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Website Intervention! 10 Reasons You Need a New Website!

Website Intervention! 10 Reasons You Need a New Website!

Your website might need help if… It’s still got an announcement about your Easter service posted on the “Events page.” The staff pictures are more than 4 years old You have flashing crosses and rainbows somewhere on your site It doesn’t have links to your Facebook and Twitter pages The church has moved and is no longer at the “find [...]

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The Q: Choosing Fonts

The Q: Choosing Fonts

Today, Greg gives some simple guidelines for choosing fonts for your site’s content and images. pic by chromatophobe

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Top Posts for July

Top Posts for July

1. 4th of July Staff Party 2. Social Media Usage 3. Facebook New Video Chat 4. Why does your church plant need church management Software? 5. Facebook Advertising 101 6. Reaching the Reached 7. The Q: How do I choose a web design company part 4- Teams 8. Reach Your Members 9. Twitter- Where is it Today? 10. The Q: Branding part 1

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Is Your Website Written in Christianese?

Is Your Website Written in Christianese?

If you have Christian friends and go to a church, chances are you might speak a language different than your unbelieving, un-churched friends.  Phrases like, power in the blood, washed my sins away, evening of fellowship, are probably used freely around a church, but once you step outside those boundaries, it’s likely that no one [...]

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10 Things a Bad Church Website Will Not Do For You

10 Things a Bad Church Website Will Not Do For You

More than half of pastors aren’t satisfied with their website.  I don’t think this is simply because the website design isn’t good enough or the functionality isn’t interactive enough.  While these are 2 huge factors of the 5 key elements of an effective website, I believe the root of pastors’ dissatisfaction lies within the hope [...]

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6 tips for Successful Internal Communication with Your Church Staff

6 tips for Successful Internal Communication with Your Church Staff

Pay attention- if someone is talking to you, give them 100% of your focus. It will not only make them feel like you’ve heard what they said, but you will actually hear what they said. Follow up- after giving instructions; ask the person what they took away from the conversation and how they are going to [...]

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You Have a Website…Now What? (Re-post)

You Have a Website…Now What? (Re-post)

Yay! You have a website! It has amazing graphics, awesome features and, after pain-staking hours of labor, great content. But…now what?  Are people coming to your site? Has it become the main hub of activity for your church or organization? One very important step in setting up a new website is in regard to site traffic [...]

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MediaOutreach’s Top 10 blogs Posts for May

MediaOutreach’s Top 10 blogs Posts for May

What were our top blog posts for May? Well, in case you missed them, you can find a list below. If you ever have a topic you want us to explore and write about, please let us know! The Intersection: Lake Houston UMC The Q: What’s a QR Code? The Q: Why don’t more visitors come to our church? Go [...]

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The Q- How do I choose a web design company?

The Q- How do I choose a web design company?

Today, Greg hits part 1 in our new series “How to choose a web design company” by asking ’should my church use volunteers or just hire a company’. The answer to the question isn’t as simple as you may think… photo by Rajiv Patel

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The Q: Third Party Embed Code

The Q: Third Party Embed Code

Today Greg talks about how you can embed third party embed code into your faithHighway website. He also gives tips to make sure you don’t accidentally change something you didn’t intend to change. pic by Toni F.

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