I don’t know, I don’t think you can call this a successful marketing effort.

Sure we’re talking about it…but I also talk about Charter and how crappy their service is. Just because people are talking about it doesn’t automatically make it effective.

People talk about the church all the time:

“they don’t get it”
“out of touch”
“power trip”

None those are results of successful marketing. While I get the ‘there’s no such thing as bad press’ that’s only true if they find a way to take advantage of the chatter.

I don’t know, I don’t think you can call this a successful marketing effort.

Sure we’re talking about it…but I also talk about Charter and how crappy their service is. Just because people are talking about it doesn’t automatically make it effective.

People talk about the church all the time:

“they don’t get it”
“out of touch”
“power trip”

None those are results of successful marketing. While I get the ‘there’s no such thing as bad press’ that’s only true if they find a way to take advantage of the chatter.

Let’s be real people! There is no longer a separation between church or secular marketing. Although I don’t know if it was intentional this “shock” marketing strategy is working, and all of us are playing our part.

Forget the moral issues. Heck, does that even matter anymore? I see less integrity and ethics in the church than…ok I’ll stop!

As far as marketing – offering a gun is pure genius (because it worked)

Let’s be real people! There is no longer a separation between church or secular marketing. Although I don’t know if it was intentional this “shock” marketing strategy is working, and all of us are playing our part.

Forget the moral issues. Heck, does that even matter anymore? I see less integrity and ethics in the church than…ok I’ll stop!

As far as marketing – offering a gun is pure genius (because it worked)

I’m not a gun guy…I owned a .22 once and just used that to harass squirrels in the backyard. But I’d understand giving away a hunting gun to a group of hunters…but like you said an assault rifle?

Who in the world is their target market Al Qaeda?

I’m not a gun guy…I owned a .22 once and just used that to harass squirrels in the backyard. But I’d understand giving away a hunting gun to a group of hunters…but like you said an assault rifle?

Who in the world is their target market Al Qaeda?

This is just irresponsible. I’m a gun owner myself, I like to hunt too. I am just not sure there is any logical justification for giving away an AR-15. I gun designed to kill a man…

Its stories like this that make people think that all the mid-west is is a bunch of red-neck crazy christian gun totting lunatics… an AR-15… They’re the ones that need Jesus…

This is just irresponsible. I’m a gun owner myself, I like to hunt too. I am just not sure there is any logical justification for giving away an AR-15. I gun designed to kill a man…

Its stories like this that make people think that all the mid-west is is a bunch of red-neck crazy christian gun totting lunatics… an AR-15… They’re the ones that need Jesus…

And though they canceled it this year, they said they’ll give it away next year. Not sure what changes in a year that makes it a good idea in 09.

And though they canceled it this year, they said they’ll give it away next year. Not sure what changes in a year that makes it a good idea in 09.