Expert Interview — Simple Church Websites that Work

Based on what my newsletter subscribers tell me, many of you don’t like the look or feel of your church website.

• They are embarassing.
• They are clumsy.
• They are hard to keep up to date.
• It was designed 10 years ago in HTML and uses expensive software.

What if you could fix that

• for free (do it yourself) or
  
• for a small fee and outsource a new setup and then upkeep yourself?

Expert Interview

I’ve arranged a conversation with the three experts I look to when it comes to my website.

I knew absolutely nothing 2 years ago, and what you see here at EvangelismCoach.org I learned in under 30 days.

In fact, I got it in under 2 weeks and I still run the entire website all by myself.

It’s really easy, the software is free, and the learning curve was short.  I don’t know a thing about graphic design or HTML or PHP (well, now I know very little).

If you can write, and hit a publish button, you can make an easy to use and keep current church website.

I interview

• Yvon Prehn of Effective Church Communications, who has lots of videos for the do it yourself type
• my personal guru, Neal Locke, who will do simple migrations or start-ups for you
• Paul Steinbrueck of OurChurch.com, who can do more complex websites and custom designs

RESOURCES

Blogging Resources I recommend:

One book I recommend if you already have a blog and need to learn how to improve it is 31 days to a Better Blog.

It’s 19.95 and will give you 31 practical exercises to grow the reach of your blog and give you ideas of the HOW to write and promote content on your blog.

Yvon gave us some awesome ideas on what needs to go on a website.  This book will help you put it in a way that is useful.

Order your copy of 31 days to a Better Blog

Here are the church website resources from our guests:

Paul Steinbrueck at OurChurch.Com:

Twitter: @Paulsteinbrueck
OurChurch.Com – Comprehensive Web Solutions for Christians

OurChurch.Com web design, hosting, & marketing services: http://OurChurch.Com
Christian Web Trends Blog: http://blog.ourchurch.com
Church Website Tips page: http://blog.ourchurch.com/church-website-tips/

Yvon Prehn

Twitter: @YvonPrehn
website: www.effectivechurchcom.com
storefront: www.lulu.com/yvonprehn
YouTube channel: www.YouTube.com/yvonprehn

Neal Locke

Twitter: @MstrLocke
my website:  http://www.mrlocke.net
a consortium I sometimes work for:  http://pokayokedesign.net
facebook:  facebook.com/mstrlocke
Second Life:  Neill Loxingly

See more at: Church Websites are Embarassing

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