I teach Catholic churches, businesses, and ministries how to market like Jesus. Every Monday, I send out the latest musings on Catholic marketing from my position as a Catholic marketing professional, former parish employee, and regular old Catholic mom trying not to lose my mind while raising saints. Subscribe if you want to learn how to apply the strategies Jesus and the apostles used to grow the Early Church to your own marketing work today!
3 minute task to get more visitors this week
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Monday Marketing Musings coming to you on Tuesday after Labor Day — praise God for the great gift it is to get to do this work for Hm! I know this week is likely crazy for you professionally and personally, so I'm going to make this quick: Have three minutes? (Or less if you have this digitized) Put the following message up on your outdoor sign: "All are welcome to come inside and pray — that means you too!" with the hours your church is open. That's it. Often, we focus on all these big things we need to do to attract people that we forget the obvious: People might just not feel welcome coming inside your church just to pray if they haven't been to church in a while. Or they might not even know that the church is open for prayer. Now of course this is made even better if you have flyers or brochures in conspicuous places for visitors to grab and connect with your parish deeper. But at the end of the day, sometimes just inviting them inside and letting Jesus do His thing is more than enough. Let me know if you try it this week and notice more people coming to pray! For His greater glory, Emily P.S. My heart is still breaking after everything that happened at Annunciation Church and School last week — let us keep all of them in our prayers, especially the families affected, the victims still healing, and the long road ahead for the pastor and church and school community. |
Market Like Jesus: The Catholic Marketing Newsletter
I teach Catholic churches, businesses, and ministries how to market like Jesus. Every Monday, I send out the latest musings on Catholic marketing from my position as a Catholic marketing professional, former parish employee, and regular old Catholic mom trying not to lose my mind while raising saints. Subscribe if you want to learn how to apply the strategies Jesus and the apostles used to grow the Early Church to your own marketing work today!
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