Clik here to view.
Church Marketing Podcast: Sneak Peek With Phil Bowdle
An early sneak peek at our new podcast with special guest Phil Bowdle. We talk about Easter, invite cards, Facebook and more.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Church Marketing Podcast: Sneak Peek With Josh Burns
The second sneak peek of our new podcast includes a conversation with Josh Burns about social media invites for Easter.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Church Marketing Podcast: Sneak Peek With Gerry True
In this third sneak peek episode of our new podcast our conversation with Gerry True zero's in on planning ahead for Easter and other big events.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Church Marketing Podcast: Sneak Peek with Gerry True, Part 2
In our final sneak peek episode we talk about how to cater a message to your audience, balancing service times for attendance, knowing your audience and an item of recommended reading.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Church Marketing Podcast: Sneak Peek With Josh Burns, Part 2
This episode is in response to a request made in the comment section of a previous episode requesting information on Facebook and Facebook Ads. Josh Burns and I discuss our experience with ads as well...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What's the Big Idea? A Conversation with Justin Wise
It’s completely normal for church communicators to feel alone in their role. It is a role fairly new to any church under 5,000 people. While many folks on a church staff have experience as a youth...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Communication Volunteer Episode
If you’ve had questions about how to recruit and use communication volunteers in your church, this is the podcast episode for you! Phil Bowdle lends his voice and experiences from West Ridge Church in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Seat at the Table Episode
It is much easier for a stakeholder to tell a story than it is to recite a mission statement. Communicators have the important role of telling the story of the organizations they represent in a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The You Episode
School is back in session (though it seems earlier than when we were in school) and the fall is coming into focus. The You Episode is all about self-care. Entrepreneur Ahna Hendrix joins the Church...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Church Website Episode
Who's visiting your website and what are they doing while they're there? If you don't know the answer to that question you're missing out on key criteria that can help you make decisions about every...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Certification Lab with Jenny Rain
Jenny has been on staff as the communications director at National Community Church in Washington, D.C., for just over 12 months and in that time has had to build a communication department from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Social Media Episode
We know how we use social media for ourselves, but what should social media look like when a church uses it? While it’s typical for church culture to slowly adapt to new mediums and modes of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Media Essentials Episode
There are a lot of online communities where knowledgeable experts on church media gather and share ideas. Often these forums present amazing solutions in terms that reach over the heads of green media...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unwelcome with Jonathan Malm
Does our communication drive visitors away? If you're looking to decipher how your communication is received by visitor, Jonathan Malm's new book, Unwelcome gives you a list of 50 ways your church may...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Christmas Planning Episode
Every church has a different process for planning out various seasons of ministry or series’ of messages, yet the central element that is vital to every process is the idea of "The Approach." In The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Christmas Social Episode
Social is a beast, mostly because there is an expectation for churches to have a presence on all networks, even if churches don’t understand all of them. Understanding a platform and then gaining...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Awesome Communicator Episode
There is no better way to learn than to live as a fly on the wall as others talk about their successes and failures. While there are certain names we all know in church marketing and communication,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Awesome Communicator Episode 2
Wanna hop on the wall again and learn from the success and failures of others? This is the 2nd episode focusing on awesome church communicators. In this episode we speak with two church communicators...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Communicating with Pastors Episode
The position of Communication Director (or Pastor) is fairly new. While many large churches (5,000+) have had someone in this role for a long time, the average church is just now discovering the need...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CertLab '15 Instructor Hangout
How'd you like a shot in the arm of communication encouragement and strategy? In this very special episode of the Church Marketing Podcast Dave Shrein takes 60 minutes to moderate a hangout with four...
View Article
