5 Things I have learned in a month at Church Plant Media.
1) If you don’t write it down, it didn’t happen. Documentation of happenings makes you remember to follow up and following up leads to success.
2) Decisions about policy and pricing are defined by your mission and vision but must remain balanced with profitability.Last Friday the executive leadership team of Church Plant Media rolled up their sleeves and decided to drop the price of all of our websites to $1000.00. This decision happened 2 months, then the team went to work on making it a reality. The results were a simplified homepage, new pricing page, and a new strategy.
3) Your passion dictates your process. We are passionate about the Gospel and so that is where we start with any new prospective client. They must sign our Gospel agreement to work with us. Sometimes we have to say no to ministries that don’t align with us Biblically; this can be hard because you lose profit. But when your passion and truth dictate action then the decisions become easier.
4) Our team is more of a family than a work group. This is not to say that we don’t work hard, because we do. Very hard. But there is something special about working for an established (13 year old) company that functions as a start-up and works sometimes til 2 in the morning, but at the end of the day the team that prays together grows together. Every time someone on our team needs prayer the team stops and prays, every time we face challenges or tough decisions we start by asking God what he would have for us. Its unreal. I love my family, I mean work team.
5) Your leader and his vision greatly determine your success. I have never worked for a more humble, genuine, authentic guy. **Side note: I love that our vision caster and leader is the same guy at the office as he is in his home. When asked recently if he would take an extremely large amount of money to sell the company, his response was simple: NO. I love what I do and am fully convinced this is where God has me and wants me. Man its good following after someone who is following after God.
And lastly 6) if you will. Our calling is Jesus. We love building websites, but it comes after loving the Lord right and loving our families right.
Gospel Blessings,Matt
