The Pro Church Tools Show with Brady Shearer

Brady talks about how you can 4Xs the engagement on your church's Facebook page by using your existing audience in new ways.   Pro Church Daily is brought to you by Storytape.com . Unlimited stock video downloads on a single monthly subscription. For the month of January, join Storytape Unlimited and use the coupon code "daily" to get a 10% forever discount, along with Brady's private vault of 25...

Brady shares some surprising statistics on which generations are spending the most time on social media.   Pro Church Daily is brought to you by Storytape.com . Unlimited stock video downloads on a single monthly subscription. For the month of January, join Storytape Unlimited and use the coupon code "daily" to get a 10% forever discount, along with Brady's private vault of 25 proven video templat...

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools   #TIMESTAMPS:   2:57 - What are some posts that you would maybe see on aworship ministry page that would get good engagement? 13:17 - The focus for my church is our local area but for my Pastors ministry, it's international. I am interested in how you would approach marketing being this...

Go where the attention is - with most North Americans using social media daily, churches have an incredible opportunity. Brady shares which platform your church should be on.   Pro Church Daily is brought to you by Storytape.com . Unlimited stock video downloads on a single monthly subscription. For the month of January, join Storytape Unlimited and use the coupon code "daily" to get a 10% forever...

Communication has shifted drastically in the last several years with the introduction of the internet and social media. Brady talks about this shift and how it's changing the world.   Pro Church Daily is brought to you by Storytape.com . Unlimited stock video downloads on a single monthly subscription. For the month of January, join Storytape Unlimited and use the coupon code "daily" to get a 10%...

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.   Pro Church Daily is brought to you by Storytape.com . Unlimited stock video downloads on a single monthly subscription. For the month of January, join Storytape Unlimited and use the coupon code "daily" to...

Storytelling is one of the most important communication skills. Brady gives 3 tips on how to make your stories more engaging.   Pro Church Daily is brought to you by Storytape.com ;. Unlimited stock video downloads on a single monthly subscription. For the month of January, join Storytape Unlimited and use the coupon code "daily" to get a 10% forever discount, along with Brady's private vault of 2...

Millennials are currently the largest living generation. Brady discusses the facts, and how this affects everyone - including churches. Pro Church Daily is brought to you by Storytape.com ;. Unlimited stock video downloads on a single monthly subscription. For the month of January, join Storytape Unlimited and use the coupon code "daily" to get a 10% forever discount, along with Brady's private va...

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.   Pro Church Daily is brought to you by Storytape.com . Unlimited stock video downloads on a single monthly subscription. For the month of January, join Storytape Unlimited and use the coupon code "daily" to...

http://prochurchtools.com/197  - Getting people to go from visitor to a fully integrated member of your community can be difficult. Kyle discusses how to make the most of your visitor follow up process.   What's In This Session? Leading the way with MORE free resources for the local church (8:27) How your church can take advantage of the free items on Open Network (11:19) Avoiding band-aid solutio...

http://prochurchtools.com/196  - It's important to look ahead and plan for the future. Phil joins us to take about this next generation of churches, and where he sees the church going in the future.    What's In This Session? Ministering through the biggest communication shift in the last 500 years (9:11) Recognizing the importance of change despite being wildly successful (10:35) How much longer...

http://prochurchtools.com/195  - Most people will look at your website before visiting your church. Greg talks about how to make a great first impression.   What's In This Session? What makes a church website so important? (6:38) Improving your website's SEO (search engine optimization) (13:43) The most important button on your church's website (18:55) Checklist for your website's 'I'm New' page (...

