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Top 10 things to turn a first time guest into a last time guest
10. Have inadequate signage to help guests find their way around 9. Have unfriendly greeters 8. Treat them as if they are a commodity and not a blessing 7. Have members who don’t participate during worship 6. Fail to get guest information for follow up 5. Call 1st time guests “visitors” and not “guests” 4. [...]
Continue reading...Hardware to use for audio recording in a service
25. April 2012
In earlier posts, we have mentioned how important it is to record the sermons in your church and post them to your website. Some churches should record just the audio of their sermons, while other churches need to record the video as well. Today, we will look at some of the hardware that will help [...]
Continue reading...My Experience on Easter Sunday
18. April 2012
I thought I would take a quick break from my series on audio and video recording of services to tell you a little bit about my experience on Easter Sunday. My wife and I loaded up the kids and went to a church we had not been to on Sunday in a long time (it [...]
Continue reading...How to Write for the Web
11. April 2012
Don’t write like you talk. Unless you talk in short, choppy sentences, rarely using words with more than two syllables. The web is growing, continuously and constantly, and the people who are getting their messages across aren’t communicating at a college reading level. It may come as a shock, but according to readfaster.com, “21 million [...]
Continue reading...When is it right to start live streaming services?
4. April 2012
It seems many churches these days are asking a lot of questions about live streaming their worship services. So when is the right time to start live streaming services? Most of the things that go for video recording will be the same for live streaming services. These are: The church should be somewhere in the [...]
Continue reading...Audio and Video recording in Worship Services, Part 2
28. March 2012
Last week I wrote about the need for every church to record the audio of sermons the pastor delivers. This week the question I would like to answer is “when should a church consider moving from audio to video recording in their worship services?” I am going to answer that question by giving you some [...]
Continue reading...Audio and Video recording in Worship Services, Part 1
21. March 2012
Most churches these days will record the audio of all or at least some portion of their worship service. I am going to spend a few weeks describing some tips, hardware and wisdom on recording audio and video in worship services. Today’s Question: When should a church start recording audio of their sermons? The answer [...]
Continue reading...How to get Guests to give you their information…
14. March 2012
I speak with pastors and ministry leaders everyday and everyday I hear how tough it is to get first time guests to give their information to the church. Here are a few tips to help you increase the number of first time guests that give you their information: Get rid of the pew pads. I [...]
Continue reading...10 Tips for Having a Great Church Blog
7. March 2012
Keep a running list of ideas for your blog. When you think of something, write it down. If you have time, go ahead and write the post. You can review and edit later before you post it. Keep your posts short and to the point. Don’t write a 30 minute sermon in a blog post. [...]
Continue reading...QR Codes- How to Use Them Effectively for Event Registration
28. February 2012
I recently received a little handout at my church with information regarding our upcoming women’s conference. It was a snazzy looking little piece of paper and when I turned it over, I got excited because there was a QR code! YES! I just recently figured out how to use my QR Code Scanner on my [...]
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