Mark MacDonald
@markmac1023.bsky.social
Branding Strategist, Speaker, Bestselling Author of Be Known For Something. Church Clarity.
Church conferences can leave you inspired, exhausted, or both.
Go with questions. Plan your sessions. Talk to people. Study the communication around you. Most importantly, turn what you learn into action.
6 Conference Mistakes to Avoid: Link in Bio.
Go with questions. Plan your sessions. Talk to people. Study the communication around you. Most importantly, turn what you learn into action.
6 Conference Mistakes to Avoid: Link in Bio.
September 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Church conferences can leave you inspired, exhausted, or both.
Go with questions. Plan your sessions. Talk to people. Study the communication around you. Most importantly, turn what you learn into action.
6 Conference Mistakes to Avoid: Link in Bio.
Go with questions. Plan your sessions. Talk to people. Study the communication around you. Most importantly, turn what you learn into action.
6 Conference Mistakes to Avoid: Link in Bio.
You’re not competing with the church down the road.
You’re competing with:
- Distraction
- Busyness
- Everything else on their phone
If your message is clear: people lean in.
If it’s not: they scroll past.
Clarity helps people choose you before they ever visit.
You’re competing with:
- Distraction
- Busyness
- Everything else on their phone
If your message is clear: people lean in.
If it’s not: they scroll past.
Clarity helps people choose you before they ever visit.
September 24, 2026 at 12:14 AM
You’re not competing with the church down the road.
You’re competing with:
- Distraction
- Busyness
- Everything else on their phone
If your message is clear: people lean in.
If it’s not: they scroll past.
Clarity helps people choose you before they ever visit.
You’re competing with:
- Distraction
- Busyness
- Everything else on their phone
If your message is clear: people lean in.
If it’s not: they scroll past.
Clarity helps people choose you before they ever visit.
Church conferences can leave you inspired, exhausted, or both.
Go with questions. Plan your sessions. Talk to people. Study the communication around you. Most importantly, turn what you learn into action.
6 Conference Mistakes to Avoid: Link in Bio.
Go with questions. Plan your sessions. Talk to people. Study the communication around you. Most importantly, turn what you learn into action.
6 Conference Mistakes to Avoid: Link in Bio.
September 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Church conferences can leave you inspired, exhausted, or both.
Go with questions. Plan your sessions. Talk to people. Study the communication around you. Most importantly, turn what you learn into action.
6 Conference Mistakes to Avoid: Link in Bio.
Go with questions. Plan your sessions. Talk to people. Study the communication around you. Most importantly, turn what you learn into action.
6 Conference Mistakes to Avoid: Link in Bio.
September 22, 2026 at 12:14 AM
AI can create content.
But it can’t create clarity.
I help you use AI tools without sounding generic or losing your message.
Plus, I love your ministry. And I want to protect you.
beknownforsomething.com/church-clari...
But it can’t create clarity.
I help you use AI tools without sounding generic or losing your message.
Plus, I love your ministry. And I want to protect you.
beknownforsomething.com/church-clari...
September 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
AI can create content.
But it can’t create clarity.
I help you use AI tools without sounding generic or losing your message.
Plus, I love your ministry. And I want to protect you.
beknownforsomething.com/church-clari...
But it can’t create clarity.
I help you use AI tools without sounding generic or losing your message.
Plus, I love your ministry. And I want to protect you.
beknownforsomething.com/church-clari...
Pastor, your church may be communicating constantly and still not be communicating clearly.
Take a look at 8 church communication mistakes that can limit engagement and growth; link in bio.
Take a look at 8 church communication mistakes that can limit engagement and growth; link in bio.
September 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Pastor, your church may be communicating constantly and still not be communicating clearly.
Take a look at 8 church communication mistakes that can limit engagement and growth; link in bio.
Take a look at 8 church communication mistakes that can limit engagement and growth; link in bio.
September 18, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I was dropped into every mailbox in America.
