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How To Make Sure Your Church Website Appears On Google

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Fact: People are using Google for every little decision they make in life. We Google restaurants, transportation schedules, dry cleaners, and tree trimmers.  Just this week I entered this three word phrase into a google search box: Best Hair Comb. As embarrassing as that is, it illustrates the fact that people search for literally everything you can imagine. Churches need to start taking this to heart. For centuries churches have understood that visibility was important.  This is why churches were built with spires or crosses that rose above all the other buildings in town.  It made the church and it’s mission …

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INFOGRAPHIC- How To Choose The Best Font For Your Church

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What is the Best Font? While we all realize there is no answer to that question, there are definitely rules to be observed when it comes to font selection. Recently I read an article that stated that 80% of all modern graphic design is font choice.  While that may be a bit of a stretch, there is no denying that choosing the right typeface can be the difference between a design project that looks great and one that feels homegrown. Have you ever wondered what the best font choice is for your church or ministry? The options are endless but if …

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3 Church Website Trends That Will Reach People In 2016

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2016 is officially upon us and as they do every year church website trends continue to evolve. For most churches the lifespan of a website is three to four years. This means that the websites we built in 2013 are coming up on the end or their lifespan. A church’s website is the first impression for nearly everyone who visits your church.  Your visitors will make assumptions and decisions about your ministry based on what they see there. If people spend time looking at reviews online of restaurants and movies before they make a decision to spend their money, how much …

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INFOGRAPHIC – Responsive Web Design For Churches

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We hear more questions about Responsive Web Design than any other topic in church web design.  People are well aware that church websites need to be mobile friendly and Responsive Design is the best way to do just that. A bad mobile experience is an easy way to scare church visitors away. Every church needs to take their mobile online presence very seriously. If you don’t know what Responsive Design is, this Infographic can serve as a crash course. If you need a responsive church website that will help you reach more people in your community, we can help. Responsive Web …

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Church Website Targeting | Who Are You Trying To Reach?

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When it comes to building a church website one of the first questions we ask every client is “Who are you trying to reach?” This is the question of church website targeting. While we have heard every answer under the sun to that question, there is one that we seem to get more often that all the others.  Churches consistently tell us “We want to reach everybody.” Often they will accompany that answer with a very spiritual backing.  “Jesus accepted everyone, so I think we should do the same.”  Well, we agree with you that both Jesus and your website should …

Church Website Content Is King

Church Website Content | Seven Items You Can’t Forget

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In the web development industry we have a saying. Content is king.  When you strip away all of the graphic sliders, and parallax images, what you are left is the content of your website.  The look and feel of the website is what catches peoples attention but the church website content is what actually engages people. Before we go any further, we need to have a good working definition of what we mean by content.  For the purpose of this conversation church website content is any information including  text, images, audio and video that is created to communicate information to …

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Infographic: How To Write The Perfect Church Blog Post

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Does your church have a blog?  It probably should.  A church blog provides another avenue for leaders to reach their community and beyond with the Gospel. If you do have a blog, have you ever wondered how to write a post that will engage your readers and drive them to make your blog post go viral? While there is no hard and fast rule, here is a detailed breakdown of how to write a killer blog post that will have a higher likelihood of being shared by your readers. For help creating a church website with a blog that will engage …

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INFOGRAPHIC: How To Improve Your Church’s Facebook Reach

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Have you noticed a change in the number of people you are reaching when your church posts on Facebook?  Facebook has made it clear that organizations, including churches should expect that at some point their organic reach will hit zero. Facebook is becoming a pay to play environment for churches, but that’s not to say you can’t still reach people organically. Here are some strategies your church can use to make sure your posts are seen by a high percentage of those who like your page. Infographic Courtesy of QuickSprout

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An Interactive Church Website Past to Present

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What is an interactive church website, really? If you have been a part of or have known a little about the church web industry for a while now you will have heard the words “interactive church website” a time or two for sure. When church websites were born on the internet they all started out like very static brochures or were postcard-like pages. They just gave the user who came to the website the information the organization felt that user needed to have. But when did an interactive church website become important? Well after a couple years, the need for …

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Church Website Branding Is A Bigger Deal Than You Think

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“Branding” is a bit of a buzz word right now out there in ministry and within church leadership. Over the past couple of years ministry leaders have started to realize that they need a brand for their local church or ministry. This is a good thing! I remember a time when churches just thought doing a couple different things for their marketing or just having a website out there was good enough. “It covered the base” so to speak and that was enough. It’s refreshing to now see pastors and ministry leaders knowing they need to go deeper and do …