I have a label on one of the monitors in my office that says, “Can this be automated?” This is a reminder to always be looking for ways to automate work that is being done manually. Seldom is there an application that will do my work outright, but automation allows me to organize work more…
As you may know by now, I am a big fan of Squarespace. They offer a lot of help and support to help new users. This help comes both through their “how-to” guides and videos and their support community made up of other Squarespace users. For a lot of folks, this is all the help…
In the first post of this series, “Stories, Your Website’s Secret Sauce,” I wrote about our need to share stories if we want to convert website visitors into church visitors. In my last post, “Stories – Finding the Secret Sauce,” I shared some ways to find those stories in your congregation. Now we get down…
I shared in my last post, “Stories, Your Website’s Secret Sauce,” that if we want to convert website visitors into church visitors, we need to share stories. In my next post, I will share some ways to share that content on your website in an engaging way. But first, we need to find some stories.…
I think a lot about church website content. My list of essential content has grown and changed over the last couple of years. However, there has been one thing missing as I have blogged, taught and consultated churches about their virtual front door. If we want to convert website visitors into church visitors, we need…
When I start talking about Search Engine Optimization (S.E.O.), most people’s eyes glaze over. Let me explain it in plain language. People use search engines (like Google) to find things on the internet. You probably knew that. Sometimes they don’t even think about it. Most modern browsers allow you to type what you are looking…
This past week, I was thinking about theology and technology as I was re-reading Bishop Robert Schnase’s book Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations. We are incredibly blessed as an annual conference to have a bishop who thinks and writes with a strategic and systematic view of how we, as a denomination, can move forward in…
