The Pro Church Tools Show with Brady Shearer

Next steps need to be clear to your visitors, as well as your existing congregation. Brady discusses using colour as a solution to the Christianese surrounding connect cards and visitor centres.   What's In This Session? What is Christianese? (0:24) Example: the fellowship desk (1:22) Use colour instead (1:54) Example: a local restaurant (2:15) Applying this to connect cards (4:29)   Show Notes &...

Storytelling is the most important skill you can learn to help your church grow, succeed, and accomplish your vision and mission. In this episode Brady shares his 3 step storytelling formula.   What's In This Session? Step #1: Take inventory (1:14) Step #2: Assign value (1:50) Step #3: Give credits (3:42) The benefits (5:04)   Show Notes & Resources Mentioned Nucleus Pro Church Tools Pro Church To...

Storytelling is the most important skill you can learn to help your church grow, succeed, and accomplish your vision and mission. In this episode Brady shares his 3 step storytelling formula.   What's In This Session? #1 - Edit your Instagram name (1:07) #2 - Use Linktr.ee (2:41) #3 - Clickable hashtags & handles in bio   Show Notes & Resources Mentioned Linktr.ee Bit.ly Gwinnett Church on Instagr...

A common question we receive is how often churches should post on social media. Brady talks about the intersection of quantity and quality and how to use this to determine a number.   What's In This Session? A common way churches sabotage (0:38) New algorithms (1:26) Most churches don't have the resources to post too much (2:21) The intersection of quantity and quality (4:00)   Show Notes & Resour...

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools   #TIMESTAMPS:   0:59 - When it comes to our churches Facebook group, what would you recommend as guidelines for things like soliciting from people who own businesses within our church? Should the group be private or public? 7:50 - So if you have 5 announcements on Sunday morning do you...

No one will know what your email says if they never open it. Brady and Alex discuss some email best practices that can help boost your email open rates.   What's In This Session? 10/10/80 Subject line testing (0:48) Re-send to those that haven't opened with a different subject line (1:56) Plain text emails (4:52) Purge your email list of dead contacts (6:08) Send at the same time of day and week (...

Live chat enables people to get in touch with your church instantly. Brady shares some stories using live chat, and the software they're using to make it happen.     What's In This Session? Justin's story (0:26) The tools (2:09) Nathan's story (2:45) Devin's story (4:12) Owen's story (5:04) Ben's story (5:50)   Show Notes & Resources Mentioned Drift Intercom Nucleus ForefrontChurch.info Storytape...

Brady discusses a leadership lesson that is very important in his work and personal life - taking responsibility - in this episode of Pro Church Daily.   What's In This Session? Nobody likes someone who makes excuses all the time (0:22) Our haters (0:54) What can I learn? (1:33) You are not your work (3:07) Tiny example: Lily's toothbrush (4:10) Extreme example: Aunt asks about infidelity (4:56) W...

Brady talks about the marketing of Nucleus, as well as the difference between a bootstrapped company and one with investors, and why being autonomous is so important to us.   What's In This Session? The emails that sparked this episode (0:23) How it normally works (1:46) How Pro Church Tools works (3:00) The Autonomy Advantage (5:43) 80% of Pro Church Nation will never give us a dollar - and we lo...

Pre-registration for children of first time guests to your church and your kids' ministry will help streamline the sign in process, and save both your guests and volunteers time. Brady talks through the benefits and the process in this episode.   What's In This Session? Why you should offer pre-registration (1:02) Step #1 - The form (3:24) Step #2 - Follow up (4:28) Step #3 - First time visitor ar...

Taking the step to attend a church for the first step is a huge step. Asking for their contact information is another big ask. A great thank you gift helps.   If you haven't already, head over to ProChurchTools.com/Nucleus to download our 7 Church Website Page Templates . Pre written copy structured the exact way we would if we had these pages on our websites.   What's In This Session? Why a free...

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools   #TIMESTAMPS:   1:00 - Apart from changing the website completely, how can I have a call to action without referring to our website? 5:32 - What do you do with the Let Us Know You're Coming info as a church of about 600? How do we know which visitor to look out for in the sea of people?...