This is the Walmart direct mailer for their portrait studio. Genuine family portraits. Except I don’t know these kids at all. And they’re not related.
And the picnic basket is empty. Fake fruit.
Plus, the grass is just a backdrop image.
This is the Walmart direct mailer for their portrait studio. Genuine family portraits. Except I don’t know these kids at all. And they’re not related.
And the picnic basket is empty. Fake fruit.
Plus, the grass is just a backdrop image.
September 17, 2026 at 10:47 AM
I was dropped into every mailbox in America.
This is the Walmart direct mailer for their portrait studio. Genuine family portraits. Except I don’t know these kids at all. And they’re not related.
And the picnic basket is empty. Fake fruit.
Plus, the grass is just a backdrop image.
This is the Walmart direct mailer for their portrait studio. Genuine family portraits. Except I don’t know these kids at all. And they’re not related.
And the picnic basket is empty. Fake fruit.
Plus, the grass is just a backdrop image.
AI can create content.
But it can’t create clarity.
I help you use AI tools without sounding generic or losing your message.
Plus, I love your ministry. And I to protect you.
beknownforsomething.com/church-clari...
But it can’t create clarity.
I help you use AI tools without sounding generic or losing your message.
Plus, I love your ministry. And I to protect you.
beknownforsomething.com/church-clari...
September 17, 2026 at 12:12 AM
AI can create content.
But it can’t create clarity.
I help you use AI tools without sounding generic or losing your message.
Plus, I love your ministry. And I to protect you.
beknownforsomething.com/church-clari...
But it can’t create clarity.
I help you use AI tools without sounding generic or losing your message.
Plus, I love your ministry. And I to protect you.
beknownforsomething.com/church-clari...
Pastor, your church may be communicating constantly and still not be communicating clearly.
Take a look at 8 church communication mistakes that can limit engagement and growth; link in bio.
Take a look at 8 church communication mistakes that can limit engagement and growth; link in bio.
September 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Pastor, your church may be communicating constantly and still not be communicating clearly.
Take a look at 8 church communication mistakes that can limit engagement and growth; link in bio.
Take a look at 8 church communication mistakes that can limit engagement and growth; link in bio.
September 15, 2026 at 12:12 AM
When Chris Reinolds (Mission Strategist) brought the Clarity Summit to pastors, something clicked:
It wasn’t about doing more ministry; it was about making it clear. Simple enough to repeat, sharp enough to stick.
If you’re the best-kept secret in town, clarity is your next step.
It wasn’t about doing more ministry; it was about making it clear. Simple enough to repeat, sharp enough to stick.
If you’re the best-kept secret in town, clarity is your next step.
September 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
When Chris Reinolds (Mission Strategist) brought the Clarity Summit to pastors, something clicked:
It wasn’t about doing more ministry; it was about making it clear. Simple enough to repeat, sharp enough to stick.
If you’re the best-kept secret in town, clarity is your next step.
It wasn’t about doing more ministry; it was about making it clear. Simple enough to repeat, sharp enough to stick.
If you’re the best-kept secret in town, clarity is your next step.
Pastor, preaching to a room and preaching online are two different skills.
Attention works differently. Feedback works differently. And online, leaving takes one click.
Here are 3 differences worth considering:
www.brnow.org/opinions/voi...
Attention works differently. Feedback works differently. And online, leaving takes one click.
Here are 3 differences worth considering:
www.brnow.org/opinions/voi...
3 differences between preaching in a room and preaching online • Biblical Recorder
Pastor, there are differences between preaching in a room and preaching online. You understand, because the last few years have been a challenge! For hundreds of years we’ve been communicating to people, in real life (IRL), in a room. Growing that audience has been a challenge throughout our history but we’ve gone into the highways [...]Read More...
www.brnow.org
September 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Pastor, preaching to a room and preaching online are two different skills.
Attention works differently. Feedback works differently. And online, leaving takes one click.
