Category: Marketing

  • How to Claim Your Online Church Listings

    How to Claim Your Online Church Listings

    You need to claim your online church listings so that you can control what is displayed and moderate ratings and reviews. Sooner or later, your church plant will show up in online directories like Yelp and Google Maps. Where does that information come from? How do they decide who is the rightful representative of your […]

  • Get Your People to Post Online Church Ratings

    Get Your People to Post Online Church Ratings

    Having your team post online church ratings could make the difference between whether someone decides to visit your church gatherings or not. Have you ever looked up ratings for restaurants or contractors online? I have. I want to know something about the reputation and track record of that establishment before I go any further. Why […]

  • Top DIY Church Website Options

    Top DIY Church Website Options

    If you’re on a budget and find WordPress confusing, there are several other DIY church website options. I’ve leaned into this a little harder recently because I continue to get calls for help from confused pastors who just can’t figure out their WordPress sites. I know all the arguments about its unparalleled power and customizabilitiness. […]

  • Pros and Cons of a WordPress Church Website

    Pros and Cons of a WordPress Church Website

    As you plan your church plant website, you’ll have to decide which software to build it with. Consider these pros and cons of a WordPress church website. I’ve helped scores of church planters get started on their websites. The most popular site building software has been WordPress. A WordPress Church Website Has Advantages …including: Low […]

  • Free Community Mapping Tools, Part 3: Carrier Route Maps

    Free Community Mapping Tools, Part 3: Carrier Route Maps

    Third in a series of posts about community mapping tools, here’s another free tool to help you learn your community: postal carrier route maps. One of the challenges of getting the word out in your community is planning time & resources to let every household know about the grand opening of your worship gatherings. Knowing […]

  • Use these 4 Free Community Mapping Tools

    Use these 4 Free Community Mapping Tools

    Use these free community mapping tools to help you do the hard missionary work of learning your community. Taking notes and marking things down on a saved online map will become invaluable as your network, serve and get the word out in your community. Radius Around an Address I am at the Exponential West conference […]

  • Get These 3 Free Products from Google for Nonprofits

    Get These 3 Free Products from Google for Nonprofits

    Google has plenty of free* products generally, but there are a few premium services they offer only to qualifying nonprofits. Check out these 3 free things you get from Google for Nonprofits: This just in: since publishing this post, I’ve discovered that Google for Nonprofits has recently updated their process. Now you must register with […]

  • When to Push Back Church Launch

    When to Push Back Church Launch

    Church planting never goes quite like you think it’s going to. Some things will go better than you’ve imagined. Other things will be harder. A few planters will have to decide whether to push back church launch. What I mean by pushing back launch is punting until the next launch season, like from fall to […]

  • Get These 12 Church Logo Files from Your Designer

    Get These 12 Church Logo Files from Your Designer

    As part of the branding process, you’ll be working with a designer to create a logo. When it’s finalized, you’ll want to get these 12 church logo files from your designer. You’re going to need to use your church logo in lots of different ways. You’d be surprised at what a challenge that can be. […]