Your job to create headlines that work is fairly clear but certainly not easy: put the right words together to describe your expanded content so it captures the interest of your audience. But write a “wrong” headline and you'll risk having your potential audience ignore the rest. And once an audience starts to...
Many believe a communicator is someone who can craft a story, engage an audience, and/or supply content with solutions to an audience with concerns. Well, they may do all of those things and more. But I believe a real-effective church communicator knows what NOT to say! Almost everyone knows how to be wordy and...
Everyone can benefit from strong Church SEO, a third-party endorsement. When someone recommends what you’re offering. Wouldn’t it be great for a trusted friend to recommend your church? The next best solution? When Google (or another search engine) gives results that recommend YOU! Winner! We tend to trust one of their first results...
Imagine establishing a restaurant. You’re aware that most in your community like hamburgers. But you decide to offer only hot dogs instead. Think they’ll understand? It’s difficult to keep people happy if you don’t provide what they’re looking for. Your congregation and community consumes communication content a certain way (a channel). Over time...
We all need a checkup every now and again. I visited my doctor this week and I was amazed how simple the basic questions we’re they used to get a baseline of my health. But they work. Your church needs to pause and take a checkup to see the health of your...
Everyone wants success in their jobs and ministries. It’s the reward for their hard work! To get success, it’s often discovering what is failing and fixing the issues. Church Communication is a very complex, ever-changing ministry (note I didn’t say support role) that requires constant attention, juggling, and fixing. Here are 3 failures...
Attention spans are incredibly low. And dropping. People stop listening and paying attention a lot sooner than you’d expect! Why? Because we have so much communication noise all around us. Every moment there’s so many things competing for our time. Our phones, alone, have dozens of options competing for our attention. There’s...
In the popular book (from a couple of decades ago), “Who moved my cheese” the mice got complacent in their maze since they knew where the cheese was located. Then the cheese started to run out. So the smart mice set out to discover a new supply of cheese. Similarly, the Church...
Things you should consider when tackling your website? Speed to content. People want to discover what they’re looking for, as quickly as possible, and have it delivered exactly how they want it. Simple, eh? Not so fast. To do this, you’ll need to identify who your typical web viewer is, what their...