Here are 3 differences worth considering:
www.brnow.org/opinions/voi...
Attention works differently. Feedback works differently. And online, leaving takes one click.
Here are 3 differences worth considering:
www.brnow.org/opinions/voi...
When Chris Reinolds (Mission Strategist) brought the Clarity Summit to pastors, something clicked:
It wasn’t about doing more ministry; it was about making it clear. Simple enough to repeat, sharp enough to stick.
If you’re the best-kept secret in town, clarity is your next step.
It wasn’t about doing more ministry; it was about making it clear. Simple enough to repeat, sharp enough to stick.
If you’re the best-kept secret in town, clarity is your next step.
September 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM
When Chris Reinolds (Mission Strategist) brought the Clarity Summit to pastors, something clicked:
It wasn’t about doing more ministry; it was about making it clear. Simple enough to repeat, sharp enough to stick.
If you’re the best-kept secret in town, clarity is your next step.
It wasn’t about doing more ministry; it was about making it clear. Simple enough to repeat, sharp enough to stick.
If you’re the best-kept secret in town, clarity is your next step.
Pastor, preaching to a room and preaching online are two different skills.
Attention works differently. Feedback works differently. And online, leaving takes one click.
Here are 3 differences worth considering:
www.brnow.org/opinions/voi...
Attention works differently. Feedback works differently. And online, leaving takes one click.
Here are 3 differences worth considering:
www.brnow.org/opinions/voi...
3 differences between preaching in a room and preaching online • Biblical Recorder
Pastor, there are differences between preaching in a room and preaching online. You understand, because the last few years have been a challenge! For hundreds of years we’ve been communicating to people, in real life (IRL), in a room. Growing that audience has been a challenge throughout our history but we’ve gone into the highways [...]Read More...
www.brnow.org
September 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Pastor, preaching to a room and preaching online are two different skills.
Attention works differently. Feedback works differently. And online, leaving takes one click.
Here are 3 differences worth considering:
www.brnow.org/opinions/voi...
Attention works differently. Feedback works differently. And online, leaving takes one click.
Here are 3 differences worth considering:
www.brnow.org/opinions/voi...
To be known for telling the truth, you won’t mind questions.
Known for lying? You’ll hate any challenge.
#BeKnownForSomething
Known for lying? You’ll hate any challenge.
#BeKnownForSomething
September 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
To be known for telling the truth, you won’t mind questions.
Known for lying? You’ll hate any challenge.
#BeKnownForSomething
Known for lying? You’ll hate any challenge.
#BeKnownForSomething
If someone needs 3 clicks, 2 guesses, and a prayer 🙏🏻 to figure out your church website…
You’ve got a clarity problem 😄
Your website should:
- Feel simple
- Sound clear
- Guide people naturally
Because your website is often: your first impression.
Make it work.
You’ve got a clarity problem 😄
Your website should:
- Feel simple
- Sound clear
- Guide people naturally
Because your website is often: your first impression.
Make it work.
September 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
If someone needs 3 clicks, 2 guesses, and a prayer 🙏🏻 to figure out your church website…
You’ve got a clarity problem 😄
Your website should:
- Feel simple
- Sound clear
- Guide people naturally
Because your website is often: your first impression.
Make it work.
You’ve got a clarity problem 😄
Your website should:
- Feel simple
- Sound clear
- Guide people naturally
Because your website is often: your first impression.
Make it work.
Your next first-time guest may discover your church through social media.
These 5 practical church social media tips will help small churches communicate with greater purpose, connect more effectively with their community, and make every post count.
beknownforsomething.com/church-socia...
These 5 practical church social media tips will help small churches communicate with greater purpose, connect more effectively with their community, and make every post count.
beknownforsomething.com/church-socia...
Church Social Media: 5 Tips For Small Churches To Reach More People
Discover five practical church social media tips that help small churches build engagement, reach more people, and communicate consistently.
beknownforsomething.com
September 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Your next first-time guest may discover your church through social media.
