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- 4 Required Church Website Images
- 5 Do’s and 5 Don’ts of Church Communication During the Holidays
- Church Branding Essential: Matchy Matchy (4 Areas)
- 3 Simple Things to Do on Thanksgiving Day
- Location blindness (why the Church needs to overcome it)
- Effective Church Marketing: Reach More People in Your City (8 Ways)
- Church, stop being the best-kept secret (why and how)
- Church welcoming with the “5D Theory” of church attendance
- Every Church Needs to Know Their Reach Area (Here’s Why)
- 3 Christmas Communication Tips (from Nativity passages)
- 5 Leadership Communication Challenges (How to Overcome Them)
- 5 Communication Skills Every Church Leader Must Practice
- Creating an effective crisis communication plan for a church (5 simple steps)
- A Practical Guide to Color Models (RGB, HEX, PMS, CMYK)
- Navigating Change in your Church (Communication Strategies that work)
- A Simple Formula to Keep and Improve Your Church Bulletin
- 10 HR Tips for Creating and Managing Creative Teams
- Church Rebranding: A Simple Secret Formula for Pastors
- Compelling website content: A simple formula for Pastors
- Creating Compelling Social Media and Website Graphics (Simple Formula)
- 5 Reasons Every Church Needs a Crisis Communication Plan
- Church Communication Tips in an Election Year
- 5 Places of Decision Where Churches Must Communicate Better
- 3 Things You Didn’t Know a Church Website Could Do
- Does a Church need marketing? (maybe it doesn’t)
- 4 Church Social Media tips for the Summer
- Stop the Church QR-Code Madness
- Mother’s Day Ideas for your Church
- Photo File Formats: A Ministry Guide (How to Change Them)
- Burnout Self-Care for the Church Communicator
- 5 Communication Tips so our Churches don’t lose Preteens
- 5 ways to communicate to the “Nones” who aren’t listening
- 5 Church Social Media Secrets for an Effective Post
- Hold on to first-time guests (7 retention tips)
- 5 Required Branding Elements Every Church Must Control
- Image Resolution: A Ministry Guide
- Establishing a New Rhythm for Church Communication
- Church Communication Trends for 2024 (Get Ahead of Them)
- What the unchurched thinks about church (9 discoveries)
- 5 Social Media Rules for a Pastor’s Personal Presence
- Finding a Niche as a Church Leader and Local Church
- Crisis Church Communication (4 Tips for Pastors)
- Evaluating Church Content Before Communicating it (6 Questions)
- Communicating Unity in Mission and Ministry
- 5 Practical Steps to Creating a Church Logo
- Communicating to Make Your Church a 7-day Destination
- Church Management System: What a Church must Communicate
- 5 Must-do tips for Engaging Students at your Church
- 4 Ways to Uplift Others and Uplift Yourself Too (self-care tips)
- 10 Unexpected Ways to Communicate Pastor Appreciation
- 5 Steps for Planning Achievable Church Communication Timelines
- 4 Practical Editing Tips for Church Content
- Should “GIVE” be in your church website main menu?
- 7 Essential Rules for an Effective Church Greeters Ministry
- 4 Reasons Most Don’t Hear What the Church Says
- 4 things your church email newsletter MUST do every time
- How to write better (5 writing tips for articles, sermons, etc.)
- 6 ways to instantly know if your Church Website needs help
- Preaching to Personas (why you can’t preach to everyone)
- 5 ways to improve your church visitor’s card
- 4 Pages You Must Have on a Church Website
- Using AI in Pastoral Ministry (ChatGPT): Reach More, Ethically
- Keeping Church Volunteer Morale High (5 Tips)
- Pastor, 7 controlled messages your church needs every week
- Know Your Benefit (Talk It – 5 Steps)
- Stop! Church social media content requires branding
- Leading a Ministry Online: 5 Communication Tips
- 5 Church Logo Ideas Free to Use for your Church
- Church, how to generate a QR code and 5 tips for using them
- 3 Steps for a Pastor to Communicate in a Small Church
- Your church doesn’t need a printed bulletin (3 reasons)
- 3 Church Fundraising Ideas to Overcome Attention Challenges
- Church welcome time: 5 essentials to include
- 3 Things People Need to Know about Your Church
- 4 Communication Essentials
- How to do a church welcome well (5 Tips)
- Your Church Communication Strategy Checklist
- Is Church Branding Scriptural?
- Communication ideas: thinking outside of the (church) box
- 1 simple end-of-year church website fix
- 5 church email mistakes to avoid weekly
- 3 Ways to Say Merry Christmas to a Congregation
- Get Noticed! 6 Tips for naming your Church Christmas Event
- What should a church be known for? (4 critical things)
- Church budgets: 5 ways to save in communication
- 3 Church Communication Myths
- 3 Church Communication Mistakes
- 5 Practical Email Improvements
- Checklist: Create headlines that work (sermons, social, blogs)
- 5 simple ways to communicate appreciation to your Pastor
- 4 Common Website Mistakes (with Simple Fixes)
- Who else wants sermons that engage? (6 SEO solutions)
- How to Use Social Media as a Church (4 Struggles)
- 3 Must-Learn Church Communication Lessons
- Communicate Collecting Church Offerings (3 Essentials)
- 5 Church Communication Strategy Ideas
- 4 surprisingly simple church website improvements
- 6 Essential Church Branding Components
- 10 essential demographic questions for every church
- Can’t afford to hire a church branding agency? Here are 7 DIY tips
- 6 revealing questions to ask your congregation regularly
- STOP! 8 Church communication mistakes you’re probably doing
- 3 steps to reach people not listening (it’s possible!)
