The Blog Archive

Have you ever looked at your website through the eyes of a first-time visitor? If not, consider taking a few minutes to run a mini site audit. Here are a few things to guide your thoughts: “I’m new” button (or something similar) Check out Elevation Church’s website (a mega church near me). Notice the “Let’s tailor your experience” section. […]

If your website doesn’t show up in search results, that’s a bit of a problem… but not to worry! Here are 3 things to check: (In order from least to most nerdy) 🤓 First of all, let’s clarify: If you go to Google right now and search {Name of your church} in {your city}, you will […]

Do you see any of these on your homepage? Keep reading 👇 ⛪️ CHURCH SITES Remove anything that’s too insider-specific. (Ex: volunteer sign-up forms, usher or Sunday school teacher schedule, copies of the newsletter, budget reports, links for online giving, the date for the next voter’s meeting, link to join a private Facebook group, you get the […]

Whenever I start work on a website, I start with HotJar. It’s easy to install and will give you plenty of data on the free plan. Basically, it’s a little bit of code that you plug into your site. Hopefully I didn’t lose you when I mentioned code. I pinky-promise it’s easy. ​HotJar will [anonymously] track […]