church marketing

Feb
06/
09

Goin’ to Nashville (NRB)

by Michael Buckingham
Goin’ to Nashville (NRB)

I’ll hit the road tomorrow to head to Nashville for the NRB Convention. I have two sessions on Sunday, Escape from the Planet Mundane and Unchurched. Let me give you a preview (and maybe entice you to join me).

Escape from…

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Nov
24/
08

Has your email address met your brand?

by Michael Buckingham
Has your email address met your brand?

I recently had a conversation about email. We were putting together a business card for them and they wanted the email to be info@xyz.com. When I told them we should consider something that says something and didn’t take the generic…

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Aug
06/
08

Seth on the church and design

by Michael Buckingham
Seth on the church and design

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 quotation marks because…

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Jul
23/
08

Getting ready for ministryCOM

by Michael Buckingham
Getting ready for ministryCOM

I’m looking forward to ministryCOM 08 this year I will once again lead the Church Marketing Lab LIVE and will also do a session on Sermon Branding.

If you haven’t registered, what are you waiting for? If you register by the end of the…

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May
09/
08

What do you want to know?

by Michael Buckingham

Before I put the final touches on my speaking gig at the HOW Design Conference I want to take a step back and realize that I live in the world of church marketing…it’s what I know, and find out what you want…

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Apr
11/
08

Church starts with the frontline

by Michael Buckingham
Church starts with the frontline

Who answers your phone? Who is the first person I see when I walk through your church doors?

They set the tone of the experience that is to follow.

If the voice that answers the phone simply answered the phone so it…

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Jan
11/
08

The billboard formula (hint: less is more)

by Michael Buckingham
The billboard formula (hint: less is more)

It doesn’t get bigger than a billboard in church marketing…well, unless you make the unfortunate choice of a giant Jesus statue…so what do you put on such a thing?

It’s the size that gets many in trouble…more size, more content, right?…

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Dec
10/
07

How would Jesus preach?

by Michael Buckingham

With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it. Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private.” Mark 4:33-34

Notice why Jesus spoke in…

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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 though marketing…

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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, gif and…

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