- Church Branding 101 (6 DIY evangelistic steps)
- 3 Roles of the Communication Director (paid or volunteer)
- 4 Ways Church Branding will Evangelize the Community
- Improve your Church Bulletin so they’ll read it (5 Tips)
- How to communicate location change (or time change)
- 5 Social Media tips for Small Churches
- How to get your church emails read (5 tips)
- Your Church Website needs Spring Cleaning (4 Things)
- Pastor, be heard more: 5 Tips for Church Videos
- Projecting the right things on Church service slides (5 tips)
- 3 differences between preaching in a room and preaching online
- 4 Crucial Tips to Communicate Missions Better in Your Church
- Use AVL to establish your church brand! (4 ways)
- Your Community Isn’t Listening to Your Church (3 Reasons)
- 3 Cautions: Controlling Your Church Perception
- 4 Simple Steps So Your Church is Known for Something
- 7 Church Social Media ideas that will make a difference
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Church Communicators
- 4 Church Focus Group Questions (Surprising Answers)
- 4 Critical Church Website Changes Required in 2022
- 3 Cardinal Rules to Attract a Crowd from any Community
- 5 Ways a SEO Focus Phrase Improves a Church Sermon
- A New Year: Communication Updates (For Now)!
- 5 Ways Church Vision & Mission Statements Fail You.
- Yikes! 5 Things Pastors Aren’t Saying. And Should (Weekly)
- Cheap Church Branding: Why a Knockoff Brand Doesn’t Work.
- Who Else Wants a Web Visitor to Attend a Church Service?
- The Basics: What’s a Communication Strategy?
- Leaders: 5 Critical Things You Must Say Every Time
- Church: Are You Viewed as a Commodity? Fix That (4 Steps)
- Click Here: The World’s Best Church Website
- 5 Cautions for Churches with WordPress Websites
- Every step needed: to create an effective church brand
- Branding should make sense (5 senses to be exact)
- Say no more (4 ways the church talks too much)
- 7 Steps Every Church Graphic Needs Before Using Them
- 4 Reasons a Church App won’t solve your Communication Issues
- What’s your 1, 2, 3? Essential: Design Hierarchy
- 4 Rarely-Used Church Communication Tasks (Start!)
- Church: Write Your Headline or be Ignored (4 Tips)
- Don’t Forget Font Fences (7 Branding Guide Tips)
- 20 Surprising Things From 20 Yrs of Church Branding (Part 2)
- 20 Surprising Things From 20 Yrs of Church Branding (Part 1)
- 11 Clues: Your Church Website Sucks (FIX Them) – part 2
- 11 Clues: Your Church Website Sucks (FIX Them) part 1
- The Best Time to Launch your New Thread (7 Factors)
- 10 Best Practices: Choosing a Good Church Domain (URL)
- 5 Communication Mistakes for Launching Church Branding
- Shhhh……. 5 Secrets about Church Branding
- 5 Summer Church Communication To-do Items
- Being Known for Workplace Joy
- 4 Reasons You DON’T Need New Church Branding
- 5 Steps to a Missional Church Brand that Attracts
- 81% Use This Online Platform; Is Your Church On It?
- Church, Scratch an Itch (3 Steps to solve a concern)
- Effective Church Communications Requires This
- 2 Symptoms of Deep Communication Issues
- 5 Important Ways to Weave a Church Branding Thread
- The Beginner’s Guide to Church Websites (4 Steps)
- The Beginner’s Guide to Church SEO (Being Found Online)
- Church Rebranding: 3 Things to Know (Warning)
- Church Communication Essentials to COMMcentrate on (6 Things)
- Develop Your Church Website by Doing These 3 Things
- Church Trifecta: Benefits, Expectations, Consistency
- (Test) Checklist of 10 Critical Church Website Functions
- Channel Preference: How Most Want Communication Content
- Building a Website? Don’t Forget this 1 Surprising Thing
- 7 Warning Signs Your Church Needs Branding Help. Now.
- 3 Tips for Winning with Communication Goals
- Does Your Community Know Your Church? (5 Questions)
- 5 Communication Knowns about the Year of Unknowns (2021)
- 5 Critical Questions to Improve Your Church Communication
- STOP COPYING: Do These 3 Things Instead
- 3 Unlikely (but Essential) Ways to Communicate Generosity
- Church! 3 Communication Things Learned from a Birthday Mistake
- Caution: Church Avoid Category Exhaustion! (5 Ways)
- STOP: 14-Minute Church Communication Checkup
- 5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Graduated from College
- 3 Biggest (and Prevalent) Church Communication Fails
- 3 Ways to Simplify Church Content (To Get It Noticed)
- 5 Ways to Guarantee Church Communication Failure
- 3 Drastic Changes the Church Must Understand Now
- For Mobile Viewing, Ensure 3 Things on Your Church Website
- 3 Church Social Media Tips to Encourage Engagement
- 3 Quick Fixes for Your Church Website (Get Started Now!)
