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The SundayU PodcastNov 20, 2019

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Christians & Politics

Christians & Politics

Justin Dean, Brian Mann, and John Heinz chat about politics and how Christians and churches can be responding in this tumultuous election season. Three Christian guys who love Jesus, but disagree when it comes to politics. Enjoy!

This episode brought to you by Ramsey+.

Did you know one of the biggest areas where people are struggling right now is money? It affects their families, their faith . . . everything. But our friends at Ramsey Solutions have a way YOU can give your people hope and confidence. It’s called Ramsey Plus. With Ramsey Plus, your entire church gets the tools and the biblical principles they need to stop worrying about money . . . all in one digital package. To learn more about bringing Ramsey Plus to your church, text SUNDAY to 33-789.

Oct 07, 202001:18:19
Digital Giving Trends with Troy Pollock

Digital Giving Trends with Troy Pollock

Troy Pollock from PushPay and Church Community Builder shares the latest digital giving trends as we come out COVID and churches are re-opening.

Learn more about PushPay at https://pushpay.com

Today's episode is sponsored by Samaritan's Purse:

Did you know that since Operation Christmas Child began, more than 178 million children in over 160 countries and territories have received a gift-filled shoebox?

As the coronavirus continues to spread and cause untold suffering, children need hope and joy now more than ever. This year we anticipate reaching another 11 million children with shoebox gifts. Every child who receives a shoebox gift hears of the gift of salvation in Jesus Christ. Each year over 4 million shoebox recipients also participate in a discipleship program called The Greatest Journey. Through this 12-lesson Bible-based course, children come to know Jesus, learn to follow and obey him, share their faith, and pray for friends and family members. This often results in further evangelism, discipleship, and the multiplication of new churches in their communities.

Visit Samaritan's Purse online at https://samaritanspurse.org/occ to learn how you can pack a shoebox gift and be part of this global effort to fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.

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The New Metrics of Social Media Success with Jonathan Malm

The New Metrics of Social Media Success with Jonathan Malm

Justin Dean chats with Jonathan Malm from SundaySocial.tv and got his perspective on The New Metrics of Social Media Success... specifically what your church should be monitoring and measuring online to determine if your social media efforts are successful.  

Check out http://SundaySocial.tv for quality images and videos that you can post for your church.

Nov 20, 201923:01
The Importance of a Social Media Policy
Oct 21, 201908:43
The Church Communications Credo

The Church Communications Credo

Justin Dean shares 5 guiding principles and values for church communicators and marketers. You can also find the credo at SundayU.com/credo if you want a copy or want to comment with your own thoughts.
Today's episode is brought to you by Northpark University. Head on over to www.northpark.edu to learn more.
Oct 14, 201910:53
Tik Tok, Snapchat, and How Your Church Can Do Better
Oct 11, 201918:05
 Why Every Church Should Do A Family Fall Festival Event
Oct 01, 201919:11
Creating a Communications Manual

Creating a Communications Manual

Meagan Ranson walks through why you need a communications manual for your church, and how to build one.

Jun 21, 201913:11
What Even is Branding? (And Why It Matters)

What Even is Branding? (And Why It Matters)

It's more than a logo! Brandon Swain sits down with Paul J. Daly to talk about branding... what is it, why does it matter, and why does the church need to even bother with this stuff?
Apr 10, 201937:02
How to Break Up Your Sermon Throughout the Week

How to Break Up Your Sermon Throughout the Week

You spend so much time preparing and delivering a sermon message every week. It's the main focus of everyone's job at your church. But then it's over... or is it? Brandon Swain walks through some practical steps to get the most reach out of your message and how to break up this valuable content so you can use it across all of your communications channels more effectively.
Mar 26, 201915:12
SEO 101 for Churches with Meagan Ranson

SEO 101 for Churches with Meagan Ranson

Learn the ins and outs of Search Engine Optimization and how it's vitally important for your church's web and communications strategy. Meagan walks you through the SEO basics and best practices.
Mar 24, 201909:10
Are You Promoting Your Church or Pointing People to Jesus

Are You Promoting Your Church or Pointing People to Jesus

Take a look at your social media posts from this past week. Are you promoting your Sunday services and events more than you are promoting Jesus? Are you using your platform to engage with people and build relationships, or just advertising Sunday mornings?
Jan 23, 201908:44
How Jeremy Schroeder & Declaration Church Survived Hurricane Harvey

How Jeremy Schroeder & Declaration Church Survived Hurricane Harvey

Justin talks with Jeremy Schroeder, the Communications Director from Declaration Church in Houston, TX. Jeremy got his start at Declaration during the tragedy of Hurricane Harvey... volunteering to utilize social media to mobilize his church to help the community. His story is amazing. Listen through to the end - we've got a HUGE surprise for Jeremy. 

