Christian Branding - Ignite Your Ministry rebranded!

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Well I have been pretty quiet over the last few days I have been working with a Christian web design company called Freckle in rebranding my site. I am sure you will agree they have done a great job with the design and logo branding.

This is a quick post today to map out the kind of articles I am going to be writing. I have been getting emails asking whether I have an e-book available to map out all the content I write about. I am currently working on an e-book you can download which should be ready for release in the next week or two.

In two weeks I am preaching for a week so I will be unavailable between the dates of 21-25 July.

So comments please, what do you think of the new website design?

Steve

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Church blogging techniques - Planning the content for your church blog

Once you have done the research and have an idea of what people are searching for, the next step I would do is break down these searches into categories. 

For me, the easiest way for me to do this was to write a paper site map down and do one in powerpoint.  I would then think of the first few articles I would write in each category and write a headline from the readers perspective.

You have just done a site map. 

Putting the site together. 

There are a few things you need in place first. 

1. Hosting
2. Domain name
3. Install the super blogging software – wordpress

Over th next few days I will be posting content on how to put these in place and a few tricks and tips I have picked up along the way. 

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Church branding - Some simple steps.

So yesterday, I spoke about the importance of church branding.  Today I have a few thoughts on what we should do when looking at a brand, evaluating your current church brand.

Over the last few years, I have been an online marketer and I have used self-branding to give myself credibility within an industry.  Whether you think you have a church brand or not you do. Whether you are utilizing that brand for the good of your church to gain influence is another matter.

You see your church is a brand; your church brand attracts or repels. In my opinion, every church does both.  It would be great if a church appealed to every person on the planet but in reality it does not.

In order to have a church brand that works for you I would use these points below. 

• Pray over where God is calling you.  What demographic and what brand would fit with them.

• Look at the kinds of interests your target audience may have.  Your brand is not just about your logo, although it does happen to make a difference.

• Don’t try and be something your not.  Regardless of what demographic your church is looking to attract.  As I said before your church appeals to a certain demographic, whether that young, old, business or surfers.  Your brand has to look like that.  In essence, don’t try and have a website or brand that looks completely different to your Sunday experience.  You may get people there but you won’t keep them there. 

• If you don’t know what to do, outsource it.  If you don’t know a Hebrew word you don’t just make it up and have a go, you look for a resource that does know.  We as a church need not to be wary of bringing in people to do what is needed but embrace it.

The brand doesn’t just encompass the website, logo and stationary but the whole picture. 

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