Fifty dollars on Facebook ads before Easter will do more for your church than a yard sign on the highway. That is not an exaggeration. A yard sign reaches whoever drives by. A Facebook ad reaches the exact people in your community who are most likely to visit a church this Easter. But here is […]
Andrew Peters
How to Set Up Your Church’s Easter Funnel (Step-by-Step)
Easter is the biggest attendance day on the church calendar. And most churches spend exactly zero dollars and zero minutes promoting it online. Not because they don’t care. Because nobody ever showed them how. The phrase “Easter funnel” sounds like it belongs in a marketing agency, not a church staff meeting. But all it really […]
How to Get More Google Reviews for Your Church (Without Being Weird About It)
Asking your congregation for Google reviews feels strange. You know you need them. Someone probably mentioned it at a staff meeting. Maybe you even thought about bringing it up from the stage and talked yourself out of it. Here’s why it feels weird: you’re treating it like asking for a Yelp review at a restaurant. […]
What Should Be on a Church Website? The Essential Pages Checklist
Most church websites have a homepage, a staff page, and a "Contact Us" form that nobody fills out. That's not a website. That's a digital bulletin board, and nobody reads bulletin boards. Here's the thing. Your church website only needs about 7 pages. That's it. But what goes on those pages matters far more than […]
Church Website Builder: Free vs. Paid (What You Actually Get)
Every church wants a free website. That makes total sense. You’re working with a tight budget, and if there’s a way to get online without spending money, why wouldn’t you? Here’s the thing. Free church website builders exist. But what you save in dollars, you almost always pay for in time, frustration, and first impressions […]
Why Most Church Websites Don’t Show Up on Google (And How to Fix It)
Here’s something that happens more than you’d think. A family moves to a new town. Sunday morning comes. They open their phone, type “churches near me,” and your church, the one that’s been serving your community for 20 years, doesn’t show up. The family finds a different church instead. This isn’t hypothetical. It’s playing out […]
How to Set Up Your Church’s Easter Funnel (And Get It Done Before Sunday)
Easter Sunday is the biggest day on the church calendar. More people will walk through your doors, or land on your website, on Easter than on any other Sunday of the year. Pew Research consistently shows that Easter draws Americans to church at twice or three times the rate of a typical weekend. Here’s the […]
Local SEO for Churches: How to Show Up When People Search “Church Near Me”
Learn how to get your church to show up when people search “church near me.” A practical, no-jargon local SEO guide for churches of any size.
Church Funnels Survey
Can we be honest for second? The people that make up your community probably aren’t googling your church and getting excited about Sunday. They’re scrolling through Facebook or Google looking for help with different things online. So many churches fall prey to ‘ain’t we something’ advertising. We spin how great our services are, how great […]
What’s a social media marketing plan?
Who else remembers when Facebook was just for college students, Myspace was king and you thought you had the coolest AOL email handle? Simpler times eh? Now there are upwards of 75 popular social media platforms! Over the past 12 years or so social media has become a normal part of our everyday lives. I […]
