Small Church Media Podcast

Should You Stop Livestreaming Your Church Services to Facebook?

In recent months, it seems like more and more churches have complained about their worship services being muted both during the live stream and after the service is over. Because of the growing concern of service being muted, many of these churches are looking for alternative ways to stream their services.In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, I talk about why your service are potentially being muted, how to do the best you can to make sure that your services don't get muted, and where you can livestream your church worship service for maximum performance. Plus, we talk about ways to make it much easier for your church members to find the livestream on your website.Official Sponsors of the SCMP:Tithe.lySermonShots (use the coupon code SCMP30 for 30 free days)Links mentioned in the show:Restream.ioRestream WebsiteWordpress YouTube Live PluginsWP YouTube LiveYouTube Instruction from ReachRightSquarespace YouTube Live Integration:Sociable KitHelp the Show: Leave FeedbackConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

The Finer Points of Podcasting: 5 Questions Every Podcaster Asks When Getting Started

I am in many different Facebook groups for podcasting (both Christian and secular), and every time someone decides to make the plunge into the podcasting world, 5 questions tend to be asked:Question 1: Where do I get music for my intro music and outro music.Question 2: Where should I host my podcasts? Question 3: How does platforms like Apple Podcast and Spotify work?Question 4: Do I have to make new graphics every week for the podcast?Question 5: Do I also have to have my own website with my podcast?In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, I set out to answer each of these 5 questions so that as you begin your podcasting journey for your new digital ministry, you can be sure that you how podcast truly works and are technically prepared to launch your show!Official Sponsors of the SCMP:Tithe.lySermonShots (use the coupon code SCMP30 for 30 free days)Links mentioned in the show:Free Music:YouTube Audio LibraryPurple PlanetBen SoundPaid Music:Pond5Small Church Media Podcast Subdomain:http://smallchurchmediapodcast.buzzsprout.comSouth Side Sermon Embed:Click to view pageConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

The Bare Essentials of Church Communications, Part 2

In life, there are always three categories: Nice to have, good to have, and need to have; church communications is no different. I believe that in small church communications, there are essential, need to haves, such as having a Google Business Profile and a website; however, there are many areas in church communication that are simply good or nice to have.In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, I break down what types of communications fall into the essential category and secondary categories. Plus, I have a some bonus opinions about where small churches often spend a lot of money hoping to make an impact, but often, have a little return on their investment. Here's Part 2 of the two part conversation around the Bare Essentials for Church Communications with Abby from Church Communications.Church Communications: Click hereLeave your thoughts on the show: Click hereSmall Church Media Free Sermon Series Graphics Mini Course: Sign Up HereOfficial Sponsor of the Small Church Media Podcast: WorshipToolsOther Episodes You May Enjoy:The Bare Essentials of Church Communications, Part 1How to Plan, Staff, and Present a Sunday Morning Worship Service for Completely Free, featuring Adam Meyer of WorshipToolsHow to Keep Up with All Things New Regarding Church Media (Geared for Small Churches)4 Important Website Pages that Churches Tend to Forget AboutConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

The Bare Essentials of Church Communications, Part 1

In the world of church communications, there are many facets that are exciting and fun! Social media posts, livestream, logo creation, flyer creation, and capturing photos are areas that most people believe do to help their church communicate its message, but are these things essential to how your church functions online? If not, what are the bare essentials of church communications?In this episode, I am interviewed by Abby of Church Communications for their podcast about this very topic. This conversation ended up being a two part conversation, but by the end of these two conversations, you will know how to categories your communication efforts into essential, secondary, and not important, and how if you get these categories switched, you may be wasting your time and efforts.Church Communications: Click hereLeave your thoughts on the show: Click hereSmall Church Media Free Sermon Series Graphics Mini Course: Sign Up HereOfficial Sponsor of the Small Church Media Podcast: WorshipToolsOther Episodes You May Enjoy:How to Plan, Staff, and Present a Sunday Morning Worship Service for Completely Free, featuring Adam Meyer of WorshipToolsHow to Keep Up with All Things New Regarding Church Media (Geared for Small Churches)4 Important Website Pages that Churches Tend to Forget AboutConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

