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Blog Archive
December 01, 2015
Is Your Church Website Ready for Christmas?
UPDATE 2017: Check out our expanded list of 10 Things for Your Church to Check Before Christmas!
We're officially in the season approaching Christmas! Before life gets really hectic, take a moment to make sure that your church website is ready for Christmastime visitors:
- Map and Directions: This is one of the most important pieces of information a new visitor needs, so it's best placed on your front page—or make sure you have a clear link on the front that takes visitors to that information. If you have a website with Online Church Solutions, you already have access to a Top Slidedown Panel. This feature clicks from the top of every page on your website, automatically creating a Map from your map location, a Contact section for phone, email and physical address, plus a third section that can be used for Service Times, a brief Welcome, or whatever information you'd like people to easily access.
- Update Contact Info: Nothing is more frustrating to a visitor than to use a contact method or information and it doesn't work. Take a moment to review your website with fresh eyes regarding phone numbers, email addresses, and even old information (End of Summer Picnic?). Click on links within your website to make sure they do what they're supposed to do, and send a test email through your Contact or other forms to make sure a visitor contact is being received by the right email address in your church.
- Place Special Service Times on the Front: Make sure your visitor can easily find out when the Christmas Cantata times are this weekend by giving that information a prominent place on the front of your website.
- Consider a "What to Expect" Page: If your church doesn't already have one, a "What to Expect" page can be a helpful way for visitors to your church feel comfortable about attending your services. Explaining dress attire, style of worship or even where to park gives people the confidence to attend your service without feeling awkward. Need some inspiration? Check out this Visitor Page from one of our churches, Greenwood Baptist Church in South Carolina.
