins and More

As the Church Marketing Lab nears 2,000 members, we want to remind you that anyone can take part. Whether you’re a designer, a person with a question or someone with ...

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interviews Article
March 27, 2008

Church Marketing in South Africa

Finishing up (to the best of my knowledge) a whirlwind tour around the world from England to Belgium to Australia, we’ve now got Norman Clack from the Republic of South ...

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news-updates Article
March 26, 2008

Boston or Bust! (Our HOW Winner is … )

A special congratulations goes out to Vincent Scatliffe of Decatur, Ga. for his victorious effort in our special Win a Free Trip to HOW contest! Of the first 30 respondents ...

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poll-results Article
March 25, 2008

March (Sex) Madness Poll Results

So the 30-Day Sex Challenge is already well under way, and if you were looking to join in, you’ll have to wait until next year. We figured we’d wrap up ...

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examples Article
March 21, 2008

Real World Easter Marketing

Here are a couple churches going out of their way to create buzz for Easter. Not everyone should do these things, but we always encourage thinking outside of the box. Easter ...

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peer-review Article

Church Marketing Lab: A Bright Idea

This week, we take a break from our regularly-scheduled Church Marketing Lab roundup. I couldn’t help but highlight a single entry this week — a poignant and humorous submission that ...

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interviews Article
March 20, 2008

Catalyst Interviews Seth Godin

The kind folks over at Catalyst pointed us to their most recent podcast with Seth Godin, our favorite bald marketing guru extraordinaire. As always, Seth has some incredible insights, and ...

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poll-results Article
March 18, 2008

Sunday Morning What? Poll Results

There’s a lot of newfangled names floating around for that thing churches usually do on Sunday mornings. We decided to round up a few of them and see just what ...

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off-the-wall Article
March 17, 2008

When Church Marketing Sucks

Any church marketers out there looking for a job involving a healthy dose of damage control? Check out these couple of churches. Trinity United Church of Christ. Barack Obama’s church is ...

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demographicsresearch Article
March 14, 2008

Surveying Church

Have you ever done a church survey? We talked about them long ago, but if you still haven’t jumped on the bandwagon, I wanted to give another little plug. It’s ...

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