Archive for March 2008

demographicsresearch Article
March 31, 2008

Best Practices for Internet Ministry: Part 3

This is the last of my three guest posts here at Church Marketing Sucks on the best practices for Internet ministry. In my first post, I explained how my research ...

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peer-review Article
March 28, 2008

Church Marketing Lab: Welcome Displays, Bulletins and More

As the Church Marketing Lab nears 2,000 members, we want to remind you that anyone can take part. Whether you’re a designer, a person with a question or someone with ...

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interviews Article
March 27, 2008

Church Marketing in South Africa

Finishing up (to the best of my knowledge) a whirlwind tour around the world from England to Belgium to Australia, we’ve now got Norman Clack from the Republic of South ...

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public-relations Article
March 26, 2008

Responding to Attacks

You’ve probably seen a raving, ranting black preacher talking about racism and “God damn America” with a fiery anger on just about every TV channel. The news media found some ...

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news-updates Article
March 26, 2008

Boston or Bust! (Our HOW Winner is … )

A special congratulations goes out to Vincent Scatliffe of Decatur, Ga. for his victorious effort in our special Win a Free Trip to HOW contest! Of the first 30 respondents ...

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the-christian-walk Article
March 25, 2008

A Prayer for Church Communication Professionals

I had lunch last week with an art director from one of the larger well-known churches in southern California. This guy (I’ll call him Brian) oozes sincerity and has a ...

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poll-results Article
March 25, 2008

March (Sex) Madness Poll Results

So the 30-Day Sex Challenge is already well under way, and if you were looking to join in, you’ll have to wait until next year. We figured we’d wrap up ...

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demographicsresearch Article
March 24, 2008

Best Practices for Internet Ministry: Part 2

In this series I am previewing some preliminary results of my research into the best practices for Internet ministry. In my first post in this series, I suggested that churches ...

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examples Article
March 21, 2008

Real World Easter Marketing

Here are a couple churches going out of their way to create buzz for Easter. Not everyone should do these things, but we always encourage thinking outside of the box. Easter ...

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peer-review Article
March 21, 2008

Church Marketing Lab: A Bright Idea

This week, we take a break from our regularly-scheduled Church Marketing Lab roundup. I couldn’t help but highlight a single entry this week — a poignant and humorous submission that ...

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interviews Article
March 20, 2008

Catalyst Interviews Seth Godin

The kind folks over at Catalyst pointed us to their most recent podcast with Seth Godin, our favorite bald marketing guru extraordinaire. As always, Seth has some incredible insights, and ...

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news-updates Article
March 19, 2008

Still Time To Win HOW Ticket

If you haven’t entered to win the ticket to the HOW Design Conference this May 18-21, you still have a chance you’re out of luck–the drawing is now closed. We’re ...

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evangelism-outreach Article
March 18, 2008

Churches as a Media Platform

Veggie Tales founder Phil Vischer has been blogging about his big dreams for his new company, Jellyfish (if you’re not familiar with Vischer’s departure from Big Idea, you should read ...

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poll-results Article
March 18, 2008

Sunday Morning What? Poll Results

There’s a lot of newfangled names floating around for that thing churches usually do on Sunday mornings. We decided to round up a few of them and see just what ...

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demographicsresearch Article
March 17, 2008

Best Practices for Internet Ministry: Part 1

For the past year I have been conducting a research project on what makes a successful Internet ministry (see the specifics here). The goal of the research is to ...

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