Kevin D. Hendricks

When Kevin isn't busy as the editor of Church Marketing Sucks, he runs his own writing and editing company, Monkey Outta Nowhere. Kevin has been blogging since 1998, runs the hyperlocal site West St. Paul Reader, and has published several books, including 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading, The Stephanies and all of our church communication books.

Kevin D. Hendricks's Posts:

public-relations Article
April 20, 2006

Larry Ross: Billy Graham’s PR Man

We’ve talked about Billy Graham’s publicity man before, but the New York Times spend seven pages on Larry Ross, so maybe he’s worth another look. “Moses stood there on top of ...

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poll-results Article
April 19, 2006

Easter Marketing Poll

Last week we asked about Easter marketing. Extra services or special programs, word of mouth and advertising were the most popular methods (23%, 22% and 21% respectively). The results are fairly ...

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peer-review Article
April 14, 2006

Church Marketing Lab Round Up #3

It’s Friday and we know you’re looking for an afternoon distraction (at least for those who didn’t get the day off for Good Friday), so why not help churches communicate ...

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news-updates Article
April 13, 2006

Save $40 on the Buzz Conference

They say you can’t have buzz without repetition. So here we go. The Buzz Conference is coming to Washington, D.C., in less than a month, featuring the controversial Mark Batterson (OK, ...

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technology Article

How Your Church Can Use Squidoo

Part 5 in a continuing series on What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church So what’s Squidoo? It’s another player in the exploding world of web 2.0 sites, though it has ...

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news-updates Article
April 12, 2006

100 Members in the Church Marketing Lab

We just added our 100th member to the Church Marketing Lab. Congratulations Bob Erdman of Capistrano Valley Church (which has its own [fledgling] Flickr group–looks like someone’s been listening). ...

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news-updates Article
April 11, 2006

Be the First to Know: CMS E-mail Newsletters

If you want to be in the know, sign up for our e-mail newsletters. That’s where you can hear things first: Last week we told our e-mail subscribers about our plans ...

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poll-results Article
April 9, 2006

Podcast Poll

Last week we checked on the popularity among churches of the most popular tech trend in 2005, the podcast. 36% of churches are currently podcasting and another 20% are planning ...

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peer-review Article
April 7, 2006

Church Marketing Lab Round Up #2

We always talk about helping churches communicate better, so it’s time to make it happen. Below are the recent additions to the Church Marketing Lab. Check ’em out and offer ...

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events Article

Mark Batterson and Church Buzz

Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of Washington D.C.’s National Community Church, a unique church that meets in two movie theaters in the nation’s capital. Batterson is also behind the ...

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multimedia Article

How Your Church Can Use Video

Part 4 in a continuing series on What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church Online video is the latest tech fad. There are TV shows for sale from Apple, you can ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
April 6, 2006

Episcopal Church Online Visitor’s Center

The Episcopal Church has an online visitor’s center that serves as a first step for anyone considering checking out an Episcopal church. It’s another way denominations can help drive people ...

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technology Article

How Your Church Can Use MySpace

Part 3 in a continuing series on What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church Let’s just open that can of worms called MySpace. If you haven’t heard about MySpace, you’ve surely ...

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news-updates Article
April 5, 2006

Support Church Marketing Sucks

Ever since we started we’ve been trying to help the church communicate the gospel. It’s no easy task. We need your help. There are three big ways you can help us ...

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technology Article

How Your Church Can Use Flickr

Part 2 in a continuing series on What Web 2.0 Means for Your Church Let’s start with the photo-sharing site Flickr. It’s the media darling that began as an online game ...

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