Congratulations! Choosing to create your church website on Wordpress means you’re using the very popular church content management system (CMS) that’s open source, free (non-proprietary), and highly adaptable. We highly recommend it for creating and maintaining your church website! But before you celebrate too much, remember a church website is never done. Your...
“Our church needs an app!”, I often hear. I cringe. When this is exclaimed, it’s THE thing that will fix all their church communication. But a Church App probably won’t solve your communication issues. After working with churches for 2 decades, I usually look no farther than the website to see if the...
Your church website is critical for your digital hub communication strategy. If your church website sucks, your communication strategy probably struggles too. Want to improve? This completes our 11 clues. Read the first 5 clues here. Your church management system (CMS) is restrictive. The website infrastructure system (discussed in #5) is your CMS....
It’s pretty simple, we live in a digital world. People rely heavily on the internet to provide information. That’s why your church website is critical for your digital hub communication strategy. If your church website sucks, your communication strategy probably struggles too. Want to improve? Check these 11 clues to assess how you’re doing...
Short of naming your church, finding the right web address is your most difficult task. Why? Because most people will end up discovering you or ministry information on your website. Yes, your website content needs to be very good in order for Google to direct searches to you. We deal with issues like...
There are many communication channels for your church. You can talk from the stage, in your bulletin, through text or email messaging, on one or all social media channels, and your church websites. What matters most? That you communicate where most in your congregation have access to — and where your community can...
Everyone can benefit from strong Church SEO, a third party endorsement. When someone recommends what you’re offering. Wouldn’t it be great for a trusted friend to recommend your church? The next best solution? When Google (or another search engine) gives results that recommend YOU! Winner! We tend to trust one of their first...
You’re trying to achieve a great online presence and develop your church website. You’re looking at other websites and wondering why they’re so informative and entertaining. You even get pulled into clicking around and finding several things that capture your interest. Why can’t you? Why does your website feel lackluster?! It’s not as...
Your church website is the critical center of your digital communication hub. An app requires downloads (few download and fewer will use more than once). Social media relies on algorithms to deliver to followers (~12%). Emails are only opened by a third (and very few actually read them).Think stage announcements work better?...