Dec 27, 201827:46
Year-End Giving Tips for Churches

Year-End Giving Tips for Churches

Year end giving tips for churches!
Dec 11, 201838:23
Welcome to Sunday to Sunday

Welcome to Sunday to Sunday

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Aug 15, 201804:02
Church Communicators & Senior Pastors -BFF's 4EVA with Seth Muse

Church Communicators & Senior Pastors -BFF's 4EVA with Seth Muse

Learn from church communications expert, Seth Muse, why church communicators and pastors should be best friends.
Nov 10, 201736:49
Why Your Church Needs a Wordpress Website with Adrian Campos

Why Your Church Needs a Wordpress Website with Adrian Campos

Today Justin talks church websites with Adrian Campos, a communications specialist in Iowa who runs Church Online Solutions. Adrian shares his passion for Wordpress and why its a better option for your church website than Squarespace, Six, or any of the others.
Jul 27, 201730:58
What are Distributed Churches? with Nathan Clark

What are Distributed Churches? with Nathan Clark

Nathan Clark is the Director of Digital Innovations at Northland Church down in Florida. He's also the founder of Wondermade - a fun marshmallow delivery service (wondermade.com).

Nathan shares how they've grown locally through "distributed churches" and other innovative techniques to reach their community.
Jul 20, 201732:33
Building Effective Church Websites with Brandon Swain

Building Effective Church Websites with Brandon Swain

Brandon Swain from Lakeshore Baptist shares tips for building effective church websites.
Jul 13, 201725:54
Social Media Strategies from the Phoenix Suns with Jeramie McPeek

Social Media Strategies from the Phoenix Suns with Jeramie McPeek

Jeramie McPeek has a long history working with the NBA and the Phoenix Suns running digital communications, as well as social media for the Houston Super Bowl Committee. Now he runs his own marketing agency and volunteers as the Social Media Manager for Mountain Ridge Church. In our interview with Jeramie he shares some incredibly practical social media and communications tips that the church world can learn from his business experience.
Jul 06, 201734:48
Bonus Episode - Giving via Digital with Tithely
May 30, 201732:25
How to Get $10,000 in grant money from Google with Chad Hugghins

How to Get $10,000 in grant money from Google with Chad Hugghins

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. In today’s episode we’re joined by Chad Hugghins is the Marketing and Content Manager at CV North America. He loves connecting churches to Seekers through CV Outreach. His BFA in Theater and time spent as an out of work actor in Hollywood doesn't serve him in anyway in his current career, but he has some fun stories. We actually broke up our time with Chad into 2 podcasts. Today we let Chad take us in the weeds a bit about Google Adwords and how your church can get $10,000 a grant money from Google. Then next week, check back in as we delve into Facebook Ads in a way that you’ve probably never heard of. One way to make sure you don't’ miss next week’s episode or any of our future episodes is to Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. So, if you haven’t done that already, hit pause, and we’ll wait on you to go and do that. By the way, it doesn’t cost you anything to Subscribe and you stay up to date on all of our future episodes. Speaking of things that are free... We at That Church Conference have some pretty big news. At least we think it’s big news. Through partnerships with Tithly, ChurchInk and Design Pickle we are hosting an absolutely FREE online conference called That Church Summit. It’s a two day online event on July 25th & 26th. You can go to thatchurchsummit.com for all the info. We just announced this last week and already over 400 of you have signed up! That’s crazy. Right now we have 10 speakers lined up and we’re hoping to add a couple of more. Speakers from North Point Church, Saddleback, Liquid Church just to name a few. And man! This content though. Really quickly, I’m going to give you the topics that we are going to be covering during the this free online event: How to Tell a Good Story on Social Media Leveraging the Power of Photography Why Email Marketing Is Still Relevant & How Your Church Should Be Using It The ABC’s of Church Communications Making Time for the Most Important Projects Developing Your Weekly Rhythm Entrepreneurial Mindset in the Church How Smaller Churches Can Leverage Digital & Social Media Engaging People Where They Are Cultivating Sustainable Faith in a Digital World Plus a couple of more topics to be announced later. Did I mention all this is free? We’ll be talking about this more in the coming weeks but you can check out all the details at thatchurchsummit.com Well let’s jump into our conversation with Chad Hugghins. Chad and his organization, CV Outreach, have done way more than most of us to spread the Gospel digitally. As I mentioned earlier, he dropped so much knowledge that we had to split up his time over two podcast episodes. Today we take a deep dive into the Google Ad Words platform. Specifically, the $10,000 grant that Google gives to nonprofits and how CV Outreach will literally do most all of the work for you. So sit up, don’t relax and learn from our time with Chad Hugghins.
May 18, 201737:23
Implementing the SCOPE system for Communication Requests with Joanna la Fleur

