Graphic Design Featured

What To Do When Someone Asks You To Make the Logo Bigger

I was at a local Creative Marketing meetup when someone asked the panel of speakers this question. "What should you do when the client asks you to make the logo bigger?" You may know feedback like this all too well, but it doesn't have to be this way.

Figma

Do Design Tools Matter?

Do tools matter? If so, how can the tools we use affect our ability to do our jobs as church communicators?

Marketing

How To Mass Produce Content Without A Large Team

Creating content at scale is challenging, but it doesn't have to be hard because there are many ways to help automate and streamline the content creation process.

Freelancing

Value Pricing vs Hourly Billing

If you're a freelancer or independent consultant pricing your services based on value is essential. However, there is a common theme among value pricing advocates that suggests hourly workers don't value price, which simply isn't true.

Livestreaming

The Ultimate Guide to Live Stream Frame and Bit Rates

Are you having trouble determining which frame rate or bit rate you should be using? Don't fear, in this reference guide we're going to find out which settings you need to be using for your live stream.

Books

New Years Resolutions: Read More Books

Already gave up on your New Years Resolution? Let's try something easier instead. Here are 6 books to keep your mind going strong!

church websites

How to Automatically Update Your Website's Footer Copyright Year

Want to learn how to update your website's footer copyright year automatically? This copy and paste code snippet is for you!

Livestreaming

Live Streaming After Corona: Don't Stop

Most of our regions have started or have already lifted COVID restrictions on churches, but should churches continue to live stream after COVID-19?

Facebook

New Facebook Group Features for Virtual Small Groups

Facebook is launching new features that make creating virtual Small Groups for your church easier to grow and manage.

Visitors

Don't Park There: How to Craft Meaningful Visitor Experiences

This is a post about parking lots, mugs, and spam. Confused about how those three fit together? Well, the answer is visiting a church.

Cameras

$1000 Church Livestream Video Camera Guide (updated 2021)

We can't all afford $5000 cameras and most of us aren't shooting 8k every Sunday. Thankfully there are a few good options in the sub-$1000 range that are perfect for most church use cases. Keep in mind that generally the cheaper the camera the smaller the sensor which means

Design

Technology Is Driving the Direction of Design

Technology has shaped the way we view and use design from the very beginning. How has technology led us to where we are now and what does the future of design look like?

Deploy a Static Website to Digital Ocean (for free)

Let's create a free self-hosted Bio Link web page in 5 steps using an open-source template and Digital Ocean's App platform.

Copyright

Copyright Basics: What You Need To Know

Intellectual property (IP) law is admittedly quite complicated and nuanced; after all, there is a whole discipline in law dedicated to it. However, it is essential for anyone intending to use or repurpose the work of others to be at least mildly familiar with the highlights.

Coding

Should Church Communicators Learn Python?

Spoiler Alert: I think so. Here's why I think you should learn Python or at least hire someone who does.

ProPresenter

Top 7 Fonts for Worship in 2022

Are you using the wrong font for your worship services? What makes a good font for ProPresenter?

Analytics

Actions Speak Louder Than Words: How To Collect Feedback

You're probably collecting member feedback wrong. How can the term "Actions speak louder than words" be applied to your leadership strategy?

Members only

Marketing

Connect Ghost to ConvertKit

A tutorial for connecting your Ghost site to ConvertKit. Uses Javascript and Cloudflare Workers. Beginner friendly and code provided.

Marketing

3 Websites To Find High-Quality Free Stock Photos (Outside of Unsplash)

Not just Unsplash. 3 high-quality free stock photo sites that you can use for your church's social media and graphic design.

Analytics

Why We Use Plausible Analytics

When most people think of web analytics, they first think of Google Analytics, and that's probably because Google Analytics can be found on over 84% of sites [https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/traffic_analysis]. There are a few reasons for that. The biggest reason likely being because it's free.

Church Resources Featured

The Ultimate Church Resource List

There are a ton of church media and resource companies. It seems like new ones pop up every day. Which ones are worth subscribing to and which ones should be passed up? Well, glad you asked. In this post, we have compiled the Ultimate Church Resource List including both free

Ghost

New Look, New Site

The Church Factory is going through some changes. Same owner, same writer but instead of being based on WordPress, we're moving to Ghost. Ghost is a CMS designed for sites like ours. Meaning it's primarily designed for writing and membership sites. Our goal moving forward will be to get you

Best NDI converter

What Is NDI and How Can It Help Me?

What Is NDI? NDI (Network Device Interface) was first revealed in September 2015 by NewTek, the makers of Tricasters, it has grown from being what some called a gimmick or toy to a standard recognized and used by even the largest of productions. History of NDI I first heard about

Apple

Apple's New M1 Chip: Should You Preorder?

So, what’s the catch? For months now, I’ve heard how much better the new Apple Silicon will be. While a little skeptical, I assumed it would be a significant improvement considering how much hype has been built around it. It turns out it’s not that big of

church event plugin

8 Church WordPress Plugins To Improve Your Site

So many plugins… If you’ve used WordPress for any length of time, you probably know that the most prominent feature of WordPress is its plugin library. WordPress has thousands of plugins. There’s a plugin for nearly anything you can imagine (even one that displays Good Good Father lyrics