Category: FREE Resources

  • Use this Free App to Scan Business Cards with Your Smartphone

    Use this Free App to Scan Business Cards with Your Smartphone

    Save a ton of time and data entry when you scan business cards with your smartphone. Your new friend’s contact info goes straight from their card into your address book. As pastors and church planters, you should be out in your community meeting with civic leaders and community influencers. Imagine a successful week of meeting […]

  • How to Get a Church Nonprofit Authorization Number and Save Thousands

    How to Get a Church Nonprofit Authorization Number and Save Thousands

    The following is a guest post by Holly Goff, production manager at d2design, which specializes in direct mail solutions tailored to churches and their goals. Chances are, you’re planning to use direct mail at some point in your church’s marketing plan. It’s cost-effective and maintains great response rates: Once again, direct mail response rates rank […]

  • How to Look Up Mobile Carriers so Your Church Software Works

    How to Look Up Mobile Carriers so Your Church Software Works

    Ever notice that your church management software asks for your people’s mobile number and their carrier? Here’s why they do that and how you can look up mobile carriers to get past the roadblock. Has this happened to you? You build your guest followup system in your church management software. It includes emailing or texting […]

  • How to Save $530 by NOT Getting a Church Bulk Mail Permit

    How to Save $530 by NOT Getting a Church Bulk Mail Permit

    If you’re sending out direct mail to announce the launch of your weekly services, save $530 and don’t open a church bulk mail permit (but still get all the benefits using this secret). There are two permits required to get the lowest postage rate for your church plant’s mailing: the church bulk mail permit the […]

  • How to Digitally Sign Church Legal Documents to Save Time

    How to Digitally Sign Church Legal Documents to Save Time

    How can you get legal documents signed quickly when your signer is across town or across the country? Use one of these digital signature software options to digitally sign church legal documents. Whether you’re a corporation or an unincorporated association, every church organization has legal documents to sign, like meeting minutes and bylaws. The old […]

  • Use this Free Mobile Expense Report App to Save Time

    Use this Free Mobile Expense Report App to Save Time

    Filing expense reports used to be a painful, manual process. Thanks to free mobile expense report app options, it’s now a lot faster and easier. Ever lost a receipt before turning it in for reimbursement? Worse, ever had to tape original receipts three to a page on a blank sheet for submission? I have suffered […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]