These 5 practical church social media tips will help small churches communicate with greater purpose, connect more effectively with their community, and make every post count.
beknownforsomething.com/church-socia...
These 5 practical church social media tips will help small churches communicate with greater purpose, connect more effectively with their community, and make every post count.
beknownforsomething.com/church-socia...
September 4, 2026 at 12:11 AM
If someone needs 3 clicks, 2 guesses, and a prayer 🙏🏻 to figure out your church website…
You’ve got a clarity problem 😄
Your website should:
- Feel simple
- Sound clear
- Guide people naturally
Because your website is often: your first impression.
Make it work.
You’ve got a clarity problem 😄
Your website should:
- Feel simple
- Sound clear
- Guide people naturally
Because your website is often: your first impression.
Make it work.
September 3, 2026 at 12:11 AM
If someone needs 3 clicks, 2 guesses, and a prayer 🙏🏻 to figure out your church website…
You’ve got a clarity problem 😄
Your website should:
- Feel simple
- Sound clear
- Guide people naturally
Because your website is often: your first impression.
Make it work.
You’ve got a clarity problem 😄
Your website should:
- Feel simple
- Sound clear
- Guide people naturally
Because your website is often: your first impression.
Make it work.
Your next first-time guest may discover your church through social media.
These 5 practical church social media tips will help small churches communicate with greater purpose, connect more effectively with their community, and make every post count.
beknownforsomething.com/church-socia...
These 5 practical church social media tips will help small churches communicate with greater purpose, connect more effectively with their community, and make every post count.
beknownforsomething.com/church-socia...
Church Social Media: 5 Tips For Small Churches To Reach More People
Discover five practical church social media tips that help small churches build engagement, reach more people, and communicate consistently.
beknownforsomething.com
September 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Your next first-time guest may discover your church through social media.
These 5 practical church social media tips will help small churches communicate with greater purpose, connect more effectively with their community, and make every post count.
beknownforsomething.com/church-socia...
These 5 practical church social media tips will help small churches communicate with greater purpose, connect more effectively with their community, and make every post count.
beknownforsomething.com/church-socia...
September 1, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Twenty-five years have taught us this:
Communication isn't about saying more, it's about being clear.
When churches replace branding myths with clarity, people understand the message, and they're more likely to respond.
Here's to the next 25 years.
#BeKnownForSomething
Communication isn't about saying more, it's about being clear.
When churches replace branding myths with clarity, people understand the message, and they're more likely to respond.
Here's to the next 25 years.
#BeKnownForSomething
August 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Twenty-five years have taught us this:
Communication isn't about saying more, it's about being clear.
When churches replace branding myths with clarity, people understand the message, and they're more likely to respond.
Here's to the next 25 years.
#BeKnownForSomething
Communication isn't about saying more, it's about being clear.
When churches replace branding myths with clarity, people understand the message, and they're more likely to respond.
Here's to the next 25 years.
#BeKnownForSomething
Here are 5 practical ways to make your church bulletin more useful, more engaging, and easier to navigate, while letting your website handle the details.
Read the article for ideas you can apply this week.
#pastors #churchcommunication
thealabamabaptist.org/5-tips-for-i...
Read the article for ideas you can apply this week.
#pastors #churchcommunication
thealabamabaptist.org/5-tips-for-i...
5 tips for improving your church bulletin so more people will read it | The Alabama Baptist
Want to improve your church bulletin so your printed worship guide will be not only user-friendly but also in demand? You have an uphill battle, but there are
thealabamabaptist.org
August 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Here are 5 practical ways to make your church bulletin more useful, more engaging, and easier to navigate, while letting your website handle the details.
Read the article for ideas you can apply this week.
#pastors #churchcommunication
thealabamabaptist.org/5-tips-for-i...
Read the article for ideas you can apply this week.
#pastors #churchcommunication
thealabamabaptist.org/5-tips-for-i...
August 28, 2026 at 12:04 AM