- WARNING. Avoid the TL;DR Curse. 5 Ways How:
- 7 Design Tests for Effective Church Communication
- Every Church: 5 Social Content Ideas From Every Sermon
- 6 Steps to Make Web or Social Content More Interesting
- Every Church Needs a Thread (4 Reasons)
- Why a Church needs Marketing (4 Reasons)
- Do You Know These 3 Things about Your Community?
- Your Church Mission (and Vision) Needs a Conversion
- A Surprising, Often-Overlooked Church Communication Tool
- Test: Is Your Logo a Good Visual Brand? (7 Questions)
- 5 Website Issues Your Congregation Find Annoying
- Pastor: 3 Essentials for Your Website Bio
- Signs that Your Church Brand isn’t Working
- 6 Essentials for Launching a New Church Brand
- Are Church Emails Worth the Effort?
- 5 Places the Church Talks Too Much (Stop It)
- 6 Steps to a Great Church Video
- Best Practices: 6 Steps for Communication Approvals
- 7 Building Blocks for Church Social Media Success
- Is Branding Too Perfect for an Imperfect Church?
- Social Media Isn’t Easy: Here are 5 Reasons Why
- Why a Church Naturally Does Social Media Well. But Doesn’t.
- How to Resurrect a Church Website
- All your church NEEDS for Easter
- Last Minute Easter Communication Checklist
- Spend a Ton of Time on Your Website to Save a Ton of Time
- Why Your Church Communication (Probably) Isn’t Working
- Church Communication Role: Leadership or Support Services?
- Spring Clean Your Website Communication (5 Tips)
- 3 Symptoms You Have Ministry Silos (How to Fix Them)
- 5 Tests for an Effective Thread
- 7 Rules to “Tidy Up” Your Church Website
- 10 Church Communicator Personalities (Check the Mirror)
- Quiet Church! 7 Steps to “Saying Less So They Listen More”
- Church Communication Must Show You Care (Here’s How)
- 3 Negatives Required for Positive Communication
- STOP Abbreviating (Plus 7 Other Content No No’s)
- 4 Requirements for Personas
- Stop! 5 Things to NEVER Do With Your Church Logo
- The 12-Days of Communication
- 1 Month Before an Event. What to do, what to do?!
- 1 Website Change for Your Church that Matters
- 3 Steps to Editing Web Content
- 5 Steps to Developing an Engaging Sermon Series
- Want to Love? Start with a Persona.
- 4 Basic Steps to Creating a Brand Standard
- 4 Ways to Save $$$ on Bulletins (Start Now)
- Protect Your Communication Mode (or Lose It!)
- Pastor, why what you wear is important to what you say
- 3 Necessary Leadership Skills Effective Ministry Requires
- Most Are Doing Social Media Wrong (4 Reasons Why)
- Know Your Benefit (Talk It)
- 6 Tips to Must-Read Headlines and Sermon Titles
- 3 Reasons why Church Social Media isn’t that Social
- 4 Simple Changes to Make Your Foyer More Welcoming
- 4 Power Steps to Engaging
- 3 Church Communication Myths
- Connect Better: Become a Pain Expert with Your Church
- 3 Basic (Free) Communication Necessities for the Fall
- 4 Benefits of a Centralized Church Communication Process
- Church, Control “Their” Tongue
- “Leave Me Alone!” (3 Essentials a Church Must Do)
- Pastors: 5 Employment Questions to Anticipate from Church Communicators
- 6 Signs Your Church Has Ministry Silos (Tear Them Down)
- Leader, Are You Using Social Media Correctly?
- Creating Better Church Web Pages (3 Principles)
- Good Email Communication is Like a Good Sermon. (Rare)
- Good Church Websites Matter
- 4 Ways Your Church Sign Lets You Down
- Why Few Are Following Your Church Facebook Page
- Is your Church Communications Ready for Summer?
- 3 Real Reasons Why Your Church Comm May Be Broken
- Why Being Different is Critical to Every Church
- A Pastor’s Guide to a Basic Website
- 5 Budget-Wise Communication Tips (Save Money)
- Communication Tip: Turn Boring into Interesting
- 4 Ways to Peacefully Understand your Church Communicator
- Why a Church Naturally Does Social Media Well. But Doesn’t.
- Churches Vanish for this One Reason (Here’s the fix)
- Pastor, Change Your Website Picture. Here’s Why.
- Winning Church Essential: Speed to Benefit
- Calm Down (Communication Design, That Is)
- Does Your Congregation Really Know What’s Going On?
- How to Convert Church Vision to a Communication Thread
- (Short) Checklist so People Will Receive Your Communication
- 3 Resolutions Every Church Communicator Must Make
- 3 Email Scheduling Tips
- 3 Ways to Lead Your Church Differently in 2019
- 3 Free Ways to Improve Your Website by Spring
- 3 Ways to Say Merry Christmas to a Congregation
- 1 Way to Control Why People Like Your Church
- 5 Ways to Communicate Gratitude
- Control Your Communications
- How Your Church Can be Relevant Again
- 3 Church Website Home Page Issues To Resolve (Now)
- No, An Annual Emphasis isn’t your Thread. Neither is a Vision.
- 3 Complicated Components of Church Communications
- Your Staff Web Page is Crucial (How to Improve It)
- 4 Daily Social Media Hacks
- Can a Church Afford Good Communications?
- 5 Critical Paradigms if a Church Wants Their Community to Listen.
- 7 Things Weeks of Church Shopping Has Taught Me
- Yikes, People are Listening Differently (3 ways)
- Are Church Emails Worth the Effort?
- Yikes! I Don’t Have a Communication Budget.
- “Leave Me Alone!” (3 Essentials a Church Must Do)
- 10 Simple 10-Minute Communication Tasks (you can do now)
- 3 Tips to Picking Your Church Communication Thread
- 3 Horrible Reasons to Get a Church App (be warned!)
- 3 Fall Communication Essentials to Decide Now
- 2 Critical Communication Errors (and how to overcome them)
- Hiring? 4 Traits A Church Communicator Must Have
- (Guest Post) The Most Powerful Thing Your Church Can Be Known For
- Pastor, 3 Things You Do from the Stage Each Sunday (other than Preaching)
- 3 Social Media Problems that Must be Fixed. Today.
- 3 Communication Traits all Pastors Should Practice
- 3 Summer Church Communication Preparations
- 3 Cautions for Copying Other Churches
- 4 Must-Dos before Posting on Social Media
- Does the Church Need Old School Advice?
- 3 Reasons You Need Communication Coaching
- Speaking to a Group? 3 Must-Dos to Battle Second-Screens
- 3 Signs Your Church Isn’t Connected to Your Community
- 3 Steps to Revitalizing a Church Reputation with Good Communications
- Whoa! Here’s a huge Church Communication problem.
- All your church NEEDS for Easter
- Church Vision isn’t Enough
- Pastor, What Should You Be Known For?
- Your Church Brand can Learn from Cattle Branding
- Scary Indicators: If You’re Not Connected to Your Community
- The Secret to Reconnecting with Community
- Read in Case of Emergency
- The Problem with Talking to Everyone
- Should a Church Blog?
- 4 Questions to Consider BEFORE Hiring a Communications Person
- 5 Lies Communicators Believe
- Communication Process: Foundational Issues
- Change is a good thing. Change is a bad thing.
- 3 Ways to Engage with an Audience Better
- 5 Ridiculously Practical Email Improvements
- Your Church Needs a Communication Thread
- 3 Practical Ways to Thank Your Church Communicator
- The Recipe for a Great Church Website
- How Social Media Can Help Your Church Brand
- 3 Costly Church Communication Mistakes
- How a Church Communicator Should Listen Better
- 5 Tips for Social Media Scheduling
- Can You Afford Good Communication?
- Stop Marketing That You’re a Church
- Quick! 1 Thing To Do Today To Help Your Website.
- Small Churches CAN Have a Large Voice
- Tell Them What to Say (But Be Careful)
- Does Your Church Have a Thread?
- 3 Ways Administrators Are Skeptical About Church Communications
- Pastor, You’re Talking to Goldfish
- 3 Critical Ways to Cut Costs in Church Communications
- Church Doesn’t Need a Writer; You Need an Editor.
- A Surprising Use of Church Social Media
- 3 Ways a Small Church Can Be Heard
- 4 To-Be-Feared Indications of Ministry Silos
- 4 Beginner Tips to Church Branding
- 4 Surprising Revelations from Church Focus Groups
- Pastors, Please Simplify. 5 Steps.
- 3 Essential Church Branding Tips for Growth
- The Building Blocks for an Effective Church Website Foundation
- Church Communications on a Tight Budget
- One Big Cause of Declining Church Attendance
- 3 Ways Your Lobby is a Barrier
- No. Your audience.
- Oh yeah, it’s Mother’s Day!
- Be Known For Something: Too Good to Read Alone
- How to: Church Guests Communications
- Spring Cleaning for Effective Church Communications
- Be Known For Something Church Branding Book
- 4 Things Your Congregation Hates About your Church Website
- Church Leadership Book: Be Known For Something
- Your Last-Minute Easter Communication Checklist: 4 Things
- Church, Calm Down (7 Website Tips)
- Get the Attention of Your Community
- 5 Must-Haves For Church Websites
- 4 Tricks To Conquering Church Social Media
- 5 Ways to Pray for Your Church Communicator
- Is Your Church Known by Love This Way?
- Your Church Logo Doesn’t Need a Religious Symbol
- Every Sentence Needs Editing. Here’s How.
- Sorry, your church doesn’t have a brand
- A Simple Way to Say Something Complex
- 3 Practical Tips to Be More Creative in 2017
- Church Goals? It’s all about the baseline.
- 3 Foundational Church Communication Tasks for Starting 2017
- 3 Church Communication Failures
- The Church Asked. They Didn’t Answer.
- 7 Crucial Church Communication New Year Preparation Tips
- Whew. The Church Event is Done. Not.
- Is Your Church Merry about Christmas?
- Want a Church App? Think Twice.
- 4 Sermon Tips to Help Them Communicate Better
- You Can’t Do Church Communications Alone
- 3 Reasons Every Church Needs a Communications Director
- 5 Quick Improvements to Your Church Facebook
- Advocate for your Audience
- 3 Simple Church Social Media Tips
- Your New Church Communication Economy
- You Don’t Need More Time. You Need A Deadline.
- 4 Limitations Every Church Communicator Must Understand
- Knowing Your Audience: Effective Church Communication
- Preaching to an Empty Room
- Church Storytelling is Essential
- 3 Church Social Media Mistakes
- Act the Age of Your Community!
