PROMOTE YOUR EVENT

Promotion is the key. Without promotion, the upcoming event will be a failure. Use every avenue available to get the word out. The best forms of advertising are the following.

#1 CHURCH BULLETIN

PRINT SEVERAL WEEKS IN ADVANCE AND CONTINUE

UP TO THE DATE OF THE EVENT.

#2 LOCAL CHRISTIAN RADIO STATIONS

MOST AREA STATIONS WILL PLACE IT ON THEIR

COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR. HOWEVER, PURCHASED

RADIO "SPOTS" ARE MOST EFFECTIVE.

#3 LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS

SOME LOCAL TV STATIONS ALSO OFFER A CHURCH

ANNOUNCEMENTS PROGRAM. AGAIN, PURCHASED

"SPOTS" ARE MOST EFFECTIVE.

#4 PLACE POSTERS IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS

DO NOT PLACE THE POSTERS ALL OVER THE CHURCH

WALLS AND WINDOWS. THE POINT IS TO "GET THE

WORD OUT". SO PLACE THE POSTERS IN AREA

STORES AND GAS STATIONS AND OTHER HIGH

TRAFFIC AREAS.

#5 ANNOUCE THE EVENT WELL IN ADVANCE

START AT LEAST 3 WEEKS IN ADVANCE. AND REPEAT

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

#6 HAVE ALL AREA CHURCHES ANNOUNCE THE

UPCOMING EVENT AS WELL.

HAVE ALL AREA CHURCHES ANNOUNCE THE EVENT.

YOU MIGHT EVEN CONSIDER HAVING THEM PLACE

A FLYER IN THEIR CHURCH BULLETIN AS WELL.

#7 GATHER SUPPORT FROM ALL LOCAL

CHURCHES AND PASTORS.

INCLUDE OTHER PASTORS AND CHURCHES IN THE

SCHEDULE. ASK AREA PASTORS TO PLAN TO COME AND

GREET THE CROWD, AND HAVE SOMEONE FROM THEIR

CHURCH SING A SPECIAL, OR BETTER YET HAVE THEIR

CHOIR OR PRAISE TEAM DO A SONG.

#8 WORD OF MOUTH

GET THE PEOPLE EXCITED, AND THEY WILL SPREAD

THE WORD FOR YOU. TALK IT UP AS OFTEN AS

POSSIBLE. AS EXCITEMENT BUILDS, SO WILL THE

CROWD. PEOPLE WILL COME WHEN IT'S AN EXCITING

PLACE TO BE.