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May

5 Great Twitter Ideas for Church Communications

Posted by: James Dalman | Comments (0)

Twitter is an amazing tool that continues to explode and gain a more mainstream attraction. The unusual thing Branding Shed has discovered is that Twitter is mostly used by people over the age of 30 and not the younger crowd one would imagine. With so many people jumping into the “Twittersphere” it is essential the churches who have not already done so to get Twittering!

Here are five great Twitter ideas you can use for your church communication efforts:

Celebrations: Every time a person dedicates their life to Jesus, gets married in the church, or does something awesome you can tell the world and you church members about it!
Prayer: While you may want to be careful on what details you provide, you can ask your Twitter followers to pray for a specific need or person — or just offer a short daily prayer people can read and feel energized by.
Events: You can easily keep your congregation or church members informed of planned gatherings (or even spontaneous get together’s) by sending Twitter updates — or why not use it to invite people to church in a non-threatening way?
Sermons or Message: Why not drop a link into your conversation and let people know you have a new sermon or message uploaded so they can listen or watch if they missed it?
Community Dialogue: People in your community will probably be on Twitter and you can begin conversations on pressing needs in your town, schools, or other churches. You can discuss social issues to religion to sports…all great things for building trust and building your church “brand”.

The truth is your church will need to start taking risks and using tools such as Facebook, Blogs, and Twitter to establish connection points with the people you want to reach or help. Just don’t let it take a back seat to personal attention and care as these will/should always be the staple in creating strong relationships in a church!

So what are you waiting for? Go get started on Twitter today!

Please feel free to follow James Dalman on Twitter (http://twitter.com/jamesdalman)

You can also download my FREE ROCKIN’ TWITTER BIRD ICONS to plug into your site.

Categories : Church Branding, Church Marketing, Church Media

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Jan

Will You Twitter Your Church or Ministry?

Posted by: James Dalman | Comments (2)

Twitter is an awesome tool!

It allows us to communicate in a way that is totally different from traditional websites, blogs, and e-mails. You can tie in Twitter with your FaceBook account, send voice mesages to Twitter using your phone, TwitPic your photos, and even synch it with your Google iCalendar. The applications are many and you should consider using it for your church or ministry.

Anthony Coppedge (whom I’d love to meet and have missed at a few conferences) launched a website called Twitter for Churches (www.twitterforchurches.com) and offers a PDF book called “The Reason Your Church MUST Twitter” for only $5.00! Having read Anthony’s posts in the past, I think this is going to be a great read and recommend checking out his new website.

Twitter could help your ministry to communicate more efficiently or carry on conversations with people in your community. Don’t miss the boat.

Categories : Blogging Tips, Church Branding, Church Marketing, Church Media, Web 2.0

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Jan

Modern Church Marketing

Posted by: James Dalman | Comments (4)

Church Communications Pro had the privilege to particpate in an interview and questionnaire that our friend Darren Hoyt sent to us a couple of months ago. He recently published the article on SitePoint called The Role of Design in Modern Church Marketing.

Please check it out and provide your feedback. Thanks Darren for giving me the opportunity to share with you!

Categories : Church Marketing

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Nov

Relaunching Church Communications Pro

Posted by: James Dalman | Comments (0)

Hey CCP Readers! I know it has been quite a while since I have been active here and I offer my apologies!

Since I’ve joined the iThemes team, we have been blasting out a bunch of new projects which has kept us all pretty swamped. One of the major products we released this morning is a new Wordpress theme called Flexx Theme. It is off the wall, and I believe for churches (or anyone else for that matters) it is going to absolutely change the playing field when it comes to church blogs or church websites.

Here’s just a few of the goodies that Flexx Theme is capable of doing:

Offering 1,056 layouts variations!
Click of the button layout and styling options.
Easy to upload backgrounds and headers without FTP.
No coding experience needed or required to use!
Rotating and Fading Image Headers.
Automatically Search Engine Optimized.
Built in Color Picker for Background Colors
and more things you can shake a stick at!

I will also be working on FLEXX THEME: CHURCH which will be released at ChurchTheme.com in the next week or so. Either way you won’t want to miss getting it but if you do want the original Flexx Theme then get it now because the price will go up next week!

All this to say what ties into my headline.

We are going to load the Flexx Theme for Church Communications Pro to show it off and so you can see how it works. So please excuse the mess as we start relaunching CCP and give it one new sweet look!

Categories : Blog Design, CCP Talk & News, Church Marketing, Church Websites, WordPress Themes

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Oct

Announcing ChurchTheme.com: WordPress Themes for Churches

Posted by: James Dalman | Comments (3)

In case you haven’t heard or don’t know…I (James) joined the iThemes team back in August to work alongside of Cory on the mission to build the coolest and easiest to use premium Wordpress themes on the planet. It has been amazing so far and I can’t wait until November when we bust open the crate on a super secret project we have been developing! It is gonna rock!

In the meantime, Cory and I re-launched ChurchTheme.com yesterday to offer some sweet premium Wordpress themes specifcally for churches. bChurch is the first theme design I completed for iThemes and I am pumped to offer this to you! Why?

I have worked with churches for seven years on branding and design projects. One of the biggest needs is church websites that are easy to maintain, quick to implement, doesn’t cost your entire budget to do, and that really looks professional. bChurch and The Springs themes meet these needs and then some!

There are some cool features in both of these themes:

Image Rotater and Image Fading: This really keeps your site fresh and appealling.
Social Media: These icons help people connect to you and your church easily with one click.
Search Engine Optimized: They are Google and Yahoo friendly, making your church a quick find.
Blogging: Incorporate your blog with your website.
Audio and Video: Simple to upload and plug-in.

These are only a few things to consider. The great thing is that you can get a theme for $79.95 and hosting for less than $120 per year. This means you can have a functional site without spending thousands of dollars – and they will be better than most of the custom websites I have seen churches invest in.

Please check out ChurchTheme.com and see what these themes can do. I’ll be working on a couple more themes that we will add in the next month so stay tuned for those.

Categories : Church Marketing

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