What Color is your Church Wearing?

I have a few friends who seem to only wear black. And then there are Pastors I know who always seem to be wearing a sweater vest. Or khaki’s and an oxford shirt. In fact, you’re probably known for wearing a certain style. We’ve learned that clothes “make the man”. Mark Twain extended that though: “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” What someone wears or the style they regularly wear starts to become recognizable. In fact we tend to wear similar things regularly. We're known for what we wear (and other things). A brand is essentially the consistency that we’ve known for. The things that you can control; are controlled. And those things that are consistently...
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3 Problems in Most Websites.

I love when TV shows do "instant makeovers". The fashion guru wanders through a crowd and finds the diamond in the rough. They identify the fashion issues and make changes as needed. They make it seem so easy. We did that this week. We conducted dozens of Quickie Analysis packages on websites at the WFX conference/expo. We quickly viewed websites (for the 1st time); then identified recommendations for how they could be better. Here are 3 similarities we saw in almost every website: No Positioning. 97% will look in the upper left hand corner. Your logo should be there. Which most times it was. But right under your logo NEEDS to be a positioning. What you do to benefit your audience. What you...
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