The Dialogue Church and I get some press!

Normally I try not to answer the “business” phone on weekends - especially on holidays - but yesterday I did and got interviewed by Scott Brooks of the Union Leader in Manchester, NH about the buzz surrounding The Dialogue Church.

The Dialogue Church kicked off its official launch yesterday and apparently the word was out about the controversial and edgy, yet highly effective, buzz campaign The Branding Shed did for them. It’s funny because I was telling Steve Jesmer, the lead pastor, that we should be prepared with a media kit including some ’sound bytes’ in case they got some press. They got it all right!

This leads me to the topic and some quick advice…if you are launching a church, a new ministry, or a program - be ready in case you get that call from the press or a news channel. It pays to be prepared and knowing what to say. I wasn’t prepared and thought I could have done a better job. You never know what piece of the conversation the media will take so try and give them clear and relevant info that works for what you are doing.

The article is called Worshipping Outside the Box and you can read it by clicking the link.

April 9, 2007 · Filed Under Church Branding, Church Marketing, Church Media

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Affordable Brochure or Website Copyrighting Services for Your Church

One of my seminary friends Ariel Vanderhorst is offering some excellent copywriting services for churches at excellent rates. (I don’t get any money from this … just the joy of helping a friend help churches.)

Check out his ballpark rates here.

He’s written for some great publications and is an awesome guy. Dependable, solid, trustworthy. In fact, I’m using Ariel right now to do some feature articles for our church newsletter.

If you’ve got some content you need written … from brochures, to websites and probably everything in between … Ariel’s your guy!

[Please note: No animals were harmed in the making of this testimonial … and no arms were twisted, rather mine was willingly offered without request to do this because I believe in Ariel’s work … I mean ministry.]

March 23, 2007 · Filed Under Church Branding, Church Marketing, Church Media, Resources and Links

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Case Study: The Q-Drive Youth Ministry Website

Check out my church’s Youth Ministry’s new website — Q-Drive.

Here are some details about the site:

Site is managed using Blogger via their FTP publishing option.
Template is a tweaked version of Blogger’s Minima template (one of my favorites).
Total cost: Roughly $9 for domain name. (Our hosting plan includes unlimited hosting of unique domain names.)
It’s still in beta … we’re still tweaking it.
I’m hoping to optimize it for search engines.
We’re using FeedBlitz as a free email newsletter. Our youth pastor posts to the blog, FeedBlitz sees it and sends it out.
We’re using categories (like For Parents) to distinguish posts for different audiences.
Flickr is making photo galleries a breeze!
Tobin Jackson rocks! (Yes, he’s our rockin’ youth pastor!)

December 29, 2006 · Filed Under Case Studies, Church Media, Web Site Design

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Ed Young Releases His Christmas Message in MP3 Download

It’s called The Divine and is available through Creative Pastors.

Download it here directly. And here’s the post.

December 22, 2006 · Filed Under Church Media, Sermons

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How to Maintain a Youth Ministry Website With Minimal Effort Using a Blog

I created this example youth ministry website because of a pressing need I keep encountering: Helping individual ministries (including Sunday School classes and small groups) create and maintain their own Websites with minimal effort.

December 5, 2006 · Filed Under Blogging, Church Media, Rockin' Web Sites, Web Site Design

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