Archive for June, 2007
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Friday, June 29th, 2007Next in our summer blog coaching frenzy is Sheboygan Evangelical Free Church in Wisconsin. SEF Church lay leader, Kelly, filled out the coaching form and is getting a few free ministry marketing suggestions below. You can do the same for your church. No gimmicks. No obligation.
It’s free, so if you don’t like my advice, you get […]
Interview with Digerati Pastor Terry Storch (Part Two)
Friday, June 29th, 2007Here’s more from LifeChurch.tv Digerati pastor Terry Storch, who will be speaking this year at MinistryCOM in Nashville, September 13-14th.
You have been a part of some technology start-ups, for example, you helped launch a church management system. What is the name of the system? How does it work compared to other systems that are available?
Nearly […]
Church Communicators are Making Marketing Headlines–again!
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
I just finished reading the book “The New Rules of Marketing & PR“ by blog PR guru David Meerman Scott. I really enjoyed the book and was treated to a surprise when he almost dedicated the entire last chapter called “Make it Happen” to ministry blogger Mark Batterson (BTW: a general session speaker […]
88,369 downloads of the 25 Free Church Marketing Tools E-book and Counting!
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
I have been going through some of the web stats on Ministry Marketing Coach and I saw that the free e-book from the site now has more than 88,000 downloads. Wow, the Internet is a great thing! Have you downloaded your copy yet?
Get it here now, no forms to fill out. […]
Interview with Digerati Pastor Terry Storch (Part One)
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Over on MinistryCom we have begun a series of interviews with speakers who will be in the MinistryCOM 2007 conference, September 13-14th in Nashville this year. First up, Terry Storch Digerati pastor for LifeChurch.tv who will be leading a general session on the “Communication Revolution”.
Recently you made the jump over to LifeChurch.tv as “Digerati Pastor”. […]
How Volunteer Church Communication Directors Can Get a Handle on Managing Church Marketing
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007The next church in our free coaching this summer is Love of Christ Community Church, a non-denominational church in Memphis. Beth, a volunteer in the church who has been asked to handle the church’s communication, has completed the coaching questionnaire.
A lot of church marketing talk you see these days comes from leaders who are serving in […]
Plan Ministry Follow-up Before You Advertise Your Church
Monday, June 25th, 2007In the next few posts I want to deal with some of the ins and outs of advertising strategy. But before we get started, we need to cover the foundation you need for advertising to benefit your church. It won’t help your church one bit to advertise if you don’t have a thorough follow-up plan […]
More Personalization will lead to More Prospects for Your Church through Referral
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Our first church to get free marketing coaching this summer via the MMC blog is Journey Church in the Southern United States! Thanks for being the first!
I hope to give you a few ideas to get you started moving in the right direction with your ministry marketing. To keep the focus on the coaching (and […]
Parlez-vous Christianese? 5 Ways to Get Rid of Jargon in Church Marketing
Friday, June 22nd, 2007Have you ever read copy in church advertisements like the lines below?
“Join us this Sunday for anointed Holy Ghost preaching, dynamic praise and worship and intimate fellowship in the body”
“At our church you will hear sound expository preaching on the doctrines of Grace”
“We exalt the Savior, equip the saints, and edify the servants!”
“Our church is […]
Free Church Marketing Coaching for People Who Dare to Go Public!
Thursday, June 21st, 2007This summer I want to try something new on MMC. Since I am posting a lot of my original content on MinistryCom and linking from here, I’d like to switch things up a bit and see if we can’t do some coaching on the MMC site. For the past couple of years I have been […]
MinistryCom Interview with Church Relevance Blogger Kent Shaffer (Part Two)
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007We continue our two-part interview with Kent Shaffer co-owner of Bombay Creative and founder of the Church Relevance Blog. We asked Kent to weigh-in on some of the issues faced by ministry communication leaders.
MinistryCom: What do you say to people who object to using a “secular” tactic like marketing in ministry?
Kent Shaffer: I ignore them. […]
MinistryCom Interview Church Relevance Blogger Kent Shaffer (Part One)
Monday, June 18th, 2007
I am starting a new work here at MMC, I have begun working as contributing editor for the MinistryCom.org blog/website. As you may already know , MinistryCom seeks to equip and support ministry communications professionals to bring excellence to church communications. This is very much in line with my goals, so I […]
MMC Interviews Terrell Sanders founder of MinistryCom (Part Two)
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
The MinistryCom conference has a great variety of session speakers and break out groups this year. Each seminar is designed with the needs of the church communication leader in mind. We continue with part two of our interview with MinistryCom founder Terrell Sanders.
How do you pick speakers for the conference workshops and keynotes? Do you […]
MMC Interviews Terrell Sanders founder of MinistryCom (Part One)
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
Today we interview Terrell Sanders, founder of MinistryCom In case you don’t know, MinistryCom is THE place to be this summer if you are a ministry communication leader. The meeting is September 13-14, in Nashville
From the site:
A one-of-a-kind experience, MinistryCOM grants you access to experts who have learned to master the tight rope of communicating […]
“Robin Hood rules” for nonprofit marketing: Part two of MMC’s Interview with Katya Andresen
Friday, June 8th, 2007We contunue our interview with Katya Andresen author of the nonprofit marketing book “Robin Hood Marketing.” Katya is vice president of marketing at Network for Good, the Internet’s leading charitable giving site.
She developed the Robin Hood rules in working with dozens of local, national, and international causes in the United States, Eastern Europe, and Africa. Andresen traces […]