Archive for August, 2008
What are we known for?
by Michael BuckinghamYou need to see this, it asks a very important question: what are christians known for? As a christian you might feel a bit beat up in the beginning…but please, wait until you get to the outreach and confessional portion…powerful…
Obama’s lessons for church marketing
by Michael BuckinghamThis isn’t a political post…but it is about a politician. Obama has taken the elections by storm, here’s a man who on paper would never have a chance to be on the ticket…and yet people are paying attention. For…
Cows Have Innate Sense of Direction
by Michael Buckingham
Fox news is reporting that cattle seem to know how to find north and south and have an innate sense of direction. Of course I didn’t know that when I first decided on the name Holy Cow…but I’ll take…
Reason #28 to hire a copywriter: Purity Balls
by Michael BuckinghamThere’s a good post over at the Church Marketing Lab about taglines and how to ‘find’ the right one in which I make the simple statement:
I -highly- recommend finding a great copywriter to work with. It’s easy to…
Do you have mad skillz or just mad?
by Michael BuckinghamThey’re making fun of us
by Michael BuckinghamThe media, unbelievers…you name it…they are making fun of us. Just watch a reality show, of all the christians they could put on to represent that segment they find the most outrageous (and out of touch) person they can find.…
Creativity does grow on trees.
by Michael BuckinghamYep…grow a few creatives, put ‘em in the press…presto! Creative juice. Good for a laugh…and as funny as it is, sometimes I run across people that must think this is how it is done. Just the other day I had…
Kem Meyer’s Leadership Summit take-aways
by Michael Buckingham
If you were like me and not able to make it out to Willow Creeks Leadership Summit this year, Kem has her 10 take-aways from the conference. Here are some highlights that caught my attention:
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2. God, please
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Seth on the church and design
by Michael Buckingham
Looks like Seth is jumping into the church arena a bit…good to see him here.
Tony did a Q&A with him as part of the promo for Catalyst and to talk about Seth’s “new” Triibes.com. I put “new” in…

