Weekly Leadership Resource Roundup – February 9, 2018

Welcome to this week’s roundup of awesome resources for leaders! On a personal note, if you missed the news, our church is buying a building and moving (or at least we’re in the middle of the process of trying very hard to do so). Pray for us! Featured...
The Big Picture of Your Online Branding

The Big Picture of Your Online Branding

I’ve had a lot of conversations lately with leaders who have a lot of potential influence. I share similar thoughts with each of them about how to make things happen in the online space. Out of those conversations, I wrote a blog post over at my marketing...
My 10 Core Values for Business and Entrepreneurship

My 10 Core Values for Business and Entrepreneurship

Core values are like guard rails. They keep you from straying off the path. Tom Watson says that every successful organization has “beliefs” that come before its practices. When we put practices before beliefs, we usually blow it somehow. At our church, we...
14 Vital Facts About Email Marketing

14 Vital Facts About Email Marketing

The growth of email users and their frequency of use is incredible… The number of e-mail users worldwide is forecasted to rise to 2.9 billion users by 2019. (Source). The number of e-mail users in the US is projected to grow to 244.5 million by the end of 2017....
You've Heard of Minimalism? How About Essentialism?

You've Heard of Minimalism? How About Essentialism?

There’s a good new book out called Essentialism, by Greg McKeown. You’ve heard of minimalism no doubt, and the concepts are very similar. Essentialism is summed up this way: At the most basic level, an Essentialist gives themselves the permission to stop...
A Rant About Rants and How Pointless Ranting Is

A Rant About Rants and How Pointless Ranting Is

You wanna know what’s wrong with everything? I could tell you what’s wrong with this country – or at least I could give you my opinion about it. I could tell you what’s wrong with “the church” (as though all churches are guilty of...
Guy Kawasaki on Being 'Human' in Business

Guy Kawasaki on Being 'Human' in Business

For blogging, for business, for ministry, for leadership of any kind, humanness is sorely underrated. I love this, from Guy Kawasaki’s The Art of the Start… Call me a romantic, but it’s much easier to evangelize a product that’s rooted in human values. If...