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools   #TIMESTAMPS:   1:01 - Churches are predominantly made up of an older generation, knowing they need to change, but struggling to know how. How can we help them and what should that compensation look like? 12:20 - How do we adjust the sound between the worship time and the video of our a...

http://prochurchtools.com/194  - Balancing multiple jobs can make it difficult to feel like your ministry is reaching it's full potential. Casey shares his tips on making the most of your productivity.   What's In This Session? The rise in prominence of bi-vocational lead pastors (6:00) Productivity tips from a busy bi-vocational leader (11:37) Tip #1: Powerful Exercise: Determining your hourly ra...

http://prochurchtools.com/193  - Storytelling is the best form of communication, but sometimes it can be difficult to translate it to social media. Rob discusses how to share micro stories on social.    What's In This Session? How to track down the worthwhile stories in your church community (7:04) Why it's important to begin capturing stories before you need them (10:28) The storytelling "c word"...

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools   #TIMESTAMPS:   1:04 - I was wondering if you had a solid workflow there at Pro Church Tools with how you manage your photography? 8:51 - Do you have any tools or thoughts on how to help my staff understand how people will perceive what they communicate? 15:50 - Most churches use their...

Engage Church is taking reaching their community through social media very seriously. In fact they set the audacious goal of being the most followed church in their city on Instagram. Currently they are 835 people away from reaching this goal. Their storytelling architect, Billy Humphrey, joins Brady to figure out what they can improve to hit their goal.   Meet The Church Being Coached Church Name...

  On this episode, we switch up the podcast and have our friend Peter Guirguis interview Brady about Pro Church Tools, how it started, and how he deals with set backs.   What's In This Session? What Brady was like as a child (7:41) Why Brady decided to attend Bible College (15:34) How Pro Church Tools began (19:14) Learned vs. innate abilities (24:25) God's role in the accomplishments of Pro Churc...

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools   #TIMESTAMPS:   0:59 - I'm about to be hired as the director of media and communications for my church but neither of us really know what to charge. How does one go about figuring out the numbers? 5:24 - Do you have mic recommendations for announcements or interview videos? 12:53 - Do y...

  Being a once a year event, Bold Conference is struggling to build a year round advertising strategy. Brady sits down with Carson to put some plans in place.   What's In This Session? Church Name: Bold Conference Church Location:  Kansas City, Missouri Church Age:  Pre-planning Church Size:  Sponsor church is 500 On the coaching call:  Carson Cooper - Creative Contract   Show Notes & Resources Me...

http://prochurchtools.com/191  - One of the struggles when it comes to storytelling in your church is finding stories to tell. Adam shares his strategy, as well as storytelling structure in this session.    What's In This Session? How to discover stories in your church (and why not everyone's story is worth telling) (14:13) Convincing individuals in your church to share their stories on camera (17...

► Subscribe to my channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=ProChurchTools   #TIMESTAMPS:   1:03 - How do we measure if a creative project "moves the needle forward" enough? 9:48 - What's your opinion on website video background? 16:28 - Any suggestions to improve our countdowns so people in the lounge stop ignoring them? 23:38 - We are looking for a solution for sending nu...

Peninsula Covenant Church is just about to launch their second campus and are wanting to flesh out out what that means when it comes to structure and communications. Brady weighs in with his thoughts.    Meet The Church Being Coached Church Name: Peninsula Covenant Church Church Location:  Redwood City, California Church Age:  65 years Church Size:  900 - 1,000 On the coaching call:  Tony Gapaston...

http://prochurchtools.com/190  - Carey Nieuwhof is a pastor who does Instagram well. He joins us to discuss learning Instagram when you're not a digital native, and his best Instagram tips.    What's In This Session The origins of the name Connexus Church (11:34) Why an older pastor would dive into Instagram (17:01) Using social platforms aspirationally (21:44) How to learn Instagram when it feels...

Watch the video version of this episode of The #AskBrady Show here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ProChurchTools   #TIMESTAMPS:   1:04 - How can we pray for you? Also, what are your top five things that are quality content that a mobile church can offer to their community that could convert into a non-creepy invite? 13:34 - Why is 'hello@whatever' better than 'office@whatever' or 'info@whatever'? 1...