- Your Church Communication Elusive Magic Bullet
- 3 Steps to Being Discovered in a Marketing Saturated World
- 3 Critical Church Website Errors
- You Need This Kind of Church Communication’s Calendar
- Be Known for Love
- Fall Church Calendar: Be Social
- The Difference Between Likable and Sharable Social Media Posts
- Change Nothing? Nothing Changes.
- Tips to Effective Church Greeters
- 7 Things Every Church Communication Team Needs
- Your Church Website Says No; But You Say Go
- 3 Church Communications Time Savers
- Eliminate All Parking Barriers at your Church
- Seriously: there’s no Secret to good Church Websites
- Internal Understanding Isn’t Good Church Communications
- Tier for Church Communication Fears
- 3 Ways Church Websites are Broken
- 3 Post-Easter Communication Changes
- Spring Break: 3 Reasons You Need One
- Last Minute Easter Communications Tune-up
- What Your Church Website is Screaming About You
- Your Church Needs an Alarm Clock
- 4 Ways to Make Shareable Sermon
- A Church Quitter: Tips to Reaching Them
- The Church Communication Secret (Shhhh)
- Seriously Church, Stop Using Facebook This Way
- “My Church Website is my favorite!”, Said No One Ever
- Church Website: Stop Apologizing Now
- Church Personas: Fat Ones. Fit Ones. New Ones.
- Quickest is Rarely the Best Choice
- Pastor, do you need an Optometrist?
- 3 Ways to Get a Response When You Don’t Have Big Budgets
- 3 Sanity Checks When Caught in the Middle
- 3 Ways the Church Could Learn from Black Friday
- Are You Practicing Thanksgiving Authentically?
- 3 Church Things Google Cares About
- Creating an Effective Church Communication System
- 3 Do’s and 3 Don’ts for Church Websites
- Please Read These 297 Words
- Churches Need a Well. What’s Yours?
- Church Storytelling Tips: Social Media Edition
- Your Church isn’t Social. 3 Proofs.
- 2 Ways to Stretch Your Church Communications Budget
- SnapChat for the Church? Possibly!
- No One Likes a Copycat
- 3 Ways to Get a Response
- 12 Church Website Tips (Cheat Sheet)
- Can Print Communications Co-exist with a Digital Hub?
- What Color is your Church Wearing?
- 3 Church Changes Required for the Next Generation
- Your Welcome Card Needs Updating
- No Money Church Communication Solutions
- Church Communications: 3 Ways to Energize It | Part 2
- Church Communications: 3 Ways to Energize It | Part 1
- Pareto Principle | Why 20% Do 80%: And How to Fix it
- Does Church Cost Too Much?
- 3 Marketing Lessons from Jesus
- 3 Instant Improvements for Church Social Media
- Pastors, Make Your Church Logo Smaller
- You Can’t Do it All. Rest.
- People Hate Reading. But Please Read This.
- 3 Tests to Building a Social Media Team with Trusted Voices
- Should A Pastor Have a Personal Brand?
- 2014 Called: Wanting your Church Website Back
- Church Website Paradigm: The Right Side is the Wrong Side
- 3 Turnaround Tips for a Shrinking Church
- One Math Equation You Need for Easter Communications
- Steps to Ensure Your Church Social Media is Working
- Important Open Letter to Church Communicators
- The Worst Church Communication Strategy Ever
- 3 Church Communication Issues You Must Fix
- *Poof* A Church Disappears
- Is your Church Jumping the Shark?
- The Word a Church Business Administrator Shouldn’t Be Known For.
- There’s 11 Weeks to…
- 2015 Church Communication Trends to Watch
- Your Church isn’t Social. 3 Proofs.
- “ We can’t afford to update our Church Website ”
- Stop Your Church From Singing This Way!
- 3 Surprising Communication Items Missing From Your Church Budget
- 5 Solutions to Church Communications Overspending
- What Can I do With a Limited Budget?!
- Church Bulletins: 2/3’s of Congregations WASTE Them
- Special Church Communications Broadcast – Join Me
- 2 Symptoms of Deep Church Communication Issues
- 3 Instant Improvements for Church Social Media
- 3 Improvements Your Church Website Needs this Fall
- 2 Ways Church Bulletins Need to Play with Digital
- 3 Church Social Media Tricks
- 3 Steps to Creating a Viral Church Video
- 3 Church Website Failures (Bless Their Hearts)
- 1 Guaranteed Way to Reach Farther
- Return On Investment
- 3 Most-Asked Questions at NACBA
- Making Church Bulletins Better
- Time to KILL your Worship Guide? 4 Things to Consider
- 3 Tips For Summer Church Communications
- 1 Web Trend Churches Should do Well
- 1 Thing My Dad Taught Me. And Why It Matters to You.
- 2/3’s of Congregation WASTES the Bulletin. #Crazy
- 3 Reasons Church Websites Aren’t Being Read
- Out with the Old, In with…
- 3 Odd Things Learned from a Snowstorm
- More and More. People are Reading Less and Less.
- Imagine An Expert Mentoring You – Atlanta
- 3 Choices We All Have
- 1 Guaranteed Way to Website Failure
- 3 Reasons You’re Wasting your Time on your Website
- 8 Principles So People Choose You
- People Try Different Things
- Old MacDonald Taught an Important Lesson
- 3 Reasons For a Business Failure
- 5 Biggest Ministry Website Problems
- 5 Steps to Making Ministry Social Media Effective
- 3 Essentials for Business Relaxation
- 3 Summer Tasks
- “Best Way To __________”
- After 18 years, I graduate this week
- A Few Sobering Words. About You.