Implementing the SCOPE system for Communication Requests with Joanna la Fleur

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. In today’s episode we’re joined by Joanna la Fleur. She is the Creative Communications Director at C4 Church in Toronto Canada suburbs. Joanna received her undergrad in International Business and Communication and her Masters in Theology with a focus in Communications. She lives high in a micro condo and drives a mini cooper. She not only rocks a microphone but she’s also internationally known since she has lived in 4 nations. Stay tuned for a unique method of handling communications requests that she uses at C4 church. Before we get to that, we at That Church Conference have some pretty big news. At least we think it’s big news. Through partnerships with Tithly, ChurchInk and Design Pickle we are hosting an absolutely FREE online conference called That Church Summit. It’s a two day online event on July 25th & 26th. You can go to thatchurchsummit.com for all the info. Right now we have 10 speakers lined up and we’re hoping to add a couple of more. And man! This content though. We have really stepped it up. How to Tell a Good Story on Social Media with Emily Cummins Leveraging the Power of Photography with Dave Adamson Why Email Marketing Is Still Relevant & How Your Church Should Be Using It with Kenny Jahng The ABC’s of Church Communications with Anthony Miller Making Time for the Most Important Projects with Michael Lukaszewski Developing Your Weekly Rhythm with Phil Bowdle Entrepreneurial Mindset in the Church with Jonathan Malm How Smaller Churches Can Leverage Digital & Social Media with Meghan Howard Engaging People Where They Are with Justin Brackett Cultivating Sustainable Faith in a Digital World with Steven Dilla Plus a couple of more to be announced later Did I mention all this is free? We’ll be talking about this more in the coming weeks but you can check out all the details at thatchurchsummit.com Well let’s jump into our conversation with Joanna la Fleur. She teaches us about SCOPE and how C4 implements their various levels of SCOPES to help their ministry areas with the importance of their Communications requests and what platforms their requests will be published. Really fascinating and super practical stuff. So sit up, don’t relax and learn from our time with Joanna la Fleur. SHOW NOTES Connect with Joanna Website http://joannalafleur.com Twitter and Instagram @joannalafleur
May 11, 201730:30
Digital Micro Churches with Nathan Clark
May 04, 201727:17
The Easiest Way to do a Church Newsletter You've NEVER heard of with Matt Morrison

The Easiest Way to do a Church Newsletter You've NEVER heard of with Matt Morrison

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell.

In today’s episode we’re joined by Matt Morrison. Matt is the 32-year-old founder of Church OS based in Vancouver, Canada, where he lives with his wife Chelsea and their two daughters. For the past seven years, Church OS has focused on helping churches set up great websites. I think you are really going to enjoy our conversation with Matt on a super simple solution for your email newsletter that we bet you have never thought of and are going to completely facepalm over once you hear about this idea. But, before we get to that...

As this podcast episode goes up on iTunes, That Church Conference is gearing up for our 2nd Intensive Workshop in Chicago. It’s THIS Tuesday April 25th. So...less than 6 days away.

We’re going to be at Soul City Church with a room full of church communications folks, Helping Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. What is a one day Intensive Workshop?

Our Speakers are

LAUREN MCALLISTER - Social Media Manager, First Baptist Jacksonville - Down the Rabbit Hole - Turning Negative Social Conversations into Positive Ones

Mark McDonald - Church Brand Strategist, Be Known For Something - Ways to Know Whether Your Church Brand will Succeed. And How to Fix It.

Ben Stapley - Creative Arts Pastor, Liquid Church - Processing Church Communication Requests

DANNY DE LOS REYES - Media Pastor, Northplace Church - Creating and sustaining a thriving volunteer culture in your department

If you can’t make it to Chicago, we will be making the videos available to our PRO Members on
ThatCC.com. Having a PRO Membership is the best way for you and your team to get your hands on all the content on our website. Practical hands on teaching from folks doing what you’re doing at your church. Now, let me put things in perspective here. The ticket to the conference is currently $349. The Annual cost to join our PRO Member site is $489 bucks! Sooooo, for just $49 you can sign up for the monthly PRO account, watch the Chicago Workshop, then cancel your membership. Why would I tell you to do that? Because we have heard from dozens of members that had that same intention, but once they they saw all the amazing content that the PRO membership gave them, they all stuck around. The best value is the annual membership for $489, but feel free to sign up for the monthly to check things out, then we’ll credit that back to you if you want to change to an annual bill. Make sense? Go to thatcc.com to check out all the details.

Let’s get back to our interview with Matt Morrison. Like I said earlier, this process that Matt has, once you hear it, you’re going to be kicking yourself for not having this kind of system in place on your website. An unbelievably simple tool that will for sure make you work smarter, not harder. Mat even has some graphics that he shares on his screen for our PRO Members to watch online, in case you needed another reason to sign up for that.

So sit up, don’t relax and learn from our time with Matt Morrison.

SHOW NOTES

Connect with Matt
twitter.com/mattmorrison

www.churchos.com
Apr 20, 201732:43
The church guest experience from the street to the seat with Mark Weaver

The church guest experience from the street to the seat with Mark Weaver

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell.

In today’s episode we’re joined by Mark Weaver. Mark is on staff at Vale Church in Bloomington, IL. He has an incredible passion to see people from where ever they are in life’s journey, to discover Christ and His purpose for their life. He has had the opportunity to serve with some of America’s fastest growing churches and believes wholeheartedly in serving people. I think you are really going to enjoy our conversation with Mark. But, before we get to that...

As this podcast episode goes up on iTunes, That Church Conference is gearing up for our 2nd Intensive Workshop in Chicago. It’s on Tuesday April 25th. So...less than 13 days away.

We’re going to be at Soul City Church with a room full of church communications folks, Helping Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. What is a one day Intensive Workshop?

Our Speakers are

LAUREN MCALLISTER - Social Media Manager, First Baptist Jacksonville - Down the Rabbit Hole - Turning Negative Social Conversations into Positive Ones

Mark McDonald - Church Brand Strategist, Be Known For Something - Ways to Know Whether Your Church Brand will Succeed. And How to Fix It.

