Archive for July, 2007
« Previous EntriesFree MMC Blog Coaching Update
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007Thanks to all the ministries who have responded to the MMC free ministry marketing coaching summer blogging frenzy offer. At this point I have enough questionnaires to last until this fall. Thanks for the response!
The free coaching offer ends August 31st. So this offer is valid only for questionnaires received before then.
BTW: Have you seen this tool?
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How to Affect Behavior Change in an Organization
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007“Have we misdiagnosed our problems again?” That’s the question I was asking myself recently while I was at a conference about casting the vision for change in a faith-based nonprofit organization. All the points of the presentation were valid. We all were nodding our heads in agreement. But I kept getting this sinking feeling that […]
Enquiring Minds Want to Know! Cory Miller interviews MMC
Monday, July 30th, 2007My good friend and supremo blog-meister Cory Miller who created ChurchCommunicationsPro.com has just interviewed me on his blog. Cory is a very sharp guy (I even cast him a commercial I worked on recently). He’s someone you need to know about if you are serious about improving your communication in ministry.
He also has developed some really cool tools, including an offer to help you get […]
Get to Know Advertising Guru Ginger Sinsabaugh MacDonald
Monday, July 30th, 2007Ginger Sinsabaugh MacDonald is a bi-vocational minister who also is the “Top Cookie” over at TastyFaith.com. Ginger splits her time in Chicago between advertising and urban youth ministry. She has insights into communication strategy and a grasp of what makes people tick few have. You can read her blog SpitBucket (Incidently, you have to read […]
Seacoast Church Communications Leader Shawn Wood
Friday, July 27th, 2007Shawn Wood is the Experiences Pastor for Seacoast Church, a multi-site church with 11 campuses (25 weekend experiences) in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. Through leading a team of designers, videographers, communications professionals and very talented people, Shawn helps campuses create compelling experiences in the areas of weekend, web and word-of-mouth to help people […]
Shawn Wood: Finding Your Ministry’s Marketing Voice
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007Projecting a consistent brand image of your ministry in the community you serve is the special challenge given to the church communication director. Shawn Wood, Creative Communication Pastor for Seacoast Church in Mount Pleasant, SC, has a few ideas about keeping your church on message to share in his general session presentation at MinistryCOM in […]
Five Direct Mail Mistakes You Can Avoid
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Many churches have mixed emotions about mail as an effective strategy for connecting with people who are not involved in church. Some have become frustrated by the lack of results they get from direct mail and have abandoned using mail altogether. Others use direct mail even though they are not sure they know how to […]
Are You Being Realistic about the Status of Your Ministry?
Saturday, July 21st, 2007I know a lot of ministers. I know they are often the biggest dreamers and can be very optimistic about their ministry. They are usually a lot more realistic about what others are doing. But when it comes to what they are doing, the picture is seen through rose-colored glasses.
That’s why it is always a […]
Are You Doing Too Much and Stunting Your Church’s Progress?
Saturday, July 21st, 2007Are you doing too much in the ministry and holding your church back from growth? It is possible that in your ministry outreach important growth principles can’t function because your church is organized in a way that is keeping growth from happening.
This is not only possible for the “rest of the church staff” but also […]
Everybody Doesn’t Hate Kem Meyer (Part Two)
Friday, July 20th, 2007We continue our conversation with Kem Meyer Communication Director for Granger Community Church and general session speaker at MinistryCOM 2007 in Nashville, September 13-14. Where her topic will be “Everybody Doesn’t Hate You, It Just Seems Like It”.
You had experience in marketing before you began working at Granger, what were you doing back then?
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Kem Meyer, a Communication Director You’ll Love Not Hating…
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Granger Church Communication Director, Kem Meyer is a very busy lady. Recently, her church was voted one of the top 10 “Most Influential Churches in America of 2007” by the Church Report. She is known for work that is as clean and uncluttered as her blog. She’s also a fun speaker to listen to. Kem […]
How to Get Buzz Going about Your Ministry
Monday, July 16th, 2007The topic of Word-of-Mouth Marketing (WOMM) promotion is very popular discussion topic these days in ministry marketing circles. I think it is great that many leaders in ministry are now showing interest in this important subject.
Word-of-Mouth really is the best form of advertising. If your church is motivating and inspiring people to talk to their […]
Part Two of the MinistryCOM Interview with Brad Abare
Friday, July 13th, 2007We continue our two-part interview with church marketing expert Brad Abare. Brad is the assistant vice president and director of communications for the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, founder of the Center for Church Communication, and the president of Personality, a cause marketing agency that champions people causes. In 2004 Brad started ChurchMarketingSucks.com, a […]
Does Your Church Have a Plan for Assimilation?
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Getting people in the front door of your church is only part of the work of your ministry communications. If your church is going to be effective, you also need to have a well thought out plan for assimilating people into the life of your church. In ministry marketing outreach, getting people to respond is […]
Interview with Church Marketing Guru Brad Abare
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007This year at MinistryCOM church marketing guru Brad Abare will take on the medium/message/methods discussion in his general session presentation, “A Matter of Message”. Brad says, “…the methods continue to compete with the message for what really matters.” We asked him a few questions about what he means by that and how it all began […]
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