In today’s episode, we tackle the six most common mistakes churches make on social media. 

Every church should be using social in 2020, but using it the right way is more important than ever before. 

Listen in to learn what your church can do to get the most out of each social platform.

1. Leaving it all on social
2. Not posting often enough
3. Making everything promotional
4. Not using multiple platforms
5. Talking politics
6. Not being conversational

Get this right, and your church reach more people and grow. 

In today’s episode, we do a deep dive into some of the challenges churches face as we switch over to online services. Just because your services are a certain way in-person doesn’t mean you have to do things the same way online. We came up with 8 Ways your online services should be different than your in-person services. We hope it helps your church reach more people and grow.

Your online service should:

1. Be Shorter
2. Have Fewer Songs
3. Feature Less Talking Head
4. Offer A Synopsis
5. Ensure Every Element Is Interesting By Itself
6. Feature More Testimonies
7. Give Fewer Announcements
8. Have Clearer Calls To Action

While all eight of these may not be right for every church, most churches would do well to embrace these changes in their online service.

Your church website is more important now than ever before. In a time when many churches are unable to gather in person, your web presence is now the central hub for so much of church life.

But all of that can be derailed if we aren’t careful.

In our experience churches generally make the same handful of mistakes on their websites. We put together a list of the 11 biggest mistakes that we see the most.

Here they are in no particular order:

1. Big Picture of the Building As The Main Image
2. Big Picture of the Pastor As The Main Image
3. Deep Dropdown Menus With Multiple Tiers
4. All Information On Homepage
5. One Page Site
6. Unnecessary Staff Members On The Staff Section
7. Using Individual Emails Instead of Forms
8. Not Using Calls To Action
9. Sending People Off Your Site For Content
10. Direct Link To Giving
11. Big Homepage Sliders

We hope this episode helps your church build a better web presence.

Church attendance is shrinking across the country. For many, the initial response is to blame the declining numbers on COVID-19, but there may be deeper underlying issues.

This reality is depressing to many church leaders. The old methods look like they will never again work the way they used to.

But if we are willing to change our models in the local church (without compromising the message), this can become the most significant ministry opportunity of our lifetimes.

1. The New Metrics – With the attendance metric becoming less and less useful, what should churches be counting?
2. The New Assimilation Model – Churches can’t afford to sit back and wait things out. We need new assimilation strategies.
3. The New Staff Roles – If most of your staff is dedicated to in-person ministry, it may be time to rethink those positions.

We hope this podcast leaves you encouraged and equipped to make the biggest impact in the new digital default world.

In this episode, Thomas and Ian discuss the Google Grant for churches. The Google Grant gives churches who qualify $10,000/month in free advertising on Google’s AdWords platform. Most churches are eligible. 

• What is the Google Grant?
• How did REACHRIGHT get started with the grant management?
• What kind of results are churches seeing?
• What challenges are churches seeing in using the Google Grant?
• Is the Google Grant right for your church?

To see if you qualify for the Google Grant, visit https://reachrightstudios.com/grant-eligibility-checker/

To learn more about REACHRIGHT’s Grant Management Program, visit https://reachrightstudios.com/google-grant-for-churches/

In this episode, Thomas and Ian discuss the six keys to helping your church thrive online in the time of COVID-19

1. Change Your CTAs (Calls to Action)
2. Keep an Outward Focus
3. Use Digital Connect Cards
4. Try Online Assimilation
5. Reimagine Your Plan Your Visit Page
6. Hone Your Online Giving

We hope each of these ideas help your church reach even more people.

Looking for some help with your church web strategy? REACHRIGHT can help.

In this episode, Thomas and Ian discuss the six keys to helping your church thrive online in the time of COVID-19

We hope each of these ideas help your church reach even more people.

Looking for some help with your church web strategy? REACHRIGHT can help.