If you’re getting into social media, one of the aspirational pieces of equipment is a nice DSLR camera with which you can take photos as well as videos. Vlogging and video production is only going to get more important as time marches on. Facebook declared that within 5 years 95% of content on the platform […]
Free Mock-Up Generator
Sometimes you want to up your game with your presentation. Especially if you have a website or blog. Mock-ups are a great way to do just that. But I can be technical, or you have to pay for the templates – -and find someone who knows Photoshop, etc. HOW TO CREATE ONE RIGHT NOW Here’s […]
Leaders Are Readers // The Power of Moments
Chip Heath and Dan Heath are at it again. If you’ve never read Made to Stick, Switch or Decisive, it’s time to go grab those off Amazon. I recently received an advanced reader copy of their next book, coming out in October. It’s called The Power of Moments. Here’s the vid: Why do I […]
Leaders are Readers: UNIQUE by Phil Cooke
Are you continuing to better yourself? Are you learning and growing or stuck in your growth? One of the best ways to have continuous improvement and growth is to pick-up a book and sit down (turn off your phone and other digital gadgets!) and just read. Soak it up. Ponder. Read. Today, in this brief […]
Facebook Ad Objectives: Which One is Right for Your Church
Facebook Ad Objectives is one of the most critical things you need to get right when running ads on Facebook. If you have ever clicked on the “Create Ads” feature in Facebook, then you know… It can be quite the rabbit hole. An ever changing, often confusing journey, that can suck your time and ad […]
Selfie Mirror Sticker [Giveaway]
Taking the perfect selfie is an art form. And then there is the technical limitations of the front camera. Check out this video where I share the problem and solution of selfies with the back camera. I’m happy to be able to send out a bunch to some of you blog readers to try out […]
37 Ways to Use Instagram for Church
Is your church on Instagram, yet? Having trouble thinking about how to use Instagram for church? If you haven’t started using Instagram for church, then, I’m telling you, you’re missing a lot. With an astounding 700 million users per month, it remains to be one of the best avenues for telling the world about your church […]
10 Online Tools For Making Amazing Social Media Visual Content
Many teams don’t have Photoshop, in design, illustrator, or many of the high-priced graphic tools available on the market for creating content for social media. Moreover, they don’t have anyone on staff or a volunteer that knows how to use these graphics programs. I’ve mentioned Canva and other social media graphics tools that you can use […]
Church for the Rest of Us
A REAL OUTLIER IN APPROACH One church to watch that is approaching communications quite differently than the rest is Verve Church in Las Vegas. If anyone knows a thing or two about how to do this, it’s Vince. Their church is in one of the least reached cities in America, Las Vegas. And they’re […]
Lunch & Learn: Mark MacDonald Says Be Known For Something
Mark MacDonald whats you to be known for something. What’s Mark’s story? First, he is an accomplished communicator. He is former Senior Creative Director of one of eastern Canada’s larger ad agencies, Director of Communications, now a Bible teacher (cool story how he accidentally started a church!), and President of his national church branding agency, Be Known […]