The 7 Most Successful Podcast Styles That Christians Listen to Every Week

If you take a stroll through the major podcast listening platforms like Spotify and Apple Podcast, you are able to see the top podcasts in each area of life, including Christianity. To help you think through what type of podcast you create, a took a look at the top charts for all of Christian podcasts and found that there are 7 styles of podcasts that Christians LOVE (besides sermons), and in this episode, I list those 7 styles of popular Christian podcast, how you can create a podcast to match that style, and why you should use that style for your own show!A big part of growing a successful church podcast is getting started on the correct direction for your show. This episodes aims to help you do just that!Leave your thoughts on the show: Click hereSmall Church Media Free Sermon Series Graphics Mini Course: Sign Up HereOfficial Sponsor of the Small Church Media Podcast: WorshipToolsOther Episodes You May Enjoy:How Do You Grow Your Newly Started Podcast?How to Start an Online Ministry for Your Church CongregationThe Best Way to Get First Time Visitors to Your Church Using Social Media (Proven Method) with Chris Abbott of Church Marketing UniversityConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

How Do You Grow Your Newly Started Podcast?

You've decided to start a podcast (for your church, ministry, or self), you purchased your podcasting gear, decided on your type of podcast show, but now you are stuck trying to figure out how to grow your show and have people tune in every week. You aren't able to sit back and hope that people will engage; you need to intentionally take steps to help your podcast grow.In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, Marc talks about 3 sure fire (and free) ways to grow your podcast and make sure that your church knows that your podcast is just as viable a ministry as any other ministry in your church.Resources Mentioned in the Show:Christian Podcasters Facebook GroupChristian Podcast Guests Facebook GroupSmall Church Media Free Sermon Series Graphics Mini Course: Sign Up HereOfficial Sponsor of the Small Church Media Podcast: WorshipToolsOther Episodes You May Enjoy:Church Email Newsletters – Are They Worth It?How to Start an Online Ministry for Your Church Congregation4 Tips on How To Get More People to Listen To Your Sermons OnlineConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

If You’re Going to Create a Podcast for Your Church, Where Do You Begin?

Last week on the podcast, we talked about how podcasting could be the new Sunday School for churches in the modern, digital age. In this weeks episode, Marc begins talking about how you go about setting up a podcast for your church to make sure that you get off on the correct footing!From settling on the purpose of your new podcast, your set-up, the show formatting, and the gear needed to pull off a great show, this episode gives you an over-arching approach to starting your podcast for your church or ministry, while also providing you an actual, step by step guide to get started.Resources Mentioned in the Show:Hosting Platforms:AnchorBuzzsproutPodbeanGear:Audio Technica ATR2100Samson Q2URodeCaster ProUSB Audio InterfacePrograms:Mac: GarageBandPC: AudacityMy Free Sermon Series Graphics Mini Course: Sign Up HereOfficial Sponsor of the Small Church Media Podcast: WorshipToolsOther Episodes You May Enjoy:4 Tips on How To Get More People to Listen To Your Sermons OnlineWhat is the MetaVerse and Should Small Churches Embrace this New Digital Phenomenon?Four Ways to Get Your Church’s Sermons OnlineConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

Is Podcasting the New Sunday School for Small Churches?

In the 18th Century, Sunday School was created to fill a need in people's community. What was the need? Education. Since the evolution of society and ministry, Sunday School switched from being a place where children and adults were given a basic education to a place where people were being taught about the basics of the faith. However, in recent years, Sunday School numbers have be dwindling, leaving churches asking the question, "How do we get people to come back to Sunday School and the church building to grow their faith?"In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, Marc talks about how we need to flip our focus from getting people to come to the church to learn more about their faith and instead get out to our congregation. How do we do this? Through podcasting. This episode is the first of many episodes talking about the benefits of podcasting for your church, how it can help grow the faith on your congregation throughout the week, and how, if done correctly, can succeed in the same goals for which churches still do Sunday School.My Free Sermon Series Graphics Mini Course: Sign Up HereOfficial Sponsor of the Small Church Media Podcast: WorshipToolsOther Episodes You May Enjoy:Why Your Church Needs a Google My Business Page4 Tests To See If Your Website Is Doing It's JobHow to Use Facebook Ads Correctly To Reach More PeopleConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

