Comments on: 2 Church Website Pages to Help First Time Visitors http://www.evangelismcoach.org/2009/2-church-webpages-to-help-first-time-visitors/ Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:57:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Church Website Builderhttp://www.evangelismcoach.org/2009/2-church-webpages-to-help-first-time-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-1712 Church Website Builder Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:35:49 +0000 http://www.evangelismcoach.org/?p=1501#comment-1712 Most visitors to US Churches will visit a Church's website before they ever visit the Church. That means your Church needs a website.But a bad website can be worse than no website.If the announcements are out of date or the graphics are unattractive it can be more of a hindrance than a help.Your website is the first glimpse visitors get of your Church. You want to make sure you make a good impression.Here a few ideas to keep in mind about what people are looking for when they come to your website:* Contact Info: This should be easy to find. Make sure people can easily find your phone number, email address and church address. * Service Times: Somewhere prominent on your website should be a list of all the weekly services and their times * Calendar: This is the best way for people to see what is coming up that they might want to attend * Sermons: Posting audio copies of your sermons online will bring both visitors and regular attenders back to your website again and again and will get your message out beyond the walls of your Church * eNewsletter: Visitors to your website can become visitors to your Church. A simple way to keep visitors on the hook is to provide them an opportunity to sign up for your Church's eNewsletter. This will increase attendance at your events from both visitors and members.God Bless, Roywww.camnio.com Phone: 502-9CAMNIO Most visitors to US Churches will visit a Church’s website before they ever visit the Church. That means your Church needs a website.

But a bad website can be worse than no website.

If the announcements are out of date or the graphics are unattractive it can be more of a hindrance than a help.

Your website is the first glimpse visitors get of your Church. You want to make sure you make a good impression.

Here a few ideas to keep in mind about what people are looking for when they come to your website:

* Contact Info: This should be easy to find. Make sure people can easily find your phone number, email address and church address.
* Service Times: Somewhere prominent on your website should be a list of all the weekly services and their times
* Calendar: This is the best way for people to see what is coming up that they might want to attend
* Sermons: Posting audio copies of your sermons online will bring both visitors and regular attenders back to your website again and again and will get your message out beyond the walls of your Church
* eNewsletter: Visitors to your website can become visitors to your Church. A simple way to keep visitors on the hook is to provide them an opportunity to sign up for your Church’s eNewsletter. This will increase attendance at your events from both visitors and members.

God Bless,
Roy

http://www.camnio.com
Phone: 502-9CAMNIO

]]> By: OurChurch.Comhttp://www.evangelismcoach.org/2009/2-church-webpages-to-help-first-time-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-1284 OurChurch.Com Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:47:43 +0000 http://www.evangelismcoach.org/?p=1501#comment-1284 Hey Chris,Good ideas for ways to use the church web site to help first time visitors. I've recommended many of the same things in our <a href="http://blog.ourchurch.com" rel="nofollow">Christian Web Trends</a> and <a href="http://ChurchMarketingOnline.com" rel="nofollow">Church Marketing Online</a> blogs.Regarding the church with the disconnected parking lots... as much as a web geek as I am I'd say the more important solutions are off-line...1) Make sure there is good signage around the campus.2) Station lots of volunteers where the parking lots meet the buildings and have them say to everyone, "Good morning! Welcome to XYZ church. Can I help you find where you're going?"No matter how good your church website is, it can't compare to friendly, helpful people. :)In His Service, Paul Steinbrueck OurChurch.Com Hey Chris,

Good ideas for ways to use the church web site to help first time visitors. I’ve recommended many of the same things in our Christian Web Trends and Church Marketing Online blogs.

Regarding the church with the disconnected parking lots… as much as a web geek as I am I’d say the more important solutions are off-line…

1) Make sure there is good signage around the campus.

2) Station lots of volunteers where the parking lots meet the buildings and have them say to everyone, “Good morning! Welcome to XYZ church. Can I help you find where you’re going?”

No matter how good your church website is, it can’t compare to friendly, helpful people. :)

In His Service,
Paul Steinbrueck
OurChurch.Com

]]> By: EvangelismCoachhttp://www.evangelismcoach.org/2009/2-church-webpages-to-help-first-time-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-1283 EvangelismCoach Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:24:08 +0000 http://www.evangelismcoach.org/?p=1501#comment-1283 That's a great idea! I'm writing a new ebook on small church websites and I'll be sure to put this idea in there.Chris That’s a great idea! I’m writing a new ebook on small church websites and I’ll be sure to put this idea in there.

Chris

]]> By: Frank Johnsonhttp://www.evangelismcoach.org/2009/2-church-webpages-to-help-first-time-visitors/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 Frank Johnson Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:15:23 +0000 http://www.evangelismcoach.org/?p=1501#comment-1282 This is a good article. One further thing I would suggest for the first time visitors page is to include links to in-depth profiles of folks from your church (not religious testimonies per se, but life stories). Doing something like this will go a long way toward helping people answer the question, "Are these people like me?" This is a good article. One further thing I would suggest for the first time visitors page is to include links to in-depth profiles of folks from your church (not religious testimonies per se, but life stories). Doing something like this will go a long way toward helping people answer the question, “Are these people like me?”

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