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a BIG thank you!

Thanks so much for a great experience at ministryCOM 2009!  Let’s keep the marketing, communications and media conversations going.  If you have any questions from the Marketing & Media on a Small Budget or the Basics Roundtable breakout sessions, please...

ministryCOM '09

Marketing and Media on a Small Budget The presentation notes are available for free download online from slideshare.com.  There are two versions: The one from the breakout session The enhanced/detailed version, no fancy transitions, just good info to share when you...

FREE graphics & FREE media sites

This is a list of free media sites.  Although the majority of it is royalty free, there are some that have copyright info.  Please respect those.  :) Free images sites sxc.hu – stock.xchng – 394876 photos online as of 9/9/09 imageafter.com –...

ministryCOM.org: Tweet your ?'s

Even if you can’t make it to Chicago next week for ministryCOM, you can check out their website for resources.  I’ll be leading a breakout session Marketing & Media on a Small Budget. Do you have questions about church marketing on a small budget or no...

Social media: Are churches friends or foes?

A question popped up in my mind this morning as I read an article on emarketer.com. I wonder if churches are considered more as a “friend/relationship” or a “brand/company…or foe” in the social media world?  The article states,...

Having a small marketing budget is GOOD news?!

Yep.  Okay, I’ll admit.  I’m mostly a glass half full kinda person, but there lots of advantages to having a small marketing budget for your church.  Here you go! Makes you a good steward of your money A recession doesn’t matter because you are used to...

1st Photoshop Class 7/10/09

I hope everyone will enjoy the Photoshop (PS) class tonight.  It will be basic and informal, but it will hopefully make people feel more comfortable about using PS.  Most of the questions I have received have been “How do I do this?” with a photo attached....

facebook for church.

Are you using Facebook?  Do you have a person or page set up specifically for your church?  If not, there’s no better time that the present to do it.  It’s FREE! Recently I received an email asking a few implementation questions about setting up and using...

are you a font junkie?

I am.  Clearly.  You know you’re a font junkie when you see type on a print piece or on someone’s computer and you know the name of the fonts AND at least 2 similar ones as well. I have over 1000 fonts on my machine and I download new ones at least once a...

groovy! a VW bug for the stage!

I so hope this is still available!  Imagine this… a 70’s style series with this painted Peter Max style.  Waiting to hear back to see if it’s still available.  I love stage props!!!  What else would you guys do for 70’s stage props?  (besides...

creative element: trust

We moved into our church building about 2.5 years ago.  The building was a company called PC Dynamics, and they made computer chips for large equipment.  As we were renovating the building, there was a lot of vinyl tile being scrapped up off the floors so we could...

How to Be an Explorer of the World

This book is really great!  It makes you see the world around you in a whole new way!  I frequently hear, “I’m not creative at all” or “Where do you get all your ideas?” or “I don’t have an artistic bone in my body.”...

church flickr

Flickr is a great way to keep a database of church photos, and cheap!  There is a free account available, so you can try it without a financial commitment.  When you’re ready to take the plunge, $25 a year gets you unlimited space. Here’s the reasons I...

yes, it’s a sculpture.

Two years ago, our worship leader Rod had an awesome idea to have a bunch of old TV’s on stage for a series called Expose’.   The cool thing about Rod is that he would have an idea, but he presented just the basic form of it so the people designing it...