Church Comm Freebies
Crazy Ways to Save Money in Communication
These Freebies Will Save You $$$
“Many churches waste money trying to engage people who aren’t listening. For this reason, communication budgets need to first focus on understanding community and congregation.” — Mark MacDonald
IF BUDGETS ARE TIGHT OR YOU’RE LOOKING FOR CHURCH COMM FREEBIES, THERE ARE WAYS TO SAVE MONEY!
So, here are 5 ways to save money in church communication!
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2. Don’t try to reach everyone (you’ll waste time and money)
- Initially remember: Try to reach everyone; you’ll reach no one
- Identify Reach Area (Geography)
- Identify Needs, Concerns, and Goals (Psychographics)
- Focus on Persona groups that are growing
- Compare the community to your congregation (ChMS will help)
- Talk specific solutions (to concerns) and paths (to goals)
- Lastly, have strong call-to-actions
3. Say less; they’ll listen more (engagement)
- Remember, we live in a crazy noisy world
- Attention spans are collapsing
- Become a pain expert
- Know solutions and benefits
- Discover a Thread (simple, easy-to-remember)
- Become known for it (focus, control, and weave it)
BONUS: Destroy Ministry Silos (save $$$ on branding and communication) - Consequently: Edit. Edit. Edit.
4. Our most cost-effective service: Coaching
5. Finally, activate Volunteers and Church Comm Freebies (nice!)
Effective Volunteer Structure:
- Paid Comm Director: controlled, positive, manager, motivator
- Part-time Ministry Assistant: detailed, organized, editor (balance to Comm Dir)
Needed Volunteers:
- Writers and Editors
- Photographers and Editors
- Videographers and Editors
- Social Media Editors
Essential Church Comm Freebies and Almost Free:
- Editing (Design/Photo): Affinity
- Build quick graphics: Canva
- Looking for other alternatives to high-priced software? Search here
- Organization and Sharing: Dropbox (free version). Invite others & get an increased version
- SEO Keyword Search and website improvements
- SEO management Yoast Plugin (for WordPress)
- Royalty and Copyright Free photos: Unsplash, Pexels, Wikipedia, Pixabay, Moose, BarnImages, Visual Hunt, Picryl (and/or use a volunteer team)
- Free Fonts: Google Fonts
- Get AI to write/rewrite copy: Jasper, Quillbot, or ChatGPT (Scared about plagiarism? Use Originality.ai to check)
- Free icons and stickers: Flat Icon, Icon Finder, CSA Images, and The Noun Project
- Free Email Communication: Mailchimp
- Music Beds: Uppbeat
- Free Church Media: Church Media Drop
- Free resources: Open.Life.Church
- Automate social media: Hootsuite
- Free website: Facebook
- Website Analytics: Google
- TelePrompter App
- Ministry Deals to save a bunch!
Bible Study Materials
- Bible Reading Plan for New Christians: A 50-Day Journey
Lastly, if you know any church comm freebies (or almost free) that need to be added, contact us with the details.
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