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I’ll be frank… if you’re the pastor, principal, or leader of your non-profit, this is a gigantic waste of your time. 🤷‍♀️ Additionally, you don’t know what you don’t know about web design and user experience (two fields you can get whole masters degrees in). It would be like me trying to write a sermon. That being said, I […]

Website Design

August 30, 2024

If you must DIY your website…

Let’s dig into the pros and cons of breaking apart your two sites. PROS CONS I made this change for a church/school a while back. Since then, they’ve shared with me that they’ve seen far more school tour requests come through than they had in the past. Of course, this could be due to more […]

Website Design

August 23, 2024

Should your church and school have separate websites?

We’ll start with some vocabulary you need to know: “Above the fold”: The section of your site your viewers can see right away without scrolling. In the past, best practices told web designers to have every important piece of information above the fold. That’s how we achieved the stunning creation (sarcasm) that is Apple’s original homepage: In 2024, […]

Website Design

May 24, 2024

The most crucial pixels on your website

I could get on my high horse and talk about how important it is to treat your digital presence much like you treat your physical location. Mow the lawn… Pick up the trash… Plant new flowers… Change your sign every week… I could go on… ​ But, I’ll hold myself back… today. 😉 If you have an […]

Website Design

May 3, 2024

5 ways to make the most of an ugly website

Our attention spans are getting shorter by the day. That’s why website speed is an important consideration for digital marketers like me (and like you!). Google performed a study about the impact of slow load times on mobile, and the results are super interesting. Read more about the study here.​ This tells me that churches & […]

Website Design

March 22, 2024

Is your website the tortoise or the hare?