Ben Stapley - Creative Arts Pastor, Liquid Church - Processing Church Communication Requests

DANNY DE LOS REYES - Media Pastor, Northplace Church - Creating and sustaining a thriving volunteer culture in your department

If you can’t make it to Chicago, we will be making the videos available to our PRO Members on
ThatCC.com. Having a PRO Membership is the best way for you and your team to get your hands on all the content on our website. Practical hands on teaching from folks doing what you’re doing at your church. For just $49 you can sign, watch the Chicago Workshop, then cancel your membership. Why would I tell you to do that? Because we have heard from dozens of members that had that same intention, but once they they saw all the amazing content that the PRO membership gave them, they all stuck around. The best value is the annual membership for $489, but feel free to sign up for the monthly to check things out, then we’ll credit that back to you if you want to change to an annual bill.

Let’s get back to our interview with Mark Weaver. Really practical conversation on the process of moving a first time guest through the process of assimilating them into your church. The guest experience from the street to the seat and how to engage them to your church's intentional movement plan to help them take their next steps to fully engage in your church's mission. Mark even has some graphics that he shares on his screen for our PRO Members to watch online.

So sit up, don’t relax and learn from our time with Mark Weaver.

SHOW NOTES

Connect with Mark
www.peoplemattermore.com

twitter.com/markweaver__

www.vale.church
Apr 13, 201734:03
Key Ways for Churches to Engage with Members and People They Want to Attract to their Church with Heather Heuman

Key Ways for Churches to Engage with Members and People They Want to Attract to their Church with Heather Heuman

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell.

In today’s episode we’re joined by Heather Heuman. She is going to be talking with us about Key Ways for Churches to Engage with Members and People They Want to Attract to their Church (Visual Content, Live Video and Posting Tips).

Heather is the CEO/founder of Sweet Tea Social Marketing. Being a social media speaker, consultant and strategist for churches and christian business owners and brands, Heather travels the country helping them leverage the power of social media to get real results by creating a solid strategy and helping them execute it. She's had the privilege of working with clients such as Chick-fil-A, several churches and speaks regularly all over the country. Heather lives in Columbia, SC with her husband and 3 children.

Justin gets to have a really cool conversation with Heather that’s coming up in just a bit.

As this podcast episode goes up on iTunes, That Church Conference is gearing up for our 2nd Intensive Workshop in Chicago. It’s on Tuesday April 25th. So...less than 20 days out.

We’re going to be at Soul City Church with a room full of church communications folks, Helping Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. What is a one day Intensive Workshop?

Our Speakers are

LAUREN MCALLISTER - Social Media Manager, First Baptist Jacksonville - Down the Rabbit Hole - Turning Negative Social Conversations into Positive Ones

Mark McDonald - Church Brand Strategist, Be Known For Something - Ways to Know Whether Your Church Brand will Succeed. And How to Fix It.

Ben Stapley - Creative Arts Pastor, Liquid Church - Processing Church Communication Requests

DANNY DE LOS REYES - Media Pastor, Northplace Church - Creating and sustaining a thriving volunteer culture in your department

We will be broadcasting the entire day via Livestream on
thatcc.com brought to by our friends at Tithly, the innovators in church giving. Be sure and check them out at get.tithe.ly. The cost for the Live Stream is $149. You and your entire team can watch and soak in what our speakers will be delivering in the room. If you’re wanting to join us in person, be sure and grab your ticket soon as there are only a few spots left. Hope you can make it!!

Let’s get back to Justin’s interview with Heather Heuman. Key Ways for Churches to Engage with Members and People They Want to Attract to their Church (Visual Content, Live Video and Posting Tips)

SHOW NOTES

Heather’s Contacts:

www.sweetteasocialmarketing.com
twitter.com/heatherheuman

www.facebook.com/SweetTeaSocialMarketing
Apr 06, 201737:34
To Group or Not to Group? with Ryan Bilello
Mar 30, 201724:19
Easter Production and Event Advertising with Lauren McAllister

Easter Production and Event Advertising with Lauren McAllister

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell.

Today’s episode is...well...interesting to say the least. We’re joined by Lauren McAllister who is the Social Media Manager for 1st Baptist in Jacksonville, FL.

Lauren is going to be one of our speakers at our Chicago Intensive Workshop, April 25th
thatcc.com/conference/chicago.

We’re going to be at Soul City Church with a room full of church communications folks doing what we do best, Helping Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. It’s a one day Intensive Workshop. Our Speakers are

LAUREN MCALLISTER - Social Media Manager, First Baptist Jacksonville - Down the Rabbit Hole - Turning Negative Social Conversations into Positive Ones

Mark McDonald - Church Brand Strategist, Be Known For Something - Ways to Know Whether Your Church Brand will Succeed. And How to Fix It.

Ben Stapley - Creative Arts Pastor, Liquid Church - Processing Church Communication Requests

DANNY DE LOS REYES - Media Pastor, Northplace Church - Creating and sustaining a thriving volunteer culture in your department

We will be broadcasting the entire day via Livestream on thatcc.com brought to by our friends at Tithly, the innovators in church giving. Be sure and check them out at get.tithe.ly. The cost for the Live Stream is $149. You and your entire team can watch and soak in what our speakers will be delivering in the room. If you’re wanting to join us in person, be sure and grab your ticket soon.

