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Archive for the ‘Advertising’ Category
Chocolate Rain and Church Marketing
Who is Tay Zonday and why should you care? I’m glad you asked, because he is one of the latest examples of viral video gone wild in the new advertising ...
Handvertising?
What on earth is handvertising? Just what you think–it’s advertising on the back of someone’s hand, available from Handvertising USA. They wanted me to blog about this new form of ...
Sexy Church
CNN is giving some church marketing love in their video top stories. It seems as if a church sent out 50,000 mailers entitled “Red Hot Sex” to their community. The ...
Don’t Be Afraid to Advertise
The Delmarva Daily Times recently discussed church marketing and included our very own Brad Abare. You should check it out. The article discusses religious leaders choosing “new” ways to advertise. And ...
Church YouTube Contest
A few days ago we talked about online church video. We encouraged everyone to embrace the phenomenon of online video and harness its power. One church in Boston is doing ...
How To Achieve 277% Growth
OK, so the title isn’t fully accurate. But it is how one church did it. Eastpoint Community Church in Middletown, Del. had an incredibly simple, strategic and successful marketing campaign, ...
Church Doesn’t Suck Billboard
Apparently it’s church billboard week. First it was “Satan “ in the copy, and now it’s “Sucks.” GracePoint Church in Wichita, Kan. has launched a billboard campaign that’s drawing criticism, ...
Satan Hates Life
Lifechurch.tv launched a new billboard campaign recently that’s pretty creative. I’ve seen billboards for churches before and I’ve liked, well, none of them. This might change my mind. The time ...
10 [Cheap] Ad Ideas from Roy H. Williams
If you’re not already getting the Monday Morning Memo from adman Roy H. Williams, you’re missing out. Not only is Williams a brilliant pithy writer, he’s got one of the ...
Testimony Billboards
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports on a church billboard campaign that’s personal. Love this quote: “Marketing and evangelism are the same thing,” says Mara Einstein, associate professor of media studies at the ...
Chipotle and Crossings Church
Last month I wrote an entry about potential partnerships that might exist between companies and churches. Not surprising, it sparked several heated comments. I am working on a follow up ...
Free Miracle Cloth
Here at Church Marketing Sucks, we are often criticized for feeding the capitalistic free-market economy mindset that says if you advertise, promote, or market something well, people will come and ...
Using Whipped Cream and Gay Marriage to Start Conversations
With membership declining as much as 20% in the last decade, the United Church of Canada needs to try something drastic. So they’ve launched a $9.3 million ad campaign. The ...
Have a Pint with Jesus
The face of Jesus has shown up in some mysterious places, but now it will appear in the frothy remains of a pint of beer as a part of the ...
Church Advertised with Republican Party
I know I’ve complained about being busy before, but you know it’s bad when Christianity Today is clamoring for more CMS. Their weblog reported on a pastor donating to the ...
