Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Provide a Clear Online Giving Call to Action on your Homepage. Here are 4 reasons to put a ‘give’ button on your homepage: 1. It makes giving obvious. – If someone comes to your website with the intent to give, why make... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Follow Up is Key Your probably seeing more people on watching your church online than every before. I’ve talked with several pastors who are amazed at the attendance they are seeing online. Some churches are seeing 3-4x the amount of people watching online as... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Make it Easy to Find your Online Service and Schedule On your homepage, you should have a WATCH LIVE button that takes people over to a page where your Worship Experience Livestream lives. This is the place where you’re going to embed the Livestream... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Test your Stream before Sunday Test everything you can. Test how your streaming provider interacts with Facebook or YouTube. Test how the stream goes to your website if you’re using something like Church Online Platform or FreeOnlineChurch.com You can test your stream... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Use These 3 Buttons on your Homepage So what are the buttons? WATCH LIVE KIDS SERVICE GIVE ONLINE Let’s talk through each: WATCH LIVE Because you’re probably 100% online right now, the #1 thing your people are looking for right on your... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Think through your Online Service Flow In the last video, I shared that I think the best way to engage your audience online during COVID-19 is with a Pre-Recorded and packaged service video, simulated live on all your social platforms. If you’re pre-packaging your... read more
Your volunteers are your first and most important priority. As churches we strive for excellence, create systems and processes, but at our core we can’t forget we are pastoring people always. Whether we are reaching people outside our walls who are distant from God or whether we are caring and... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Pre-Record your Worship Experience and Simulate Live Here are my reasons why I’m suggesting this: You can record multiple services in one setup if you needed. This might save you trips to the church or trips to someone’s house, that sort of thing. If... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Start with what you have! We serve churches that the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed them into an Online Worship Experience where they haven’t had one before. You might be at a church like this. You might have very little online presence if any at... read more
We are so thankful and grateful to work with such awesome churches and ministries we had the privilege of working with this Easter. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we had the unique privilege of producing several online Worship Experiences that were seen by millions of people online this year. Truly... read more
Church Leaders – Here are my top ten tips to make great videos while recording yourself on a phone during this crisis. Spending a little effort with these tips will avoid making bad home recordings while we are social distancing. 1. Framing – Shoot mid thigh up. This allows you... read more
Evangelism is a scary word for many Jesus followers. The thought of sharing ones testimony might induce a cold sweat in some. For others, the thought of inviting someone to church might release a swarm of butterflies in one’s chest. Sharing one’s faith in the pre-COVID-19 days may have come... read more