The Pro Church Tools Show with Brady Shearer

http://prochurchtools.com/093 - User experience is easily one of the most important factors when creating a church website or any form of digital media related to your church. If your congregation or a potential new guest finds it hard to get information or navigate your site, they will have moved on before you know it. Stephen Morrissey gives us a list of helpful UX tools & shares some common UX mistakes churches are making today.

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http://prochurchtools.com/092 - Millennials tend to live exclusively in the online/digitial world, so how do churches connect and market to this generation? What is inbound marketing & how do you determine your church’s audience/demographic? Sandy Ellingson helps us to answer these questions & shares mistakes churches are making in the realm of inbound marketing.

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http://prochurchtools.com/091 - Often churches have a plethora of content that they can use such as recorded sermons, sermon notes & teachings. How then do we repurpose this content and properly communicate it in the realm of social media? Should we post the same status multiple times? Can we share the same status on multiple platforms? We bring in Diana Wei Fang to answer these questions and to show us how to best repurpose content for social media.

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http://prochurchtools.com/090 - Its the Christmas season, which means that giving will be at a all time high in churches and charities all over the world. So how can you maximize December giving in your church and more importantly, why is recurring giving important in the first place? Kent Woodyard joins us to answer these questions and more on this session of the Pro Church Podcast. 

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http://prochurchtools.com/089 - The average size of a church in North America today is roughly 200 people, so why is it so hard to get past this magic number? How do we break past 200 and continue to expand our congregations? Michael Lukaszewski helps us to answer that question and to understand some of the reasons why your church might not want to grow. 

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http://prochurchtools.com/088 - What is The RIO of Digital Discipleship? It isn't something we hear about often but it holds a tremendous amount of importance when looking to see if your church is making an impact or simply being ineffective. Derek Gillette joins us on the Pro Church Podcast to talk about this and how we can quantify digital discipleship.

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http://prochurchtools.com/087 - Brad Davies joins us to discuss the #1 mistake to avoid in email marketing & how to balance teaser headlines vs. authentic headlines. Not sure what email marketing even is and how it can be used in your church? Then get comfortable and hit that play button.

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http://prochurchtools.com/086 - When it comes to church branding we often ask ourselves where do I even begin? Are there mistakes I am already making? Justin Keller answers those questions for us today and talks about the new rules that have emerged for church branding.

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http://prochurchtools.com/085 - Today Jason Inman shares with us some things you might not know about social media and why your church needs to stop broadcasting on social media platforms. Why should we not be broadcasting? Listen in and find out!  

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http://prochurchtools.com/084 - Husband, father, pastor of at Seacoast Church and the smartest guy on the BadChristian podcast. Sometimes known as the "depressed pastor." Sometimes wrongly known as an animal hater. Lover of the Green Bay Packers, Clemson Tigers, snakes, eels, lizards, reptiles, tigers, bears, mammals and music.

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http://prochurchtools.com/salt - In this bonus session of the Pro Church Podcast, Brady is joined live by Mike Sessler of Church Tech Weekly and Stephen Proctor of The Alt Podcast to record a live podcast from SALT Conference 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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http://prochurchtools.com/083 - Today on this session of the Pro Church Podcast, Meredith Gould shares with us the best social platform your church should be using and gives us some insight into two mistakes that churches are making when using social media. Could your church be making these mistakes?

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http://prochurchtools.com/082 - Chris Brown is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host, pastor and dynamic speaker carrying the message of stewardship and intentional living nationwide. Chris and his wife, Holly, live in Franklin, Tennessee, with their three children.

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http://prochurchtools.com/081 - Kelvin Co gets to do what he loves as the Creative Media Pastor of The Oaks Fellowship located in the Dallas Metroplex area. Kelvin has been doing life together with his wife and best friend Lucy since 1991. They have been doting and pouring into their son Luc since 2002.

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http://prochurchtools.com/080 - Kem Meyer is a recovering corporate spin doctor and former communications director on the executive team at Granger Community Church. As an advocate for better communications, she authored the book Less Clutter. Less Noise. to provide simple insights for the not-so-simple art of removing barriers to help people connect with our message. 

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http://prochurchtools.com/079 - Jeremy Poland is 21 years old and has been blessed with an amazing job doing creative media consulting and photography with 4640 Student Center, an epic youth group in Western Colorado. Outside of photo sessions and office hours, you'll find Jeremy scouring the edges of the internet for the next new music, enjoying the outdoors or rocking out playing guitar, piano or ukulele.

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http://prochurchtools.com/078 - Ryan Bilello is a husband, father of three children and lives in Milwaukee. He is focused on "helping online dreamers make connections that matter" and part of the way he does this is through Periscope.

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http://prochurchtools.com/077 - Bob Pritchett co-founded Faithlife Corporation (makers of Logos Bible Software) and serves as President/CEO. He is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year winner and one of Glassdoor's Highest Rated CEOs 2015. Bob is the author of Fire Someone Today, And Other Surprising Tactics for Making Your Business a Success.

