How Your Church Can Prepare for Summer Giving
The summer season may bring an influx of visitors to your church, but it can also bring a shift in attendance due to vacations, camps and holiday travel. Creating a plan that will enable your church to stabilize its giving throughout the summer months can be done with ease thanks to the implementation and use of Online Giving. Here are some helpful tips to help your church prepare for summer giving: Create and...
Online Community is Community
In the beginning days of the Church, it was not about specific buildings or the title on the sign out front. Churches were made out of dining rooms and were built around community. As those communities grew, it became more necessary for buildings dedicated to their work to be built. Over time, the Church became less about community, but technology has forced that to change. Where for many years the church was more of a one-way...
Are You Ready for Mobilegeddon?
Next Tuesday is a big day for SEO professionals and really for anyone who has a website as it’s the launch of Google’s new mobile focused algorithm (or Mobilegeddon). Here are a few things your ministry website should know in advance of Mobilegeddon: Algorithm Update Focused on Mobile For years Google has been warning webmasters about optimizing their desktop sites for mobile usability. This upcoming update has been years in the...
4 Things To Know About Church Mobile Apps
Mobile Apps are all the rage in the digital space, but should you place all your eggs in the app basket? After all, an app’s value is only worthwhile if your congregation downloads and interacts with it. Here are a few ideas to focus on when launching a church mobile app: First Comes The Website In order to drive your congregation to using an app, first you need a functional church website that is already being utilized by your...
How to Get Your Church Staff Involved in Social Media Engagement
Social media is an excellent marketing tool when it comes to promoting your church events and services. You are able to use a variety of free channels to show your congregation members or visitors what is new and exciting in your ministry. Reaching more of an audience can be done by encouraging social sharing, and an easy place to start this is with your staff. Visibility Making sure your church website has easily accessible...
Dropbox for Churches
Dropbox is a great cloud-based, file-sharing tool for personal use or business use. It lends itself beautifully for churches as well. What Is It? Dropbox works across multiple platforms and devices (Mac, PC, Linux, Android, iOS etc.). At a basic level, it works just like a “Documents” folder on your computer, where you drag and drop files into it. You can open files from the folder and save the updated versions. But what...
