Our first collateral pieces are here!
Time to get to work promoting the 2012 Christian Acappella Music Awards!!
I weighed myself this morning…
As I stood on that scale and realized that I had gained another 5 pounds, and that now I was a healthy 215 pounds, I couldn’t help but think it was finally time. So, I decided to finally cut my hair.
I cut my hair, and it felt awesome, because for the the first time in too many years, I didn’t feel like I needed it.
It had been so long since I’d worn a low fade… at least 6 or 7 years. Illness had made it so that my entire head would break out, and I just didn’t like people looking at it and asking questions, so I decided to grow my hair out.
Sometimes we hide because there doesn’t appear to be another option.
For so many years, I hid behind an afro I really didn’t care for, but was really unable to rid myself of. It really wasn’t until earlier this year when my then girlfriend would tell me that I should begin to take more pride in those aspects of my life, the grooming and clothing departments. It had been so long that I just saw myself as a guy with a ton of crazy, unmanageable hair. But, because of her, I finally decided to see my dermatologist and finally find a solution for things. Sometimes we need people to kick us out of our pseudo-comfort zone.
I feel different. I feel new.
I’ll gladly tell anyone that this has been the best year of my life.
In my year-end assessment, I can’t help but look back and think that this year of change all started one evening when a crazy girl came to my apartment and threw away my favorite sneakers and told me it was time to do things differently.
It feels good to change.
It’s still a long way to go..
It’s time for a 2012 refresh…. So, I decided to order new business cards.
So, for those keeping count… I’ve decided to throw away those 1000 cards I just purchased last month.
It’s like that sometimes….
| Event | 2010 Pricing | Percentage | 2012 Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 2010 Christian Acappella Music Awards | $35.50 | 52.593% | $39.44 |
| CAMA Friday Night Live | $9.00 | 13.333% | $10.00 |
| CAMA Saturday Matinee, presented by Trinity One Studio | $7.00 | 10.370% | $7.78 |
| The CAMA Pre-Show | $6.00 | 8.889% | $6.67 |
| CAMA Friday Matinee Concert | $5.00 | 7.407% | $5.56 |
| CAMA Thursday Kickoff Concert | $5.00 | 7.407% | $5.56 |
| $67.50 | 100.000% | $75.00 |
Finally completed the first official ad campaign for the 2012 Christian Acappella Music Awards. I’m in the process of developing around 15 separate pieces of collateral for printing over the next 2 days. This downtime over the holiday weekend will hopefully allow me to get a lot of the prep work done before we send everything off to the printer.
COLOR!
Finally rounding myself into shape in terms of redeveloping my website, I’ve decided to develop a few infographics. I have an entire set of releases, but for now, I’ll start off simple. Just a little showing of where the Church is prevalent and where it is not.
The Church of Christ In the US
101 or more congregations
1 – 100 congregations
Okay, I’ve finally got around to putting together an infographic on the Church of Christ in the United States of America. As I continue with my independent study, I’ll post more graphics and finally, my reports by the end of August September.
The Church of Christ In the US
2001 – 3000 congregations
1001 – 2000 congregations
501 – 1000 congregations
301 – 500 congregations
201 – 300 congregations
101 – 200 congregations
1 – 100 congregations
My aim, yet as I live, is for that distant shore.
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I’ve finally completed the media strategy for CAMA 2012; Simply waiting for the go-ahead to send our first campaign materials to press. Until then, I’m redeveloping all of our marketing materials for 2012, including our media guides.
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