- Don’t be a NEW Xbox One
- Churches: Want a 1-Day Primer in Communications?
- Help! I need to be Found.
- Pick a suit. Any suit.
- Brute Force Attack on WordPress: Caution!
- 3 Tips to Stop Hackers
- Resurrect a Dying Brand
- 6 Things Every Church Needs. Or You’re Wasting Time. And Money.
- Plug your Audience in.
- 3 Steps to “White Smoke”
- Jesus and Sushi. Authentically.
- Brochure Copy Doesn’t Belong Here
- Please Love.
- I’m a Cookie Thief
- Your Church is Hiding under a Bushel. No?
- 3 Simple Things Most Don’t Do.
- Businesses: 3 Things You Must Love.
- 4 Ways to Tell a Great Super Bowl Ad
- The Principle Learned from Our Wing Dive
- Super Bowl Trademark Rules You Should Know
- Do our Churches Drip?
- 12 Tips for Calming Your Communications.
- 1 Way Your Church is Like a Restaurant
- 3 Things to Reflect on This Time of Year
- 3 Christmas Presents for You!
- Wow. That was Difficult! And that’s Good.
- 3 Starting Steps to Community
- 4 Steps to People Choosing You!
- 4 Ways to Help Visitors
- 2 Timely Things Pastors Should Do
- The Fatal Website Error
- The Power of 890.
- All I want for Christmas…
- 3 Things to Help You Reply
- 3 Ways To Be Known for Thanksgiving
- 4 Ways to BE the Perfect Gift.
- 3 Things You Must Get Right on Your Church Website.
- Look Behind You For…
- 1 Timely Church Disconnect
- Print is Toast.
- 4000 Calorie Lesson.
- 45 Amazing Leadership Tips
- Attention all Armchair Judges!
- Your Church Needs the Nones.
- Think Small. Really Small.
- 1 Way to Get People to Change. I Promise.
- If No One Reads; Would You Write?
- You Have a Mobile Company. Make it Right!
- What’s the big dif?
- 3 Problems in Most Websites.
- 1 Big Takeaway from WFX 2012
- Our Church Branding Family is Growing!
- Kill Your Worship Guide. Now.
- 3 Steps to Creating Your Headline
- 2 Things You Must Remember about Emails
- Andy Griffith: What He Was Known For
- 3 Things that Need Changing in the Church… It’s Time.
- 7 Things Your Business Should Own
- What’s Your Label Look Like?
- What if your Church Closed?
- 4 Huge Branding Mistakes
- 3 Surprising Facts about Website Views
- 5 Things a Communication Strategy Will Do
- Does Your Church Embrace the “AND”?
- 3 Things You Must Do To Increase Readability
- You Won’t Believe Who Goes to Church Websites!
- 3 Lists You NEED to Make Billions.
- 3 Simple Things For Speaking in Public
- Quads Birthed in our Driveway.
- 3 Essentials For Leadership Transition
- 3 Things you can Blame. And 3 Next Steps.
- Podcast: Church Brand Positioning 101
- The 1 Color to Never use Around Food.
- 3 Things Pastors should do before Summer
- My Shortest Blog Ever.
- Who’s the Mayor of your Church?
- Smash your Company. It’ll save it.
- Every Church Website Needs this Video
- Good Parenting is like Good Branding
- Prepare for the Perfect Storm
- Need a Fresh Coat of Paint? Here’s a Easy Way to Tell.
- 1 Thing Most Businesses Forget about SEO
- 4 Things I HATE about Facebook Posts. (PS: Stop doing them)
- Wisemen Built Their Site Upon a Rock
- Cover Your Logo
- A Bad Experience with Ice Cream?
- Commericials. Super!
- People HATE stuff in your Church; but still come. Here’s why.
- Blogging. Simplified to 4 Tips.
- Your Communication Team Needs 1 Very Important Thing
- Pick a Problem. Only One.
- Fire People Without This 1 Quality.
- 5 Things Said on Deathbeds.
- 1 Thing To Make You Sell More.
- You DON’T NEED a website!
- 5 “Checkup” Questions (fearless entrepreneurs only!)
- 3 Things Every Church Should Do in 2012
- 3 Steps to Guaranteed Resolution Completion
- 1 thing you MUST do before Dec 31.
- 4 Things You Should Know About Website Hosting
- 1 Church. Many Locations. Guaranteed.
- 3 Ways to Improve Your Website Now.
- 2 Reasons you MUST be on Social Media
- Stop doing these 3 things.
- 3 Resolves (and 1 Confession)
- 3 Regrets from WFX Dallas
- 3 Critical Things Realtors and Business Owners Need to Know (and do!)
- Church gone Mobile.
- Know Your Sweet Spot.
- Convert Your Message. Please!
- Wanted: An Apprentice.
- Missed Catalyst? 9 Important Things you Missed!
- STOP! Look here. Now!
- 4 Ways You May be Failing.
- Extra, Extra. God’s news is good news.
- 3000+ Days. Almost 3000 Deaths. A Big Change.
- Happy Irony Day.
