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How’d You Hear About CMS?
Last week we asked how you heard about Church Marketing Sucks, and the results are pretty interesting. The vast majority found us online, 70% coming from search engines, other web ...
My Lame Marriage Campaign
For this peer review we take a look at the “My Lame Marriage” marketing campaign put on earlier this fall in Austin, Texas. Samples: Billboard: Invite card (front): Invite card (back): Mobile billboard:…
Blogging Church Interviews CMS
If you check out this week’s Blogging Church Podcast you can hear the voice of Church Marketing Sucks. Terry Storch interviewed Brad Abare and I as we talked blogs and ...
Church Communications Conference Poll
Last week we asked if you’d attend a church communications conference and the results are in: 44% said ‘sign me up.’ Another 4% have already been to a church communications ...
More on Mega-Churches
Ah, yet another article on mega-churches, this time from Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine (that’s where I live!). The Twin Cities are actually a breeding ground for mega-churches. According to the article ...
Church Web Sites Linking to Pastor’s Blogs
More from Mark Oestreicher, this time around the Church Bureaucracy Award of the Month. I know Mark doesn’t actually produce these items (like Worst Church Idea of the Month) on ...
Upstream Logo Review
In this peer review we’re examining some potential logos for a community church plant in Australia. Samples: Logo 1: Logo 2: Logo 3: Logo 4:…
Worship House Media
Check out a new resource for creative churches: Worship House Media. It’s basically an iTunes for worship media products. You can purchase all kinds of resources, including software, video, motion graphics, ...
Is Your Church a Safe Church?
The DesMoines Register covered church security this weekend, a topic that usually doesn’t get a lot of attention. Some of those church safety precautions include: Training and screening church leaders and ...
Faith-Based Marketing Summit
We’re a bit late to the game on this one, but the first annual Faith-Based Marketing Summit meets in Dallas on Friday. It’s not specifically about church marketing, but faith-based ...
Hey Look, a Mega-Church!
You’ve got to love how the press continually rediscovers this odd concept of mega-churches. And they’ve been doing it for 30 years. A couple interesting articles from last week on ...
First Christian Church Web Site
This week we check out the web site of First Christian Church. Share your suggestions and feedback in the comments. Samples: Screenshot: (fccterrell.org)…
Pumpkin Giving, Not Smashing
With Halloween upon us I can’t imagine a more timely marketing example than a youth group giving (not smashing) pumpkins. I love that it’s a timely gift, but more than ...
Who Does the Work Poll Results
Last week we asked who does the marketing work in your church and in 63% of churches it’s the staff. Not a big shock there, but what’s interesting is ...
Pastor Kyle Lake Electrocuted During Baptism Service
The news is spreading pretty quickly, both in the blog world and in the news, but in case you haven’t heard pastor and author Kyle Lake was electrocuted while performing ...