SHOW NOTES
Mar 23, 201734:07
Is Your Marketing Color Blind? with Mark MacDonald

Is Your Marketing Color Blind? with Mark MacDonald

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell.

Today’s episode is with a new friend of ours, Mark MacDonald. Mark is a Bible Teacher, author of Be Known For Something, speaker, and communication strategist for
BeKnownForSomething.com. He empowers churches to become known for something relevant (a communication thread) throughout their ministries, websites, and social media.

Mark is going to be one of our speakers at our Chicago Intensive Workshop, April 25th thatcc.com/conference/chicago.

We’re going to be at Soul City Church with a room full of church communications folks doing what we do best, Helping Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. It’s a one day Intensive Workshop. Our Speakers are

Mark McDonald - Church Brand Strategist, Be Known For Something - Ways to Know Whether Your Church Brand will Succeed. And How to Fix It.

LAUREN MCALLISTER - Social Media Manager, First Baptist Jacksonville - Down the Rabbit Hole - Turning Negative Social Conversations into Positive Ones

Ben Stapley - Creative Arts Pastor, Liquid Church - Processing Church Communication Requests

DANNY DE LOS REYES - Media Pastor, Northplace Church - Creating and sustaining a thriving volunteer culture in your department

We will be broadcasting the entire day via Livestream on thatcc.com brought to by our friends at Tithly, the innovators in church giving. Be sure and check them out at get.tithe.ly. The cost for the Live Stream is $149. You and your entire team can watch and soak in what our speakers will be delivering in the room. If you’re wanting to join us in person, be sure and grab your ticket soon. If you listen to this entire episode, Mark actually gives out a discount code that you can use for either the in person of the live stream ticket.

SHOW NOTES

Mark online:

twitter.com/markmac1023

about.me/markmacdonald

www.beknownforsomething.com/
Mar 16, 201736:34
Social Media Trends for 2017 with Travis Walser

Social Media Trends for 2017 with Travis Walser

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell.

Today’s episode is with a new friend of ours, Travis Walser. In the church world you may have heard of people being Reformers. Well Travis is actually just a Former. Specifically, he is a former website project manager, a former marketing director. A former worship leader, a former youth pastor, and a former media coordinator. Hw is now a graphic designer for a huge southeastern church, Olive Baptist and a blogger on creative church communication and marketing strategies over on his website
traviswalser.com

Before we jump into our time with Travis, can I just take a sec to say thank you to all of you that are downloading this podcast? We are especially thankful for the reviews that we get. If you have a second, you should check out the only 4 Star Review we’ve ever gotten. It’s the only non 5 Star Review. While you’re there, maybe take a second to leave your review and tell folks why our content helps us help more digital communicators tell the best story the Church has to tell.

Speaking of which...

Be sure and check out our Chicago Intensive Workshop, April 25th thatcc.com/conference/chicago.

We’re going to be at Soul City Church with a room full of church communications folks doing what we do best, Helping Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. It’s a one day Intensive Workshop. Our Speakers are

Mark McDonald - Church Brand Strategist, Be Known For Something - Ways to Know Whether Your Church Brand will Succeed. And How to Fix It.

LAUREN MCALLISTER - Social Media Manager, First Baptist Jacksonville - Down the Rabbit Hole - Turning Negative Social Conversations into Positive Ones

Ben Stapley - Creative Arts Pastor, Liquid Church - Processing Church Communication Requests

DANNY DE LOS REYES - Media Pastor, Northplace Church - Creating and sustaining a thriving volunteer culture in your department

We will be broadcasting the entire day via Livestream on thatcc.com brought to by our friends at Tithly, the innovators in church giving. Be sure and check them out at get.tithe.ly. The cost for the Live Stream is $149. You and your entire team can watch and soak in what our speakers will be delivering in the room. If you’re wanting to join us in person, be sure and grab your ticket soon.

What's coming after Chicago?

Nashville Workshop- July 14th at Cross Point Church thatcc.com/conference/nashville

Atlanta Conference- Sept 26 and 27 thatcc.com/conference

Where should we go in 2018? Tweet at us @thatchurchconf and we’ll DM you a discount code to use with either the workshop or the Live Stream.

So be and sure and check all that out today. Speaking of today, our guest is Travis Walser. I’m sure so many of you will identify with the “swiss army knife” of tools that Travis has in his communications toolbox. He’s done a little bit of everything in the church comm world which makes it super easy to talk to him about most anything digital related. He wrote a blog post earlier this year, actually it’s a video which is so appealing to my ADD, he vlogged about Social Media Trends For Churches In 2017. So we spent our time catching up with Travis and talking about the trends to look out for this year. So sit up, don’t relax and get ready to learn from our buddy Travis Walser.

SHOW NOTES

Travis Walser - twitter.com/traviswalser

www.traviswalser.com

www.traviswalser.com/social-media-trends-for-churches-in-2017/

Olive Baptist - twitter.com/olivebaptist

www.olivebaptist.org
Mar 09, 201725:50
Writing a Church Email That Gets Opened with Seth Muse

Writing a Church Email That Gets Opened with Seth Muse

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell.

