Church Brand Guide Podcast | Logo, Website, Video, and Design

Denis Estimon is our guest, and he shares the most effective tool your church can use right now to reach people: Instagram Reels. The effectiveness of social media is constantly changing, but you can get ahead of the game by listening to this episode. Churches are typically behind in using new tools for reaching an audience. Don't be like most churches. 

While serving on a church staff in communications, Denis realized he could reach many people through "digital outreach." He was able to cut through the noise to grow the church. He saw how his marketing skills could share the church's ideas like wildfire. All he needed was to shift his mindset from marketing to outreach to be more authentic, resulting in being more effective.

A great church logo design will get you noticed. It relates to people in your community and creates a recognizable impression. As a communications director, you must invest in a well-designed logo, so your marketing is more effective. The logo is the tip of the iceberg when building a brand. It has to be right so you can put it on everything from signs, to printed materials, to digital media. A gr...

In this new podcast episode, you'll learn how I implemented a new brand for a church that has been around for decades in the Church of God in Christ denomination. Now they are growing in weekly attendance and church membership. Building a brand is a powerful tool a church can use to clearly and concisely communicate its benefits. Clarity is what cuts through the noise to reach people, letting them...

You can leverage events to grow the church, just like we help Cornerstone Church do to see new families join the church every month. The key is to think about building your brand instead of just promoting an event. When you get this right, you'll have effective promotions to get new guests to come to the church. You will steward the church money well and be more creative in your marketing.  M...

In this new podcast episode, we look at eight tips for what makes a great church logo design, and you'll see the logo I created for Calvary Church, located in Pella, Iowa.  What is your logo saying about you? People judge a book by its cover, and your logo is the most seen part of your brand. The problem may be that your logo communicates that you are not relevant to your community. Get an up...

A great brand is built by asking great questions. I have a list of 20 questions that I ask my new clients to help me get up to speed with their current brand and the vision they have for the future. Once I have these answers, I can choose the right colors, fonts, and graphic treatments that represent the vision and then create a visual identity that aligns with the vision. This alignment builds a...

You will get tips for creating a sub-brand as I share the example of branding a men's conference. Tip: Create sub-brands only for significant events that reach many people. Otherwise, use the church's brand standards (colors, fonts, etc.) to create smaller event promotions. Tip: Have a target audience avatar for the event, so you choose your design elements and messaging specifically for that pers...

Since rebranding, True Life Church is seeing a great deal of momentum moving them toward growth. See the story of the True Life Church rebrand from First Assembly of Clay County. More people are attending the church on a regular basis. Pastor Billy knows the difference knowing God has made in his life to transform him from an addict to a provider of hope as a minister. He is passionate about helpi...

A fresh vision needed to be implemented at Legacy Church to take them from where they were to where they needed to be. Pastor John Dunn took over Legacy Church after the previous pastor built it 40 years. He changed the culture and has seen a growth of over 130% in attendance in 2021. Giving has increased by 300%, and this all happened during the pandemic. This episode will provide you with brandi...

Great brands reach people where they are and invite them in. Dain Jepson is the executive pastor of Montgomery Community Church, and he joins us to discuss how they are creating a brand to reach people as the dust settles on the pandemic. Dain gives insights on the branding process and how his team was able to come together to have meaningful discussions. He also shares the impact the new brand is...

We discuss using some business tactics to reach people for ministry with Geno Guevara. This episode will open your mind to new possibilities for what is available to you as a ministry. We often get stuck in our own world, but the most significant innovations come from ideas outside our circle. Geno owns a martial arts business where he uses software to create sales funnels and automation to bring...

In this episode of the Church Brand Guide Podcast, our guest, Nick Agimudie, discusses how you can develop a culture of creativity in your church to attract creative people and keep innovating within the church. Many churches struggle with creativity. There is a tension between being genuine and innovating within the church. The result is that churches don't attract creative people, and they feel...

In this episode, we are talking about Christmas. How do we give people the Christmas experience to make them stay and become part of our church? SHOW NOTES Imagine Christmas as a tradition in your church, where people in your church and the community look forward to the Christmas season every year. Achieving this can happen with the mindset of a strategic marketing framework. Identifying Christmas...

If you are thinking about rebranding your church, this will be the perfect place to learn about the branding process and the steps that will get you results to see more first-time guests. In this episode, we are unpacking the story behind the Christwalk Church rebrand. You'll learn how to create a brand rather than design a logo. I will also show you three things an effective logo design needs to...

Clarity allows brands to thrive in our culture, and it's why I believe every church should build its brand. While we want to welcome everyone to church, good branding identifies who we are good at reaching and focuses on reaching out to that target audience. Branding is about knowing who you are as a church and positioning yourself to your target audience based on your identity. Joshua Riggs joins...

Your church matters, but does your community feel like that it matters to them? When a church focuses on creating a brand, it relates to people, so they believe that it is relevant for their lives. In this podcast episode, Pastor Lucas Forsthoff of Cornerstone Church just outside of Detroit shares practical branding tactics they are using to see new guests attend and create new members. Listen to...

Easter is coming sooner than you think. In this episode, I'll guide show you how to brand your Easter service to build your reputation, which causes people to come back. It starts by determining a value of your church that you want the Easter event to focus on. By choosing a value of your church as a theme, the Easter experience promotes the church wholistically and is not just a one-time event. O...

Your church's website is where new guests come first to decide whether they will come on a weekend. The website needs to be designed like an employee with a specific job working 24/7 to get people to a worship service. In this episode, I want to give you a strategy to design a website that will answer the questions people have when they check out your church online. When you get this right, people...

Legacy Church had a fresh vision with a new pastor to reach all 3  generations of people in their city. They wanted grandparents to be able to come to church that is also appealing to their children and grandkids. We worked to design a brand strategy that resulted in the brand visuals for the logo, website, and facility signs. In this video, we discuss the process of how we went about creatin...

Good branding transforms a church from being the best-kept secret in town to becoming a pillar in the community. People will say, "we have been looking for you all our lives." Your church has a fantastic message that needs to be heard by the community. A well-designed brand allows the church to be perceived as relevant so people will be open to listening to your message. This is the final part of...

Over the years, I have created a process that will allow your church to create a compelling brand in your city. A good starting point is a great logo and tagline. I have an agency that specialized in designing brands for churches. In the last video post I shared how GO Church experienced a 30% increase in attendance after rebranding, Vibrant Church planted in a new city and in seven months had rea...

Branding is the perception people have of your church. It's what they say about you. The question is, are they saying the right thing about your church? In this episode, we will begin a series where we take a look at 3 steps to rebrand your church and creates momentum. As an agency owner, I build brands for churches. I am passionate about helping churches understand how to leverage powerful brandi...

Waters Edge is a church plant that wants to get noticed the blue-collared community they serve. I created a brand around the vision of Pastor TJ and his team that would relate to the city. In this episode, you'll get inspired by the branding process and learn the tactics that result in an attractive design. The colors are in line with the local NFL football team, which is a big deal to the area. W...

In this podcast episode, we take a deep dive into Pastor Kevin's church rebrand process who is part of the CBG Membership. He is working on building a culture that has the momentum to grow New Life Christian Center so they can reach more people. We discuss creating a new tagline that is more reflective of what benefits the church offers. I also provide some feedback on his website to make it more...