by Michael Buckingham
I was giving some critique in the church marketing lab and through the process decided to just pull the images together for the person and make it available for him to use. Well…why not give those to you as…
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Tags: free, prayer, voting
by Michael Buckingham
Well, I’ll be honest, I didn’t think I was going to like Twitter…but I gotta say, I’m a believer. Now, I’m not in Terry Storch’s camp…it’s not going to replace my blog but it certainly supplements it.
So after…
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Tags: @holycowcreative, follow, twit, twitter
by Michael Buckingham
Something to think about the next time you:
- play art director when you should be finishing your sermon
- ask for the logo to be bigger
- make every project hot…and then sit on them for a week
- give valuable
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Tags: design, feedback, team
by Michael Buckingham
Below is a great video showing the type of outreach and compassion the church should be doing. Too often we think there must be an altar call or invitation to salvation after every outreach event we do. Don’t hear me…
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Tags: kindness, outreach
by Michael Buckingham
I’ll be headed to Grand Rapids tomorrow to speak on Wednesday at the Internet Ministry Conference. I’m tag teaming with Brad Abare and really looking forward to being in the ring with him. We’re doing two sessions: Don’t Suck…
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Tags: conference, grand rapids, internet
by Michael Buckingham
Ok, so I was going to write a post about Seth Godin’s new book Tribes as it relates to the church and the “tribes” within the church. While you can take many things from Seth’s various books and apply them…
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Tags: books, community, seth godin, tribes
by Michael Buckingham
Ahhh, the science of branding and marketing…and they think we just make this stuff up!
Built by Kolbrener, a lead generation agency
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Tags: branding, definition, marketing
by Michael Buckingham
I had the chance to have dinner with Erik Ticen last week…we talked about the usual – raising the bar in communication, design and visual communication vs. pretty pictures and then we got on the topic of church. What…
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Tags: change, church, order, sunday
by Michael Buckingham
I ran across this little tool when I was at the HOW Design Conference…I remain a big proponent of a tailored solution that fits your personality and resonates with you brand keeping everything consistent but it’s a tool worth looking…
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Tags: flash, online, sprout, web
by Michael Buckingham
What happens when a creative director has to take the bus? Some crazy creative bus stops.
Take a look around your church, look for that boring info area, sitting area, dark corner…what can you do to make…
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Tags: bus stops, creative, original