Today’s episode is with our buddy Seth Muse. Seth Muse serves as the Social Media and Web Associate at The Heights Church in Richardson, TX. He blogs about practical church leadership and hosts The Seminary of Hard Knocks podcast. Today he’ll discuss Writing a Church Email That Gets Opened.

Before we jump into our time with Seth, can I just take a sec to say thank you to all of you that are downloading this podcast? We are truly blown away by the growth the last couple of months. Funny how when we put out a consistent podcast, we see growth. There’s a sermon illustration in there somewhere. Could y’all do us a favor though and leave us a rating and some comments on our iTunes page. It’s no secret that it helps to drive more listeners to our content and help us help more digital communicators in Church.

Speaking of which...

Be sure and check out our Chicago Intensive Workshop, April 25th https://thatcc.com/conference/chicago, especially if you like today’s guest, as Ben is one of our trainers.

We’re going to be at Soul City Church with a room full of church communications folks doing what we do best, Helping Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. It’s a one day Intensive Workshop. Our Speakers are

Mark McDonald - Church Brand Strategist, Be Known For Something - Ways to Know Whether Your Church Brand will Succeed. And How to Fix It.

LAUREN MCALLISTER - Social Media Manager, First Baptist Jacksonville - Down the Rabbit Hole - Turning Negative Social Conversations into Positive Ones

Ben Stapley - Creative Arts Pastor, Liquid Church - Processing Church Communication Requests

DANNY DE LOS REYES - Media Pastor, Northplace Church - Creating and sustaining a thriving volunteer culture in your department

We will be broadcasting the entire day via Livestream on
thatcc.com brought to by our friends at Tithly, the innovators in church giving. Be sure and check them out at get.tithe.ly. The cost for the Live Stream is $149. You and your entire team can watch and soak in what our speakers will be delivering in the room. If you’re wanting to join us in person, be sure and grab your ticket before next Wednesday. Prices go up $50 on March 1st.


What's coming after Chicago?

Nashville Workshop- July 14th at Cross Point Church thatcc.com/conference/nashville

Atlanta Conference- Sept 26 and 27 thatcc.com/conference

Where should we go in 2018? Tweet at us @thatchurchconf and we’ll DM you a discount code to use with either the workshop or the Live Stream.

Well, again our guest today is Seth Muse. He has a checklist for all us to not only write better emails to use in our church marketing strategy, but also how to have more of them get opened and read. We have a link to his blog post with step by step directions on our show notes for the podcast. We know you’re going to love learning from Seth. If you want to hear more from him, be sure and check out his podcast, the Seminary of Hard Knocks. So...sit up, don’t relax and pay close attention to our friend, Seth Muse.

SHOW NOTES

Seth Muse
www.sethmuse.com
twitter.com/TheSethMuse
Seminary of Hard Knocks
itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-seminary-of-hard-knocks-podcast-with-seth-muse/id1127886760?mt=2

Writing a Church Email That Gets Opened [Checklist]
www.sethmuse.com/writing-church-email-checklist/

Dave Shrein
twitter.com/daveshrein
Mar 02, 201740:47
Leading a Creative Team with Ben Stapley

Leading a Creative Team with Ben Stapley

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell.

Today’s episode if with our Ben Stapley. Ben is the Creative Arts Pastor at Liquid Church. Liquid in located in New Jersey with 6 campus’. Ben is responsible for the weekend service, worship experience, video creation, and church online. Today he’ll discuss how to lead a Creative Team even if you’re not a creative.

Be sure and check out our Chicago Intensive Workshop, April 25th https://thatcc.com/conference/chicago, especially if you like today’s guest, as Ben is one of our trainers.

We’re going to be at Soul City Church with a room full of church communications folks doing what we do best, Helping Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. It’s a one day Intensive Workshop. Our Speakers are

Mark McDonald - Church Brand Strategist, Be Known For Something

LAUREN MCALLISTER - Social Media Manager, First Baptist Jacksonville

Ben Stapley - Creative Arts Pastor, Liquid Church

DANNY DE LOS REYES - Media Pastor, Northplace Church

We will be broadcasting the entire day via Livestream on
thatcc.com brought to by our friends at Tithly, the innovators in church giving. Be sure and check them out at get.tithe.ly. The cost for the Live Stream is $149. You and your entire team can watch and soak in what our speakers will be delivering in the room. If you’re wanting to join us in person, be sure and grab your ticket before next Wednesday. Prices go up $50 on March 1st.


What's coming after Chicago?

Nashville Workshop- July 14th at Cross Point Church thatcc.com/conference/nashville

Atlanta Conference- Sept 26 and 27 thatcc.com/conference

Where should we go in 2018? Tweet at us @thatchurchconf and we’ll DM you a discount code to use with either the workshop or the Live Stream.

Well, again our guest today is Ben Stapley. Ben made such a good point in our pre-recording that so many of you go to seminary to learn the Bible and how to teach it or even communicate it. There just isn’t a lot of training on how to lead, much less, lead a group of creatives that are so vital to your Sunday morning being attractive and inviting. So in the interview, Ben walks us through how to do that. How to lead a group of creatives whether you are one or not.