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http://prochurchtools.com/076 - Van Baird is a newlywed of 22 years and is Daddy to 2 daughters. He turned a boring insurance agency into a relationship practice that everyone talks about on Social Media. So much so, he became the "John the Baptist" of social media proclaiming the power of relationships on digital spaces.

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http://prochurchtools.com/075 - Emily is a University of Florida & College of Central Florida grad living in the desert serving on the Weekend Experience team at Central Christian Church in Las Vegas, Nevada. She also serves as the Impact Coordinator for Leading & Loving It, a ministry designed to equip pastor's wives & women in ministry. Emily is a pastor's kid who has stayed in ministry & absolutely loves it. She is passionately pursuing becoming who God made her to be, and founded becomingme.tv—a ministry designed to equip and encourage women of all ages to become the women God made them to be too. You can connect with Emily & join the becoming journey at www.becomingme.tv.

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http://prochurchtools.com/074 - When Kevin isn't busy as the editor of Church Marketing Sucks, he runs his own writing and editing company, Monkey Outta Nowhere. Kevin has been blogging since 1998 and has published several books, including 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading, The Stephanies and all of our church communication books.

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http://prochurchtools.com/073 - Jason Caston is the author of The iChurch Method series (ichurchmethod.com) and a digital platform specialist for The Potter's House of Dallas/T.D. Jakes Ministries. Jason is also the spokesperson of AT&T's national #InspiredMobility campaign that highlights how we use mobile technology to enhance our spiritual and personal lives. Connect with him on twitter @jasoncaston.

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http://prochurchtools.com/072 - Paul Alan Clifford is the author of multiple church tech books including Podcasting Church, Tweeting Church, and Church Video School. He produces four shows a week on church tech, including Tech Help for Churches, the ChurchTechCast.com screencast show, and Tech, No Babel (which is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year). You can find links to all he does at his company's website TrinityDigitalMedia.com.

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http://prochurchtools.com/071 - Jay Kranda is the Online Campus Pastor at Saddleback Church, blogs regularly about online church at jaykranda.com, and co-hosts the Social Media Church Podcast.

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http://prochurchtools.com/070 - Justin Dean is the former Communications Director at Mars Hill Church. He is passionate about equipping church communications leaders and founded both DOXA Media Group and Ministry Communicators Association earlier this year. He now lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife and kids.

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http://prochurchtools.com/069 - Our goal with We Edit Sermons was to assist the local church and ministries around the world to make editing AFFORDABLE and their sermon recordings PROFESSIONAL. Mike and Becky Newhook have a passion to see people know God personally. We Edit Sermons is a unique and perfect way for this vision to become a reality on a larger scale.

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http://prochurchtools.com/068 - Joel is passionate about helping churches tell better stories through media and technology. He's worked with hundreds of churches in his 15 year career, including serving as full-time creative director at a church for 4 years. He and his wife have 2 boys and currently live in Dallas, Texas.

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http://prochurchtools.com/067 - Jared Hogan is a film director for Elevation Church. Inspired by storytelling and the use of creative expression to expand God’s kingdom through the local church. The Elevation team consists of directors, writers, cinematographers, producers, and editors who are passionate about achieving the highest quality work to serve God and effect an eternal purpose. Their goal is not necessarily to preach a sermon, but rather open a conversation. They strive not only to communicate, but to commune with our audience in order to bring people into a deeper understanding of who God is through the medium of film. 

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http://prochurchtools.com/066 - Previously one of their favorite clients, Raina joined the team at Rotunda software about a year ago. With degrees in theology and mathematics, she uses her background and experience helping churches free up time spent in administrative work to focus more on the other parts of ministry.

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http://prochurchtools.com/065 - Nate Smoyer is product manager for BeaconAds.com and oversees partnerships and advertising at Faithlife, a Christian media company. He's a self-proclaimed specialist in generalizing. His specialities include outreach marketing, social media advertising, negotiating, and giveaway promotions.

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http://prochurchtools.com/064 - Stephen Brewster is the Creative Arts Pastor at Cross Point Church in Nashville, TN. Stephen's desire is for the church to regain its position as a leader of the creative frontier. He joins the Pro Church Podcast to discuss creativity and how to use exercises to increase our creative capacity.

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http://prochurchtools.com/063 - Stephen Proctor is a visual worship leader & experience curator who uses immersive projection art to illuminate sacred spaces. He joins the Pro Church Podcast to discuss the collision of modern worship services and traditional liturgy.

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http://prochurchtools.com/062 - Steve Fogg is a Communications Pastor and lives on the forefront of social media. He stops by the Pro Church Podcast to share the 5 top social media trends for churches in 2015.

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http://prochurchtools.com/061 - Scott McClellan is a devoted storyteller. In this session of the Pro Church Podcast Scott shares crucial information on finding our church’s unique stories and sharing those with the world. We also discuss a huge storytelling mistake that Scott often sees, and the easiest way to find stories that are happening all around us.

