The Pro Church Tools Show with Brady Shearer

Discovery Church has a follow up plan for first time guests, but what about people who have been attending for a few months to a year? Brady sits down with Zach, their creative director, to discuss just that.

http://prochurchtools.com/181 - Handling the digital media and marketing for a church can be stressful . Daniel breaks it down in 4 building blocks to help you stay on track. What's In This Session? Determining if your church’s media & marketing stress you out (12:03) Building Block #1: The Strategy (14:01) Building Block #2: The Budget (17:21) Building Block #3: The Time (18:53) Building Block #4: The Expertise (26:43) The ideal marketing budget for a church of any size (27:05) Identifying the right ROI for your church’s communications efforts (29:00) Finding a way to get a budget for church media when your senior leadership is unwilling (38:37)   Show Notes & Resources Mentioned ChurchHero.com Daniel on Twitter Daniel on Facebook Cinevate Duzi Slider   3 Instant Takeaways You need a media & marketing strategy. A strategy is a plan of action to achieve a desired goal. Don't copy the outcome of other church's strategies, instead figure out what your goal is and decide what elements will best help you accomplish this goal. Define a budget for your project Take time to really consider what your project is going to need. Invest time into creating a realistic budget for your lead pastor or leadership. Strategize your time. Most major projects - like Easter - are recurring. Use each year as an opportunity to tighten up your projected timeline and improve on creating an accurate time estimate. Don't start from scratch every single time.   Find the full transcript for this session of the Pro Church Podcast at https://prochurchtools.com/pcp181/.

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools --   #TIMESTAMPS: 1:19 - Should we include the name of the person in our church who sometimes writes devotional posts or do we just leave the names out? 7:03 - What do you think about small groups that are based on questions from the weeks' most recent sermon? Also is there a good way to do video announcements using an iPhone? 11:55 - And tips on service intro videos? 16:53 - Why do you not use images in your email campaigns?     Brady Shearer is the CEO of Pro Church Tools Inc., a company helping churches communicate better. Through weekly videos, podcasts, and articles, Pro Church Tools reaches more than 25,000 churches every month.   Brady is the host of The #AskBrady Show, a church communications focused Q&A video show and podcast, as well as the Pro Church Podcast, a weekly interview audio podcast.   Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: http://instagram.com/bradyshearer Facebook: http://facebook.com/prochurchtools Website: http://prochurchtools.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/bradyshearer

Red Rock Church is still in their pre launch phase, but lead pastor, Rob Nadalsky, is already looking ahead to their social media strategy. Brady sits down with him to discuss managing the amount of time spent on social media, and how to follow up Facebook Ad campaigns.

http://prochurchtools.com/180 - Managing a brand and public perception can be difficult. Brad Hill discusses how Ministry Brands has dealt with this exact thing. 

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools --   #TIMESTAMPS: 1:04 - Should I focus my attention on Instagram stories or just do an Instagram post or do I do both? 4:25 - What kind of things you do for team building there at Pro Church Tools. 13:27 - What would you put on a reading list for people wanting to make their church more engaging, attention grabbing and digital? 19:19 - What would be the best way to get the attention of a church to become a part of their digital media ministry.     Brady Shearer is the CEO of Pro Church Tools Inc., a company helping churches communicate better. Through weekly videos, podcasts, and articles, Pro Church Tools reaches more than 25,000 churches every month.   Brady is the host of The #AskBrady Show, a church communications focused Q&A video show and podcast, as well as the Pro Church Podcast, a weekly interview audio podcast.   Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: http://instagram.com/bradyshearer Facebook: http://facebook.com/prochurchtools Website: http://prochurchtools.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/bradyshearer

Summit Crossing Community Church has new guests visiting almost every week, but they want to make sure they're making the best first impression. Brady sits down with their creative team to go through their user experience from start to finish.

http://prochurchtools.com/179 - Posting consistently on social media is key to building and maintaining an audience. Seth shares some of his favourite unusual social media posts to help your church stay creative and present.

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools --   #TIMESTAMPS: 1:05 - How would you go about running an event? What recommendations would you have to pull that off successfully? Also, how would you suggest when you’re in a small church with a small congregation to recruit for volunteers? 7:34 - How do we apply the concept of "show don’t tell" in 15 to 30 second Facebook and Instagram stories in such a way to build trust with our audience but also share what we believe in the long term? 14:40 - What is your process for finding a host? Someone who won’t just read the script but also who won’t just go off on a tangent? 20:09 - The number of baptisms at my church is growing and it's really chaotic to film so many people, what’s another method we could use. Also, what’s another method for filming testimonies of kids?     Brady Shearer is the CEO of Pro Church Tools Inc., a company helping churches communicate better. Through weekly videos, podcasts, and articles, Pro Church Tools reaches more than 25,000 churches every month.   Brady is the host of The #AskBrady Show, a church communications focused Q&A video show and podcast, as well as the Pro Church Podcast, a weekly interview audio podcast.   Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: http://instagram.com/bradyshearer Facebook: http://facebook.com/prochurchtools Website: http://prochurchtools.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/bradyshearer

Antioch Community Church has a demographic of mostly young adults with 50% of their congregation being college students, but they have yet to tap into the full power of their social media presence. Brady sits down with Jonathan, their Administrative Pastor, in this session of the Pro Church Podcast: Coaching Edition to build a social media strategy and begin connecting with their demographic outside of their Sunday service.