4 ways to make your church more VISIBLE online
#1 Update your Google Places
Make your church pop up on Google Maps and map searches.
DIFFICULTY - Easy TIME REQUIRED - 5 to 20 minutes COST - Free RIGHT FOR MY CHURCH? - YES, absolutely every church should do this.
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#2 Update your church's listing on the Presbytery's Website
DIFFICULTY
- Easy TIME REQUIRED - 10 minutes COST - Free RIGHT FOR MY CHURCH? - YES, always. HOW TO GET STARTED 1) click here and view your church's listing 2) send new photos or descriptions to Laura Lupton |
#3 Create a website for your church
DIFFICULTY
- Easy to Medium (Evan is happy to walk you through it over the phone if you have any trouble) TIME REQUIRED - 1 hour per page if you already have the pictures you want. You can spend even more time as you wish. COST - Free for a website ending in .weebly.com - About $25-$40 a year if you purchase your own website "domain name" RIGHT FOR MY CHURCH? - YES, even a one-page, nice-looking website with helpful basic information and good pictures gives potential visitors peace of mind. - Spending more time to make a fuller website can be helpful to visitors as well and make an even bigger impression if you have someone at the church willing to be "webmaster"! |
Why Weebly?
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#4 Have a GOOD Facebook page for your church or youth group
DIFFICULTY
- Easy to Medium (More time-consuming than difficult) TIME REQUIRED - 10minutes to 1hr each week or more - Basically, you need to be "good" at Facebook, and use it regularly. COST - Free RIGHT FOR MY CHURCH? - DEPENDS. YES, IF you have someone trustworthy to run the page on behalf of the church who will keep the page updated and interact with facebook users. - NOT WORTH IT, If you do not have someone you can trust to do it who uses Facebook all the time.
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