- 4 Things to a Different Ministry this Fall
- Fresh Start. Refreshing Start.
- 2 Things Churches can Learn from Dominos Pizza
- 3 Reasons Why It’s Good to Visit the Past
- Crazy Pastors Preach to Empty Auditoriums
- Warning: Business Disaster Watch is currently on
- Things to do NOW that Vacation is Over.
- Want Better Ministry? 2 Things To Do Now.
- 3 Ways to Not Be Dumb
- Weather People are Creative Promoters
- Are you TOO relaxed?
- Business Essentials 7: Peculiarity
- Branding Terms Defined: Social Networking
- Business Essentials 6: Passion
- Branding Terms Defined: Focus Group
- Business Essentials 5: Perception
- Branding Terms Defined: Audience
- Church SEO: Branding Terms Defined
- Business Essentials 4: People
- Branding Terms Defined: Positioning
- Business Essentials 3: Knowing Your Place. Essential!
- Business Essentials 2: The Product of Business.
- Branding Terms Defined: Logo
- Business Essentials 1: Profits for Dummies. Not: Profits are for Dummies.
- 3 Editing Skills You Must Use.
- 3 Signs of a Great Relationship
- 3 Change Strategies for Every Church
- Happy Easter!
- 7 Reasons Your Resume May Be Ignored.
- 3 Reasons You Need a Uniform.
- 4 Reasons You Need a Web Pro
- 3 Ways to Encourage your Staff Today.
- 4 Steps to a Viral Video
- I Ate the Worst Breakfast this Morning.
- Change. Change. Change.
- Late for Her Funeral.
- We’ve got a Problem!
- No Windows. Only Mirrors.
- 3 Reasons it’s Great that Easter is Late.
- Not a lot of sugar.
- What’s your Headline?
- What’s the Big Idea for Change?
- 3 Things I’m Learning in Our Move This Week.
- Reaching the Missing Church Member
- 3 Things this Week Reminds Us about Love.
- 3 Steps to Selling Anything in this Economy.
- 3 Easy Steps to Reducing SPAM
- Need Ministry Volunteers? What You Should and Shouldn’t Do.
- 3 Steps to Get Ready for Visitors
- Finish it. It Feels so Good!
- Pay attention! Please!
- Your name could determine how long you’ll live
- I admit I have a problem
- 3 Fail-Proof Ways to Have a Successful Year
- Feel Like Your Church Has Stalled?
- A Simple Outline to Face 2011
- 3 Resolution Recommendations for Facebook
- Christmas Contentment
- A Simple Christmas
- 3 Tips to Great Gifts
- My 3 Business Wishes for 2011
- 3 Steps to Developing “Concept”
- 3 Valuable Web Areas Needing Your Attention
- Be like Spiderman — Arrive Just in Time!
- First Time Shooter.
- Twitter Advanced. Or Basic.
- Dead on the Floor
- Meet me at WFX!
- 3 Things You Should Never Have on Your Website
- $650,402 in 3 weeks.
- Who doesn’t like FREE food?!?
- Huh? Excuse me? Are you listening?
- Catalyst: 6 Things That I’m going to Change (Pt 2)
- Catalyst: 6 Things That I’m going to Change (Pt 1)
- Secret Confessions of a Procrastinator
- 5 Senses in your Church
- The Social Network: The Review
- Attention!!! The wrong 1st impressions are dangerous!
- SEO is a waste of money without this key topic.
- Get ready for Socks and Underwear.
- Pastors are paid what?!?
- Celebrate 3 Freedoms Today!
- 3 Leadership Imperatives from Lubbock
- 1 Week: No Facebook
- Lost: The Church Edition
- 3 Steps to Getting People to Your Website
- It only takes a little.
- Just do it.
- The fall is coming! The fall is coming! The fall is here.
- 3 Steps to a Masterpiece
- 3 Reasons Short is Better.
- Lost your way? Get back to the Basics.
- 3 Ways to Develop Great Content.
- What if your Church Can’t Do It?
- Listen Up! In 3 Steps.
- Happy 4th of July!
- SEO Entirely Over-Simplified in 3 Steps
- 1 in 4 Americans Predict Second Coming
- Supply the “Missing” Things. 3 Easy Steps.
- 4 Ways to make “Little Things” matter
- 3 Ways Social Media Can Help your Church
- Stop Paying Subscription Fees
- 3 Things to Consider for an Anniversary
- Largest Private Aquarium in a Church?!
- Changes Needed in the Church: #9 Reasons for Going
- 1 Tiny Thing I Hate Big Time.
- 3 Business Lessons My Mom Taught Me.
- 1 of the Best Leadership Verses in Scripture
- 3 Tips for Effective PR
- 6 Steps to Successful Before’s and After’s
- 3 Ways to Start at the very Beginning.
- Changes Needed in the Church: #8 Involvement
- Know your Customer. Please!
- Changes Needed in the Church: #7 PowerPoint
- You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
- Changes Needed in the Church: #6 Web Hosting
- I’ve never gone to a NASCAR race. Until now.
- Mud your Marketing Communication’s Plan!
- Changes Needed in the Church: #5 Language
- Changes Needed in the Church: #4 Welcome
- 3 Business Lessons I Learned While Getting my Haircut
- Changes Needed in the Church: #3 Signage
- 7 Lessons I’ve Learned About Getting Robbed
- Welcome to Canada!
