Archive for 2008

events Article
December 10, 2008

Q Conference Meetup & Discount

The Q conference is coming to Austin, Texas. And we’ve got your discount. The event is April 27-29, 2009 and you can save $150 over the current rate–if you register ...

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poll-results Article
December 10, 2008

Mystery Worshipper Poll Results

We’ve covered mystery worshippers here before. Twice. Some people loved it, others hated it. So we wanted to get your opinion on the idea of asking a stranger how to ...

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peer-review Article
December 9, 2008

How Would You Spend $5,000?

Over in the Church Marketing Lab, one church has a problem that lots of you would love to have. How would you spend $5,000 on marketing? Here’s how some folks have ...

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examples Article
December 8, 2008

Christmas With the Churches Advertising Network

How would you tell someone about Christmas in thirty seconds or less? The Churches Advertising Network in England looked to solve exactly that problem. They asked people to make their own ...

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peer-review Article
December 5, 2008

Church Marketing Lab: Christmas Around the Corner

Christmas comes in a mere three weeks, and you know what that means–living Christmas trees, hand bell choirs and old men in Christmas sweaters! It also means that a lot ...

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poll-results Article
December 3, 2008

CFCC Thanks Poll Results

For a little bit of Thanksgiving fun, we thought we would see what offering of the Center for Church Communication you’re the most thankful for. Here’s what you had to ...

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reviews Article
December 3, 2008

The Fine Line

Next month Zondervan is releasing The Fine Line by Kary Oberbrunner. This 30-something budding author tackles the subject of Christ and culture in way that is not unfamiliar, yet definitely ...

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events Article
December 3, 2008

Church Marketing Sucks at HOW, Save the Date

Many of you out there in the design world recognize the name HOW Design. For those of you that don’t know the name, they focus on design, creativity and business, ...

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the-christian-walk Article
December 2, 2008

Protesting the Church

A couple weeks ago more than 1,000 people marched in front of Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church to protest his support of Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that banned gay ...

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news-updates Article
December 1, 2008

Dear Collide, Thank You

Collide Magazine was kind enough to include us in the category of “Best Ministry Blog” for 2008 in their Reader’s Choice Awards. We’re flattered to be listed alongside folks like ...

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technology Article
November 28, 2008

Texting to Keep Members

Target Marketing Magazine recently published a case study called Retaining the Flock. They take a look at the way one church is making their church more sticky–text messaging. Their pastor ...

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technology Article
November 25, 2008

Church ‘Walls’ with Graffiti

I received an e-mail the other day from someone—I’ll call him Dave—who is struggling with the idea of using social media sites like Facebook for their church community. He was ...

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poll-results Article
November 25, 2008

Church Marketing Lab Poll Results

85% of you know how fond we are of the Church Marketing Lab. (And another 15% of you are either first-time visitors or a little inattentive.) But we wanted to ...

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church-business Article
November 24, 2008

Getting Generous With Your Offering

Waterfront Church has a unique model of marketing themselves as a generous church. They are giving away 100% of what they receive in their offerings to local charities. …members do ...

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link-round-up Article
November 21, 2008

Church Marketing Around the Web

Here are some of the stories from the past week that have caught our eye but not quite made it all the way to becoming posts, just in case you ...

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