Pro Church Podcast With Brady Shearer

We're heading into a new world of church websites...and we're looking for pioneers to join us in this new world. Is that you?

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools -- #TIMESTAMPS: 6:36 - State of the Plate says that giving goes up with a giving app, but in general church apps are bad and stats say aren’t used. Any clarity to those two opposing thoughts? 16:16 - What are the best practises for collecting the connection card? 20:44 - What should I do if the main leader doesn’t like the design work I do and wants to pay someone else to do it that’s not apart of our ministry at all?   For those that will be quick to say that they don't use technology much, how could we as the communications staff to get them into the central hub model?   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

Nucleus launches in 26 hours and Brady still has never seen the homepage. Why does every creative project come down to absolute last minute?

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools -- #TIMESTAMPS: 7:52 - Can you advise the best way to make a multi campus church website that is still visitor friendly? 10:07 - What is the best way to bridge the 30 seconds between the worship and the message? Is a generic bumper appropriate and practical? 12:45 - For those that will be quick to say that they don't use technology much, how could we as the communications staff get them into the central hub model? 16:03 - The big advantage I see with an app is the ability to send push notifications. Do you see this as a big enough advantage to warrant an app?   For those that will be quick to say that they don't use technology much, how could we as the communications staff to get them into the central hub model?   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

http://prochurchtools.com/161 - As an organization that relies on giving, churches worry about low giving periods. Dean talks about why the summer slump is actually a myth. 

This week I published an article called 3 Smaller Church Websites We Can All Learn. In the comments of this article, a church of ~200 shared their website and it absolutely blew me away.

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools -- #TIMESTAMPS: 6:20 - Is there a way to integrate the church’s website and the central hub website? 13:58 - How often do you email new people in your church and what do you send them? 20:38 - How do you manage your time between all the hats we carry? 27:08 - A few people in our church want the central hub to online but we don’t want to go away from the person to person interaction you get from signing up in the lobby. What are your thoughts on this?     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/bradyshear

http://prochurchtools.com/160 - Trust is the foundation for productive communication. Mark shares how to become a church that is known for something, and why that’s important.

Billboards? They work. Direct mail? It works too. And this is what makes them so deceptive.

When you begin reaching out to your community using Facebook, it's inevitable that you're going to upset someone. So how do you respond when they post a nasty comment on your Facebook post? Here are you 3 options.

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools -- #TIMESTAMPS: 3:22 - If you have a central hub that you direct all your next steps to, can you still have a physical place for next steps on Sunday morning? 7:17 - Would you say its better to have your churches Facebook linked to Twitter than not to have a twitter presence at all? 10:32 - When we do our Facebook LIVE sessions for church, should we do it from our personal pages or do we give the whole staff access to the church page and do it from there? 13:07 - When sharing about church events on Facebook, do you create a post with a graphic/video and share details or do you create an actual Facebook event?     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&

http://prochurchtools.com/159 - The internet has given us the ability to reach a wider audience than ever before, but optimizing the opportunity can be intimidating. Chad talks about how to use Google AdWords to reach those who are far from God.

Why does the church down the road from you grow while your church's numbers stay the same? Are they just praying harder? Does God love them more? These are the 4 quadrants of success that I believe are the equation for reaching your goals.

For the last couple of weeks I've presented the same announcements to our church each week. How do I keep these announcements fresh and inspiring each week? This is the secret sauce...

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools -- #TIMESTAMPS: 2:18 - How should churches use Twitter? Should we be creating original Twitter content? 9:01 - How can a church media team that consists of volunteers with jobs in the digital marketing field be respectful and submissive of the pastors in charge, but at the same time, guiding them in the way the digital media should go? 24:05 - What are your top 2-3 church sites you think are spectacular and what makes them that way? 31:26 - Mac over PC?   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/bradyshea

Facebook Stories officially rolled out this week. Nearly every church enjoys their biggest social presence on Facebook. So what does this mean for the future of Facebook and our churches?

I saw a Facebook video that a pastor published promoting his church’s upcoming Easter experiences last week. The video was only 39 seconds long so I transcribed it to share with you.

http://prochurchtools.com/158 - Churches work really hard to avoid crisis, but Justin talks about how to handle it if the worst happens.

I am 100% convinced that the most impactful churches of the next decade will look very different than the churches we currently idolize. Why? Because we're living through the biggest communication shift in the last 500 years. And even the most modern and on-trend churches that we all look up to were founded before this shift could ever have even been predicted.

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools -- #TIMESTAMPS: 4:48 - My church has a person in the communications position who isn’t creative whatsoever. I would love to get into the position but they aren’t planning on leaving anytime soon. What should I do? 12:13 - Should the opening and closing scripts be the same each week, or change it up? Should we change the background music every week, or keep it the same? 17:03 - Do you think you can have too broad of a targeted audience with ads? 20:10 - What’s a good way to take up tithes without disrupting the flow of service?   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