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Archive for the ‘Writing & Editing’ Category
Church Bulletin Do’s and Don’ts: A Visitor’s Perspective
A church bulletin user offers bulletin tips from a user's perspective. What should be on the cover? How much info inside? Should you use pictures?
How to Write Compelling Church Announcements on #cmschat
Last night's #cmschat on Twitter covered how to write church announcements that get results.
The Communication Schedule Episode
Our own editor Kevin D. Hendricks talks about curating content and creating a communication schedule for your church in the latest episode of our podcast.
How to Manage Content for Your Church
Most churches are creating lots of content—it can really help to organize it. We share extra tips from our recent Church Marketing Podcast.
3 Places Where the Church Has Too Many Typos
Learn where typos are most often found in the church, how to fix them and why it's important.
The Website Content Episode
We talk with copywriter, marketer and storyteller Mike Kim about how your church can write effective copy.
A Storytelling Refresher for Your Church
The church loves stories. But as much as we love them, we need more practice in making storytelling work in our communication.
Religious Style Guide: Consistency!
Every church communicator needs a style guide, but the AP Stylebook doesn’t always cut it. You need a religious style guide to bring consistency.
Embrace Restrictions: The 5-Minute Presentation
Restrictions can unleash your creativity. What would happen if your church embraced restrictions with shorter sermons, welcome videos and announcements?
How to Write Church Announcements
The standard announcement is the bane of the church communicator. They're important, necessary and dull. Here's a simple way you can save time and make announcements more effective.
Wrecked & Writing with Jeff Goins
We talk with Jeff Goins, author of Wrecked: When a Broken World Slams into Your Comfortable Life, about writing, wrecking and life.
Copy Matters: Copy That Sucks
Here's a list of pet peeves from a professional writer. Avoid them and you can avoid having copy that sucks.
Copy Matters: Proofreading
Typos, spelling errors, grammatical mistakes, wonky style—it can all contribute to ruining otherwise good copy. You must proofread your copy.
Copy Matters: Style Guides
For the love of all things holy, be consistent. Every church needs a style guide and we've got some examples to get you started.
Copy Matters: Choosing the Right Words
Words are important. They have different implications and contexts and you need to be careful what you're communicating. We've got some tips tip help you out.
