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You’ve been reading about how to keep up a cohesive brand. Clearly, you care about this. But maybe others in your organization aren’t as aware of the importance of staying on-brand. What can you do to get your whole team on board? 1) Take responsibility. If your instructions to your staff/volunteers were essentially, “Be creative and […]

Graphic Design

April 28, 2023

What to do if your staff or volunteers don’t get the whole “branding thing”

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 […]

Website Design

March 3, 2023

Your church/school not showing up in search? Check these 3 things.

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 […]

Website Design

February 10, 2023

3 Things to Take Off Your Site’s Homepage

Odds are, you have a collection of helpers working on your social media, website, service slides, YouTube thumbnails, service folder covers… the list goes on… …and maybe each one of your helpers has a different idea about how those things should look… as a result, things can get a bit chaotic. What’s a Style Guide and how can […]

Graphic Design, Graphic Designer

February 3, 2023

Create Cohesive Graphics using a Style Guide (I made one for you)

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 […]

Website Design

January 20, 2023

Know {for sure} how to Improve your website with My Favorite Free Tool