SHOW NOTES

Ben Stapley - twitter.com/benstapley
www.benstapley.info/

Liguid Church - twitter.com/liquidchurch

liquidchurch.com
Feb 23, 201730:02
Blogging & Podcasting for Your Church with Rob Laughter
Feb 16, 201723:51
Maximizing Instagram with Jacek Obolewicz

Maximizing Instagram with Jacek Obolewicz

Jacek Obolewicz has been running a digital agency www.mediayouneed.com for 4 years. Recently he started a blog called www.techchurch.co to share what he have learned. He is also a youth pastor in the north of Poland.
Feb 09, 201733:35
No Excuses to Starting an Online Church with Steve Fogg

No Excuses to Starting an Online Church with Steve Fogg

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell.

Today’s episode if with our friend Steve Fogg. Steve launched a Church Online in Australia that grew to Megachurch size in a country that you wouldn’t think could happen. Him recounting how that happened will be such an encouragement to all of us in the trenches that are trying to grow your online presence.

Before we jump into that conversation, just a reminder to

Be sure and check out our Chicago Workshop, April 25th
thatcc.com/conference/chicago



Well, again our guest today is Steve Fogg has over 20 years of hard earned experience in the creative industry as a designer, creative director and design business owner and until recently lead the communications team at Crossway church in Melbourne Australia. Our time with Steve is so great. He covers the timeline of events that led to launching Crossway Church Online. And for those that are hesitant to get a new project started because another church inspired you...man...is Steve gonna hit you right in your pain points.

So, sit up, don’t relax and learn from our conversation with Steve Fogg.


SHOW NOTES

#cmschat Twitter Chat - Thursdays at 9pm EST

Crossway Church - www.crossway.org.au

Life Church - www.life.church

Quote - “What are you waiting for? Just start.” - Nils Smith twitter.com/NilsSmith

@stevefogg

Stevefogg.com

Launch Your Church Online - www.launchyourchurch.online
Feb 02, 201737:00
Creative Volunteer Teams and Blogging with Alec Tod of E91 Church

Creative Volunteer Teams and Blogging with Alec Tod of E91 Church

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell.

Today’s episode if with our buddy Alec Tod with E91 Church where he is the Communications Director

We’re on the topic of leading an all volunteer creative team and how to best utilize Blog posts in order to grow your church.

Be sure and check out our Chicago Workshop, January 17th
thatcc.com/conference/chicago

We’re going to be at Soul City Church with a room full of church communications folks doing what we do best, Helping Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. It’s a one day Intensive Workshop. Our Speakers are

Mark McDonald - Church Brand Strategist, Be Known For Something

LAUREN MCALLISTER - Social Media Manager, First Baptist Jacksonville

Ben Stapley - Creative Arts Pastor, Liquid Church

DANNY DE LOS REYES - Media Pastor, Northplace Church

We will be broadcasting the entire day via Livestream on thatcc.com brought to by our friends at Tithly, the innovators in church giving. Be sure and check them out at get.tithe.ly. The cost for the Live Stream is $149. You and your entire team can watch and soak in what our speakers will be delivering in the room.


What's coming next?

Nashville Workshop- July 14th at Cross Point Church thatcc.com/conference/nashville

Atlanta Conference- Sept 26 and 27 thatcc.com/conference

Where should we go in 2018? Tweet at us @thatchurchconf and we’ll DM you a discount code to use with either the workshop or the Live Stream.

Alec Tod may be unique to some and not so much to others. he is a one man show and leans heavily on volunteers for his creative team. He works really close with the guest services team at his church to create a consistent experience at E91... from online off-line. And he works really hard to create quality versus spending too many plates and having that quality suffer.

We actually did this recording back on December 1. So keep that in mind when you hear us talking about Christmas.

So, sit up, don’t relax and learn from our conversation with Alec Tod of E91 Church.
Jan 26, 201730:13
Part 2: Facebook Advertising with Andrew Riis and Richy Hirtle

