If I had my way, every preacher would also be a writer. Some of that is because of purely selfish reasons. I think most of our brethren have amazing content that deserves to be read, and nowhere will it achieve a wider audience than online. (I guess that means some preachers could also do videos […]
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If you’ve tried to find church software lately — presentation, AV programs, financial and member management, etc — you know that it’s hard to nail down exactly what you want. Some softwares are incredibly bloated. They include a ton of features and program options that you don’t now — nor will ever — actually need.
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For a lot of new bloggers, frequency is usually one of the biggest question marks they have. How often should I blog? Should I schedule posts? Should I drop them all whenever they’re ready? Will the world explode if I stop posting at the same time every week? Fortunately, here’s the truth about blogging frequency:
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With the right marketing and a few hundred dollars of capital, a church could send a short video message to anyone that identifies as a Christian on Facebook to upwards of ninety miles from the church’s location. Or if it’s doing an apologetics lectureship, target atheists and agnostics. The possibilities are endless. Never before has
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“I’ll get around to it.” “That’s one of our goals for this year.” “We’re not really a business, are we?” I’ve heard all the excuses, but the common denominator in churches putting off creating/claiming their Google business listing is that they simply don’t see the importance of it. This is a problem with churches and
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Reviews are the lifeblood of any online presence. It doesn’t matter if you’re selling widgets through an online store or running a dog grooming service in the middle of the Ozark mountains, if you have a website, you need a Google business listing. And if you have a Google business listing, you need reviews. Why?
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The content is written, the keywords are optimized, so you throw your blog article up on your website and wait for the traffic to start rolling in. And then you keep waiting. And then you wait some more. And you still wait. Before you know it, 30 years have passed and you missed your son’s
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Keywords. You’ve heard of them. You know you should use them. But what in the world are they? To some, they are this mystical digital mojo that is closer to Luke Skywalker’s use of the force than a real, applicable marketing term. Place them in the right hands, and the online universe is at your
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First off, if you’ve made it past the headline, then bravo to you. There are a lot of people that will read the phrase “local SEO,” wonder what in the world that is, and then immediately click out of it. Fortunately, it’s not really that complex. SEO is short for “Search Engine Optimization,” which is
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I’m not exaggerating when I say that out of all the different parts of your website – About Us, Sermon videos, contact information, etc – the single most important page will be your blog. That may seem like a stretch, but stay with me. Your blog is part of an overall approach called “content marketing.”
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