Easy and Simple Ways to Get Your Church Found Online

You have a website, great! Now what? You need to get eyes on your website so that people can learn about your church and then become an in-person visitor. In order to do this though, you need to do certain things on places like Google, Bing, Social Media, and your own website to be found online. In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, Marc breaks down the easy and simple ways to get found online, and as a bonus, some technical ways to help make search engines love your website!My Free Sermon Series Graphics Mini Course: Sign Up HereRecourses mentioned in this episode:Learn about SEO and why it mattersOfficial Sponsor of the Small Church Media Podcast: WorshipToolsOther Episodes You May Enjoy:Why Your Church Needs a Google My Business Page4 Tests To See If Your Website Is Doing It's JobHow to Use Facebook Ads Correctly To Reach More PeopleConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

How to Craft the Perfect Mission, Vision, and Values Page on Your Website

Every church has a mission and vision. Granted, it may be as simple as the Great Commission or the 2 Greatest Commandments or a full blown development statement with values and graphics to match. But either way, every church has a reason for its existence and its purpose in its community, but sadly, many churches don't tell people those mission, vision, and values. In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, Marc talk about what each of these statements/ideas are and how you should craft a webpage on your website to inform website visitors what your church is all about!Official Sponsor of the Small Church Media Podcast: WorshipToolsOther Episodes You May Enjoy:HOW TO DEAL WITH IMPOSTER SYNDROME AS A SMALL CHURCHHOW SMALL CHURCH PASTORS CAN SHOW UP ONLINE WITH MORE INTENTIONALITY & BE WORTH FOLLOWING. FEATURING DR. JENNIFER BENNETTCHURCH EMAIL NEWSLETTERS – ARE THEY WORTH IT?Connect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

Top 5 Easy Ways to Help Website Visitors Be Prepared to Walk Into Your Church

The whole purpose of your church's website is to help people go from website visitors to in person visitors. There are many ways in which our websites can and should help people be comfortable with walking into our church buildings, but sadly, many churches fail to take their website visitors on this journey.In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, Marc Marc talks about the Top 5 easy ways that your church can help website visitors become true, real, in-person visitors. The best part? These are do-able, no matter your church size.Other Episodes You May Enjoy:THE 6 TYPES OF PHOTOS YOUR CHURCH NEEDS & HOW TO GET THEM ALL ON ONE SUNDAY4 IMPORTANT WEBSITE PAGES THAT CHURCHES TEND TO FORGET ABOUT4 TESTS TO SEE IF YOUR WEBSITE IS DOING ITS JOBHOW TO DEAL WITH IMPOSTER SYNDROME AS A SMALL CHURCHOfficial Sponsor of the Small Church Media Podcast: WorshipToolsConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde

Should We Get Rid of the Printed Church Bulletin?

Is the church bulletin dead? When you ask churches from all across the country this question, the response is pretty varied. Some churches have both a physical and printed bulletin, some churches say that stopping their printed bulletin was the best decision their church ever made, and some say that they will only and ever do a printed church bulletin.So what should your church do regarding the printed church bulletin?In this episode of the Small Church Media Podcast, I list out the pros and cons of having a physical, printed church bulletin, digital alternatives if you decide to drop the printed bulletin, ways to save money on printed bulletins, and my open and honest thoughts regarding the use of bulletins in the worship service.Links mentioned in the episode:YouVersion Events for Your ChurchOfficial Podcast Sponsor:WorshipToolsOther Episodes You May Enjoy:4 Important Website Pages that Churches Tend to Forget AboutFree Software, Tools, and Resources for Your Church4 Tests to See if Your Website is Doing its JobConnect with Marc:Email: hello@smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://smallchurch.mediaWebsite: https://marchyde.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/tmarchyde