- Are Visitors Really Welcome at your Church?
- It’s the Big Game day!
- Changes Needed in the Church: #2 Websites
- Your Business Needs to Learn from “Snow”.
- Changes Needed in the Church: #1 Worship Guides
- Lists.
- The Pope wants to spread the Gospel in Blogs
- The 1 Thing Every Business Must Do Now!
- 5 Things to Consider when Updating your Website
- 4 Easy Ways to Sell More
- Where’s Your Congregation Coming From?
- An Easy New Year’s Resolution. Guaranteed!
- 6 Steps To Getting it Done in 2010
- Word of Mouth made Easy in 3 Easy Steps!
- A Nasty Vine. Get Rid of It!
- 3 Things Your Church should do after a Christmas Production
- 5 Things to Give Your Business For Christmas
- So many colors!
- Now is the Time!
- Typos Happen. 3 Secret Ways to Stop Them!
- 3 Steps to Thanks – Giving!
- Features vs Benefits
- Save money. Ditch the Worship Guide.
- It’s Christmas Time!
- 3 Frustrations from WFX Charlotte
- There’s a Wrong Way to Do Things.
- Worship Facilities Expo – Finally!
- The Management Gap
- Wow, Weirdness and Worship
- How Many Times?
- Catalyst 2009 Here I Come!
- Touch it Once
- You need MORE than a Website
- 4 Simple Things all Churches Need to Know – 4
- Simplify!
- 4 Simple Things all Churches Need to Know – 3
- Have you Polled your Audience lately?
- 4 Simple Things all Churches Need to Know – 2
- What Languages Do Your Team Members Speak?
- 4 Simple Things all Churches Need to Know
- One Word that Describes what I do Every Day.
- Step 5 to Church Failure: Abandoning Hope
- 80% of your Work is Wasted Time.
- Step 4 to Church Failure: The Scramble Begins
- 4 Things to Enjoy on Vacation
- Step 3 to Church Failure: Critical Turning Point
- Is It Time to Hit the Reset Button?
- Step 2 to Church Failure: Foundational Issues
- 4 Criteria to the Right Logo
- Step 1 to Church Failure: Easy to Fall Into
- Do you have different Audiences?
- The 5 Steps to a Failing Church
- I’m humbled by Philippians 2.
- 6 Reasons I’m going to Miss Billy Mays
- 3 Things I Learned from My Father that I Use Daily
- That’s Delicious!
- 4 Surefire Ways to Stop Burnout.
- 3 Church Audiences You Need to Know.
- Not all ‘Graduations’ should be Celebrated.
- TMI: I’ve been Fired AND Laid off
- Have you doubled your waist size? Learn why you should calculate it!
- Your 100 days. Or is that 91 1/4 days?
- Half of all Americans Use This. Do you?
- 4 Lessons All Pastors can Learn from Twitter
- 5 Ways You can be More Creative. Now!
- Ever Heard of Deep-Fried Easter Eggs?
- What Easter reminded me about Marketing
- Possibly the Most Cost-Effective Way to Build a Church
- Are you Unique?
- 3 Ways to Keep Visitors Happy
- Lessons All Business Owners Must Learn from Monopoly
- What Happens When a Ministry is Broken?
- Twitter and Facebook are a Waste of Time!
- One Principle That Will Save Your Ministry
- 10 Ways I Save Money EVERY Month
- Prediction: The Recession is Ending
- Pastor Wins Best Supporting Actor Award
- 6 Ways to Get Noticed.
- Fox’s 24; 168 episodes too late
- What’s all the Fuss about Facebook?
- Did your Heart twitter Last Week?
- 3 Spring Things.
- I Burned My House Down Today.
- Step 5 for Saving Money – The Pope wants you on Facebook
- One Thing that You Must NOT Do During a Recession
- Step 4 for Saving Money – E-blasts
- 3 Things Everyone Should Know About You
- Inauguration Day
- Step 3 for Saving Money – Web/Online
- Recession Declaration
- The Missing Commandment. #6 – Thou Shalt Live by the Law of the Grid.
- Step 2 for Saving Money – Word of Mouth
- Where the heck are your Customers looking?
- WFX Houston 08 – A Time for Optimism
- I’m Mark MacDonald and I’m a News Junkie
- Low/No Cost Marketing – Step 1
- “There’s got to be a Cheaper way”
- The Presidential Debate got me thinking….
- Three Things I Love
- Commandment 10 – Thou shalt Test. And Test again.
- Commandment 9 – Thou shalt extend the reach of your website
- Politics – Love/Hate relationship?
- Commandment 8 – Thou shalt be relevant and changing
- God’s View
- Commandment 7 – Thou shalt be found
- Employees rule!
- Commandment 5 – Thou shalt outline your navigation like a good sermon
- Commandment 4 – Thou shalt determine that consistency is mandatory
- We’re in. But not unpacked.
- Commandment 3 – Thou shalt strive for Simplicity
- Moving Day Cometh
- Commandment 2 – Thou shalt get your website designed. Well.
- Commandment 1 – Thou Shalt Love Your Content
- Survive a Tornado
- WFX – Indianapolis 2008
- So many colors…Stage 2
- Brand Renovation – Stage 1
- OBX Fishing
- TLC
- Deal or No Deal
- Good news is No news?
- Introducing Your New Certified Church Consultant
- Marketing is like a Wedding