Archive for January, 2007
5 Reasons to Choose WordPress to Run Your Church Website
Posted by: | CommentsIn the last post I gave you a quick introduction to WordPress. In this post, I’d like to give you some reasons why I choose to use WordPress as a content management system for small- to medium-sized churches.
Here they are:
Introducing the Using WordPress for Church Websites Tutorial Series
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Today, I’m kicking off another tutorial series …
I’m calling this new series Using WordPress to Run Church Websites. In this series, I want to explore how a church could use WordPress, the free blogging platform that runs this site and thousands more like it, as a cheap, easy and flexible content management system to both create a church website as well as easily maintain it.
How to Do Online Registration Forms for Your Church: The Easy, Affordable Way
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s the problem: Most churches (at least the ones I’ve been involved with) want to leverage their church websites to offer easy, online registration forms for things like Precept Bible studies, or other discipleship classes, or new members classes, etc.
Most youth ministers are probably drooling just dreaming about having all their multiple signups at the click of a mouse (summer camps, discipleship weekends, need I say more?).
Here’s the solution: Or at least the cheapest, easy one I’ve found. It’s called Icebrrg and is one of many great products offered by a superb web design company located in Oklahoma City called Element Fusion.
Announcing a CCP Church Marketing Service: Affordable Church Logo Designs for $597
Posted by: | CommentsToday, I’m happy to announce that I’m now offering professional chuch logo designs for $597.
Check out our design portfolio here.
I hope this service is a way for smaller churches to get started on their branding and identity efforts.
Of course, if you’d like something that we don’t offer, I’d be glad to give you a free quote for it, or point you to a quality church marketing firm or designer!Send me an email if you have questions.
See these related posts: 6 Ideas for Designing Your Church Logo and How to Brand Your Next Sermon Series.
One Rockin’ Church Marketing Idea & Outreach: Hugging People With Hershey’s
Posted by: | CommentsPastor Jay Jones of The Pentecostals in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is implementing one rockin’ church marketing idea called Hug Grand Rapids, using Hershey’s Hugs, special promo business cards, and a specially-themed website to both reach out into the community and generate exposure for their church.
This church marketing idea (aka outreach ministry) really impresses me because they are using the web for ministry (their specially-themed site rocks of simplicity, beauty and function), empowering their people to evangelize, and most likely, are going to garner some great exposure and PR out of it all.
Anyway, here’s the summary of this project in Jay’s words, with some highlights I added to emphasize some of the things I love about this strategy:
