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Anglican Newspaper Banned
Maybe I have an anti-establishment streak, but when an upstart conservative paper is banned by the church, I have to laugh. The Anglican Journal is the official newspaper of the ...
Realigning vs. Redesigning
Speaking of improving web sites, we were sent a link today about the difference between redesigning a site and realigning it. The main point is that massive redesigns where you ...
Getting Feedback on Church Marketing
We’ve been offering our peer review since July as a way to help churches help each other. In that time we’ve done 14 reviews and have hopefully offered good feedback ...
Theology on Tap
More than a few times we’ve heard about outreach efforts involving strong drink, and they make me both wince and smile. I wince because I grew up in a church ...
Youth Group Hip Hop Flier
This week we take a look at another youth group flier. Offer your feedback and help other church creative folks improve their work. Samples: Flier:…
Less is More: Before and After at Granger Community Church
Earlier this month Kem Meyer, a guest blogger here at Church Marketing Sucks and the Communications Director at Granger Community Church in Granger, Ind., shared some design lessons on her ...
Denominational Church Marketing
Two recent newspaper articles in the Des Moines Register and the Washington Times (though the Times doesn’t seem to be loading) talk about the marketing efforts of church denominations. The ...
Verdict on the Fallon Church Ads
Last month we talked about some interesting church ads coming out of the UK, and one of those ads was created by the international agency Fallon. Last week we asked ...
Seacoast Church Web Site
This time around we take a look at the web site of the South Carolina multi-site church, Seacoast. Give your suggestions and don’t forget to consider submitting your church’s marketing ...
A Story of Two Churches
Let’s take a look at two churches that landed in newspaper stories recently. The first is the 6,000-member CedarCreek Church in Perrysburg, Ohio. The second is the 75-member Bethanie French ...
Church Marketing Quotes
Check out the Austin American-Statesman for yours truly. Brad and I were quoted in an article about church marketing, though we definitely didn’t have the best quotes. Mac Richard of Lake ...
Faith-Based Design Submissions
GIA Publications is considering the possible publication of a book on faith-based graphic design. The submission guidelines say that “communications media from any organized worship tradition or denomination are eligible.” ...
Messy Lives Promotion for My Praize Youth Group
Take a look at this flier design for a youth group program called My Praize promoting their theme, “messy lives.” Please share your feedback and consider submitting your church’s work ...
Jakob Nielsen Familiar with Church Marketing?
I thought it was rather interesting in Jakob Nielsen’s Top 10 Blog Design Mistakes (check out our take) that he gave an example from the world of church marketing. Under his ...
Top 10 Blog Design Mistakes
Recently we looked at the Top 10 Web Design Mistakes from Jakob Nielsen, and now he presents the Top 10 Blog Design Mistakes. You can certainly take what Nielsen says ...