The footer of a website is often overlooked, but being one of the only things available on every page, it can be extremely valuable to use this real estate well. Brady discusses what should be included in the footer of a church website.   If you haven't already, head over to ProChurchTools.com/Nucleus to download our 7 Church Website Page Templates . Pre written copy structured the exact way we wo...

A lot of people find and research local businesses online. This means that it is important for your church to rank well in search results. Brady talks about Search Engine Optimization and some easy steps to improve your SEO.   If you haven't already, head over to ProChurchTools.com/Nucleus to download our 7 Church Website Page Templates . Pre written copy structured the exact way we would if we ha...

Your website is your church's main representative online. This is why choosing a great domain is so important. Brady discusses three rules to follow when choosing a domain.   If you haven't already, head over to ProChurchTools.com/Nucleus to download our 7 Church Website Page Templates . Pre written copy structured the exact way we would if we had these pages on our websites.   What's In This Sess...

Print may not be efficient, but it's not dead. Brady talks about the unique role connect cards play in church communications and his single best tip to get more people to fill it out.   If you haven't already, head over to ProChurchTools.com/Nucleus to download our 7 Church Website Page Templates . Pre written copy structured the exact way we would if we had these pages on our websites.   What's I...

Having a single destination for information makes communication simple and streamlined. Brady talks through some tips on how to make a central hub kiosk work for your church.   If you haven't already, head over to ProChurchTools.com/Nucleus to download our 7 Church Website Page Templates . Pre written copy structured the exact way we would if we had these pages on our websites.   What's In This Se...

Brady discusses the concept of a central hub. He covers the necessary elements for a central hub, as well as how it can help your church accomplish its vision and mission in the world.   If you haven't already, head over to ProChurchTools.com/Nucleus to download our 7 Church Website Page Templates . Pre written copy structured the exact way we would if we had these pages on our websites.   What's...

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools   #TIMESTAMPS:   1:00 - What do you know about a company called Filmora - a video editing software? 5:32 - What are your thoughts on content used for Instagram & Facebook stories? Same content on both? 7:14 - I'm trying to get into video testimonies/stories of how groups have helped peop...

During the construction of Nucleus Brady has done, and read, tons of research on what makes a website great. In this episode he shares the single best way to improve your church's website.   If you haven't already, head over to ProChurchTools.com/Nucleus to download our 7 Church Website Page Templates . Pre written copy structured the exact way we would if we had these pages on our websites.   Wha...

A picture is worth a thousand words. Brady discusses the types of images churches are using on their websites, as well as which types to avoid and which to use more of.   If you haven't already, head over to ProChurchTools.com/Nucleus to download our 7 Church Website Page Templates . Pre written copy structured the exact way we would if we had these pages on our websites.   What's In This Session?...

As part of his research Brady conducted a study on church websites and whether they can pass a first impression test. In this episode he breaks down each part of this test.   If you haven't already, head over to ProChurchTools.com/Nucleus to download our 7 Church Website Page Templates . Pre written copy structured the exact way we would if we had these pages on our websites.   What's In This Sess...

Using statistics and studies, Brady discusses three aspects of websites that can elevate your church website and make a great first impression.   If you haven't already, head over to ProChurchTools.com/Nucleus to download our 7 Church Website Page Templates . Pre written copy structured the exact way we would if we had these pages on our websites.   What's In This Session? #1 - Inspirational Image...

Having, and knowing, the main goal for your church website can help clarify what should and should not be included on it. Brady discusses what your website goal should be.   If you haven't already, head over to ProChurchTools.com/Nucleus to download our 7 Church Website Page Templates . Pre written copy structured the exact way we would if we had these pages on our websites.   What's In This Sessi...

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools   #TIMESTAMPS:   1:01 - I have a question for you in regards to staffing assignments, is Nucleus going to include any kind of scheduling software? 3:35 - Best (affordable/under $300) audio set up for iPhone X? 9:10 - On a church Instagram account, should you follow back those that follow...