church marketing

Dec
05/
07

Church marketing mistakes

by Michael Buckingham

Church marketing sucks has a new poll asking what church marketing mistakes you make most often. Tow of the answers caught my attention in particular and not just because they are currently the top 2:

Not thinking about marketing, even…

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Nov
29/
07

Free Christmas Vectors … just add snow

by Michael Buckingham
Free Christmas Vectors … just add snow

The Christmas tree is up, lights are lit…how’s your Christmas marketing coming along? In case you haven’t started, and in case you don’t work with us (shame on you) here is a link to some Christmas icons in vector,…

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Nov
26/
07

Cover charge at church

by Michael Buckingham

God gave them a beautiful church.

God protected the church from the Great Fire of London in 1966.

The church was so distinguished that it caught Hollywood’s attention and can now be seen in movies like Shakespeare in Love…

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Nov
19/
07

How much did you pay for your logo

by Michael Buckingham
How much did you pay for your logo

There’s a conference center in my neighborhood that has just wrapped up a new logo along with a new name. The price tag: $250,000. No, we did not take this project. We remain dedicated to only work with churches and…

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Nov
14/
07

In good company

by Michael Buckingham

Looks like Brad Abare, of Church Marketing Sucks, and I are on the same brainwave today. He’s written a great post about collaboration and how to have a successful ideation meeting.

Be sure to check it out!

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Nov
14/
07

Creative collaboration

by Michael Buckingham

I love collaboration. I believe the best concepts often need the power of a team. Yesterday I spent the day doing just that with the team at Grand Rapids First. It is such a blessing to work with Pastor Sam…

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Nov
03/
07

My church gave me morning sickness

by Michael Buckingham

My wife and I went to the marriage conference, Happily After All, this weekend. Wonderful time, if for no other reason than to spend a couple of days with my wife focusing on what God is doing in our…

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Nov
02/
07

Happily After All

by Michael Buckingham
Happily After All

Seth Godin has a great post about changing the game. For those of us involved in church marketing it is essential that we change things up in order to be effective and heard.

One of the churches we work with…

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Nov
01/
07

Is your church Google or Yahoo?

by Michael Buckingham

I was talking with my Dad tonight and we somehow wandered onto the topic of Google vs. Yahoo stock and what made Google so much better than Yahoo. They offer the same suite of products, the serve the…

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Oct
30/
07

fear of commitment

by Michael Buckingham

After a year of dragging my feet, I am ready to begin my journey as a blogger. I say that I am ready not because I have stacks of prepared posts, not because I’m the best writer, and no, not…

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