Church Comm Freebies

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!

Church Comm freebies are precisely what many churches need! Therefore, we keep our eyes open for communication resources that cost little-to-no money. In fact, we wrote about some a few years ago. And this too! See! It’s a huge topic in the church communication world! Finally, we decided to create this page to keep up with it all.

So, here are 5 ways to save money in church communication!

Church Comm freebies and more!

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.

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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