Archive for the 'Marketing' Category
I woke up this morning at 4:30 am. I wasn’t really ready to be up, but the brain started working and I couldn’t shut it off. It’s the first day of school for the kids, soccer all gets going this…
Phoenix Church made the Statesman!
Closed Published by Charles Whitmire August 12th, 2007 on ConnexionIt’s always fun to read yourself in print! …well, most of the time it’s fun. (There have been a few occasions when I’ve wished I would have kept my mouth shut!) Here’s the link to the online version of the…
My wife and I just watched the Food Network’s reality show The Next Food Network Star. Two hours worth actually… I guess the disc golf wore us out! It’s actually pretty good, and I think it is amazing how quickly…
The Statesman Phoenix Article …or is it a blog?
Closed Published by Charles Whitmire May 23rd, 2007 on ConnexionEileen Flynn from the Austin American Statesman called me up a few weeks ago and interviewed me about Phoenix - and then she actually showed up for our first service. She wrote about her experience in a blog entry on…
Check out the first ever sermon series for Phoenix Church of Austin! You’ll see bumper stickers, T-shirts, and postcards soon 
FYI - If you aren’t in Austin, then you might want to know that Austin’s slogan is Keep Austin…
Seth Godin: Sliced bread and other marketing delights (video)
Closed Published by Charles Whitmire April 17th, 2007 on ConnexionI read Seth Godin’s blog religiously. In a recent post, he linked to a presentation he gave called, Sliced bread and other marketing delights. If you have the bandwith, it’s worth your time. Here’s a description… In a world of…
I started out with myspace. I used it for a while, and it’s great to find old friends and bands and show off pictures - but that’s about it. I started using facebook this past year. I thought I would…
Can’t wait to see these around town!!
Closed Published by Charles Whitmire January 1st, 1970 on ConnexionSeveral years ago I helped start a bike ride out in Bastrop for the Family Crisis Center. It’s become a very successful yearly event and fund-raiser for them, and it’s fun to see it continue long after I passed on…
Some people want to be like “Mike.” For me, I’ll settle, if I can be just like Vince We are doing his series, “I became a Christian and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt” starting in February. He’s…
At Phoenix Church lately, we’ve been looking at ways to draw a crowd. I think we have a dang good “product,” but how do we get more people to come? For this year, we have a 6-fold “marketing” strategy and…