Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Send Text Reminders I want to give you a quick idea from my friend Tyler Smith at Text in Church where you can see a 10-15% bump in your Online attendance. Here’s what Tyler suggests and has seen work with. Send... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Utilize your Pre-Show You might start your Livestream a few minutes early to allow people to log on, jump in the chat and start talking and get settled. I would do this 5-10 minutes before your service starts. I’ve also suggested before... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Use Watch Parties to Boost Your Viewership My friend Jason Moore wrote a blog post on our site walking beginners through how to host watch parties. We’ll link over to the blog and the video at 1230.media/ChurchOnline Jason suggests that sending... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Prepare Your Online Host One of the most important elements of enhancing your Online Worship Experience is utilizing Online Hosts. Using Hosts would be similar to a Campus Pastor. When launching a new campus, the first hire you would probably make... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Update your Website Online is here to stay. And the more people engage with your church online, the more important your website is to your church. It is your front door. It is the first thing people see about your church. If it is... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Make it Interactive Online is here to stay. I suggested in a previous video to start changing the language from the podium from your hosts and your pastors to address and acknowledge your online viewers as well as those in the room with you. Let’s... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Create a Dedicated Landing Page for your Livestream The data shows that the most engagement you’ll probably get is to embed your Livestream on your website and point people to your site as the main source for them to watch your service. ... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Go Beyond Sunday Even though your Worship Experience, whether its an in-person gathering or online, is an event that people attend each week, it should be a launching pad of content that you can repurpose each week. I’ve talked to some communications folks that are at... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Stream Your Music Legally As you move to pour more energy into your digital experiences and portions of those experiences, namely the worship portions, are streaming to social media sites as well, you’ll want to be prepared when it comes to your music licensing. ... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Excellence is Important Okay, I am a believer in Start with what you have, Version One is better than Version None. And I also did a video in this series on how to take your production quality up a notch. Eventually, I want... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Use your App When it comes to your Online Worship Experience, it’s wise to put your service everywhere you can. Stream it on your website. Stream it on Facebook. Stream it on YouTube And if you have an app, stream it on your... read more
Today’s Church Online Tip is this: Be Authentic People need you right now. I want to encourage you to start where your church is and be consistent. Be authentic with your Production. Don’t be something you’re not. If you don’t have the equipment to do a multi-camera set up with... read more