Category archives: Church Marketing

 

 

Social Media Ideas for Advent

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Advent officially kicks off this Sunday. Many non-denominational protestant churches often trade any real discussion of Advent for a message series that is a little “hipper”. Bashing consumerism, stealing the spotlight back from Santa, or calling attention to the world’s poor and unfortunate may be more popular topics. My church was no exception, until this year.

 

Build a Powerful Online Platform For Your Church

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Today, I wanted to take a break from my regularly scheduled programming about building church community on Facebook to point you to a fabulous resource that will change the way you market your church online. Michael Hyatt, top-blogger and current Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers released a book this week called Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World. While it’s not explicitly about churches, it offers a step by step guide for anyone who has something to say or something to sell. Well, your church has something to say.

 

Facebook Events Turn Church Events Into Huge Outreach Opportunities

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Is this it? All that volunteer time and effort for two people? Maybe worse yet is looking around at a “public” event and seeing only familiar faces. A lot of work goes into planning church events (learn how to make church event planning them easier here) and it is always a shame when the event falls short of its potential to reach more people in our local community. Behind every missed church outreach opportunity, are a lot of invitations that were never extended. Thank goodness for Facebook events.

 

 

The Secret to Marketing Your Church on Facebook

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Facebook is simple. You have to try really hard to make church marketing on Facebook complex. In fact, it’s pretty darn simple. Facebook is a website. On facebook.com you can create a personal profile. After you’ve created a profile, you start finding your friends. Once you have some friends you start sharing. It’s that simple. [...]

 

Your Friends Need to Hear Your Story

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Stories win our business. Marketing messages, billboards, websites and logos are safe bets. They are all things we can control. Think about car commercials. Car manufacturers show their premium models driving through pristine roadways or performing driving maneuvers, only properly executed by professionals under “controlled” circumstances. In part, they do this out of necessity. It’s [...]