Part 2: Facebook Advertising with Andrew Riis and Richy Hirtle

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. Today’s episode is part 2 of a 2 part podcast with Andrew Riis And Richy Hirtle with Reach Out Marketing. http://www.reachout-marketing.com We’re on the topic of doing FB Ads the right way - Wait til you hear what they said about the ad we had running at the time we we recorded this episode. It’s kinda embarrassing. Be sure and check out out San Diego Workshop, January 17th https://thatcc.com/conference/sandiego/ We’re going to be at The Rock Church with a room full of church communications folks doing what we do best, Helping Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. It’s a one day Intensive Workshop. Our Speakers are JAY KRANDA - Online Pastor at Saddleback Going From Online to Offline: Church Online Best Practices SAM HOOVER How To Connect Social Media to a Bigger Story MAGGIE BARRAGAN - Social Media Manager at The Rock Church & MEI LING NAZAR - Public relations rock star Public Relations & The Church: Engaging With Your Community ANTHONY MILLER - Pastor of Communications at Saddleback Marketing and Communications in the Church We will be broadcasting the entire day via Livestream on thatcc.com brought to by our friends at Tithly, the innovators in church giving. Be sure and check them out at http://get.tithe.ly. And that stream will be up for a few days afterwards. The cost for the Live Stream is $149. You and your entire team can watch and soak in what our speakers will be delivering in the room. During the podcast we tell you how to get $50 off the Livestream access. What's coming next? Chicago Workshop - April 25th Soul City Church https://thatcc.com/conference/chicago/ Nashville Workshop- July 14th at Cross Point Church https://thatcc.com/conference/nashville/ Atlanta Conference- Sept 26 and 27 https://thatcc.com/conference/ Today’s episode is part 2 of our 2 part conversation with Andrew Riis and Richy Hirlte with Reach Out Marketing http://www.reachout-marketing.com 11:45 mark: Link to our Rick Rolled post https://thatcc.com/blog/no-more-buildings 13:18 mark: Call To Action is critical 15:05 mark: The importance of a Landing Page for Ads 17:00 mark: The ad is the LAST thing you create in a campaign, NOT the first 17:35 mark: “Ad Set” Level defined 18:15 mark: Don’t spend so much on an initial ad. Run a cheap A/B test. 18:55 mark: How to Double your reach with a simple tweek 20:20 mark: Run as many $20 ads as you can and change 1 variable in each 20:45 mark: Run different images 21:00 mark: Never touch your ad in the first 24 hours 22:55 mark: Retargeting...When and Why 23:15 mark: Facebook Pixel Defined 24:34 mark: Van’s brain exploded 28:00 mark: Mailing Postcards versus doing an Ad 32:14 mark: Relevance Score 35:50 mark: Building a Custom Audience based on your email list 36:11 mark: Create a Lookalike Audience 38:25 mark: Our Ad Meets Its’ Demise 38:59 mark: Van gets a little too excited about a Mailchimp Import button 39:40 mark: We hire Andrew and Richy and give them ALL OUR MONEY 41:25 mark: http://www.reachout-marketing.com
Jan 12, 201745:09
Part 1: Facebook Advertising with Andrew Riis and Richy Hirtle

Part 1: Facebook Advertising with Andrew Riis and Richy Hirtle

Happy New Year!


Welcome back to our first podcast of 2017.


So excited about all the guests that we’re bringing you to start off this new year. We think the list is pretty impressive...


Seth Muse

Jacek Obolewicz

Rob Laughter

Ben Stapley

Travis Walser

Ryan Bilello

Mark Weaver

Steve Fogg

Alec Tod

and so many more.



Atlanta Conference- Sept 26 and 27
thatcc.com/conference/


San Diego Workshop January 17th thatcc.com/conference/sandiego/


Chicago - April 25th Soul City Church thatcc.com/conference/chicago/


Nashville - July 14th at Cross Point Church thatcc.com/conference/nashville/



This episode is all about Facebook Ad Marketing. What are ads? Should I pay to Boost a Facebook Page post? We’ve brought on Andrew Riis and Richy Hirtle from Reach Out Marketing.


This is the first of a two part podcast, because the content was just so rich and so deep we wanted to make sure our listeners got as much value as possible from these episodes.


www.reachout-marketing.com/


Listen closely near the end of this episode for how your church can have Andrew and Richy create a Facebook Ad for free.
Jan 05, 201750:09
3 Ideas Not To Be Confused: Branding, Marketing & Advertising with Adam McLaughlin

3 Ideas Not To Be Confused: Branding, Marketing & Advertising with Adam McLaughlin

Adam oversees Marketing and Communications at Life Church in Fort Myers, Florida, blogs at ChurchMarketingIdeas.com, loves coke slurpees and recently released his first church marketing ebook: Trust Glue – 11 ways to create a first impression that sticks.

In our interview with Adam he shares the differences between Marketing, Branding, and Advertising and why churches should care, and shows us why it’s important to create an experience that matches your church’s core values.
Sep 07, 201633:38
Youth Ministry Tools with Tom Pounder
Aug 31, 201623:43
Getting Things Done When You Have Lots of Responsibilities with Justin Allison

Getting Things Done When You Have Lots of Responsibilities with Justin Allison

Justin Allison is the Pastor of Small Groups and Media at Greenwood Baptist Church in Weatherford TX. He just finished a Ph.D. in Old Testament and occasionally teaches OT and Hebrew classes at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also blogs about technology and the bible over at bible-tech.net.

He’s a man that wears many hats and handles a lot of responsibilities at a relatively smaller church. In our interview with him he shares some practical organizational tips and gives us a peak into how he gets things done even with everything on his plate.
Aug 24, 201624:59
You Gotta Get Weird to Reach Millennials with Jeremy Poland

You Gotta Get Weird to Reach Millennials with Jeremy Poland

Jeremy Poland is the Multimedia & Marketing Manager at 4640 Student Center, a youth group in Colorado. Jeremy creates web & live visuals, operates multiple church media accounts, & administrates an international community of Church Social Media Managers. In our interview with Jeremy he shares great advice on having a “voice” as your church — writing from a comical, fun perspective, and how to create sharable, viral content — rather than simply getting the information out. He’s a millennial reaching millennials and shares tons of tips that can help your church reach the next generation in creative ways. According to Jeremy you gotta get weird if you really want to reach millennials.
Aug 17, 201628:42
The Vision Behind Church Online with Jay Kranda

The Vision Behind Church Online with Jay Kranda

In this interview Van Baird and Jay discuss the church online strategy and vision at Saddleback, and what it takes to foster community through an online platform.
Aug 10, 201624:50