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http://prochurchtools.com/060 - Darrel Girardier is frequently seeing 5 misconceptions that pastors have about social media. What are these 5 misconceptions? And how can we properly address them? All that and more on this session of the Pro Church Podcast.

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http://prochurchtools.com/059 - Emily Carlton is an extremely talented graphic designer. And she’s exceptionally passionate about graphic design within the Church. She joins the Pro Church Podcast to discuss the role of graphic design in the church and she shares a ton of incredibly design resources along the way.

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http://prochurchtools.com/058 - Mark Clement is a communications expert and the creator of VideoAnnouncements.tv. He owns a video announcement company; I own a video announcements company. So we come together on the Pro Church Podcast to settle it once and for all! Not really. But we do have a lively discussion about video announcements and their use within worship experiences.

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http://prochurchtools.com/057 - Dawn Nicole Baldwin stops by the Pro Church Podcast to discuss church branding. What is a church brand? And how do we build one? Moreover, Dawn shares the 3 branding questions that your church needs to answer if you want your church’s brand to succeed for the long haul.

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http://prochurchtools.com/056 - Marilyn Adamson is the creator and director of a site called EveryStudent.com. Her site receives 19 million unique visits every year and 700 people each day say that they’ve asked Jesus into their lives while on the site. Marilyn’s site is doing remarkable things, but how did it all get started? And can people really be discipled through online avenues like EveryStudent.com?

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http://prochurchtools.com/055 - Phil Cooke is an internationally known writer and speaker. He’s produced media programming in over 50 countries and has helped some of the largest nonprofit organizations and leaders in the world. Phil joins the Pro Church Podcast to discuss the future of church video and shares some sage advice for young people serving in the world of church media.

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http://prochurchtools.com/054 - Nic Rivero is a purveyor of video awesomeness. He’s worked with artists like Chris Tomlin, TobyMac, Taylor Swift, and Mumford and Sons. He joins the Pro Church Podcast to share how he plans and executes live events and how to create DIY LED lighting.

 
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http://prochurchtools.com/053 - Church growth is a tricky subject. We all want our churches to grow, but we don’t want to get caught up in a numbers game either. Carey Nieuwhof joins the Pro Church Podcast to discuss church growth in a Biblical and strategical way. 

 
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http://prochurchtools.com/052 - Worship leading is both a science and an art. It requires flow and spontaneity, but it also requires preparation and practice. Carlos Whittaker joins the Pro Church Podcast for its 1-year anniversary show and shares 5 worship leader habits that boost church engagement.

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http://prochurchtools.com/051 - Back in the day we would hand out tracts. But how do we evangelize in a digital culture? And how do we do it in a way that is real and not fake? Matt Brown joins the Pro Church Podcast to tackle this question and give some insight.

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http://prochurchtools.com/050 - Kent Woodyard is a part of the team at Mogiv.com. Mogiv is a platform that allows your church to accept online and mobile giving. Kent joins the Pro Church Podcast to discuss digital giving, why it’s important, and how your church can get started with it.

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http://prochurchtools.com/049 - Determining which announcements get shared each week can be difficult. Which announcements get stage time and which don’t? What happens when two announcements seem equally important and you can only choose one? Phil Bowdle joins the Pro Church Podcast to give clarity amongst the confusion.

 
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http://prochurchtools.com/048 - Recording and live streaming your church services requires a great deal of thought. What gear do we need? How many volunteers? What about copyright? These questions require answers, so I invited Brad Zimmerman on the Pro Church Podcast to give us the answers we need.

 
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http://prochurchtools.com/047 - Haley Veturis is the Social Media Manager for Saddleback Church. She joins the Pro Church Podcast to share how Saddleback manages their social media presence and how we can use the same principles to manage the social presence in our churches.

 
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http://prochurchtools.com/046 - Eric Dye from ChurchMag joins the Pro Church Podcast and we discuss a plethora of digital media tools that we’re currently using - 13 tools to be precise.

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http://prochurchtools.com/045 - Measuring social media success within your church is a tall task. How do likes and retweets equate to discipleship and relationships with Jesus? I welcome Josh Burns to the Pro Church Podcast and we tackle this daunting task together.

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http://prochurchtools.com/044 - Starting an audio podcast is a project we recommend for every church. But the technological implications can be daunting. Tom Rossi of Buzzprout.com joins me on the Pro Church Podcast to dispel any myths and complications.

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http://prochurchtools.com/043 - Triple wide media has always been a mystery to me. So I invited Luke McElroy onto the podcast to educate and share his expertise on the multiscreen movement. This is how to do it the right way.

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http://prochurchtools.com/042 - It's a new year! Welcome to 2015. We want to provide you with a guide to your church media journey this year, and so this session of the podcast is dedicated to the 5 cores of church media in 2015. These five cores are the most important lessons we've learned in the last two years and will give you a compass to navigate through digital media in the year to come.

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