The Blog Archive

It can feel yucky to set quantitative goals when your primary goal is to simply love people…I get that! The last thing we want to feel like is a used car salesman, just hustling to hit his quota. A SMART goal is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Setting SMART goals and remaining true to […]

It took me far too long to learn this: Sometimes when we look at a web page, we can tell that something is off, but we can’t put our finger on exactly what. This could be a host of things, but most often it’s a problem with the sizes of your text. Either the wrong proportions, […]

A while back I posted in the WELS Intersections Facebook group offering to critique/improve a logo. I had a lot of interest, so THANK YOU if you submitted yours. If this newsletter gets a positive response, I hope to do more in the coming months. Our subject today is the logo for St. Mark Ministries in De […]

It was an absolute pleasure to present at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary this week. Here’s the description shared with attendees: The Church Marketing Playbook: Throwing Wide Open Your Digital Front Doors Within the next 4 to 40 months, you can confidently say you’ll be carving out Saturday mornings for church workdays, receiving emails titled, “Re: New […]

I’m working on materials for my presentation at Mission & Ministry next week…While I’m at it, I thought I’d share this resource with you. Have you ever sat down to formulate a plan for promoting an upcoming event and thought… “Where should I begin?” Then… you get overwhelmed by all of your options, procrastinate, and […]