Series 2 · Is Your Website an Inviting Front Door, or a Bulletin Board? · Part 1 of 6 Try a simple test: open your church’s website on your phone and imagine you’ve never visited before. Can you get a feel for the church and see why you might want to come? Or are you…
One Message, Every Touchpoint · Series 1 · Part 7 of 7 Across this series, the pattern has been the same: inconsistency rarely comes from one bad decision. It comes from good decisions made in isolation — a flyer here, a mug there, a website update whenever someone gets around to it. Each piece might…
One Message, Every Touchpoint · Series 1 · Part 6 of 7 No amount of visual consistency compensates for the moment a guest talks to a person. Staff and volunteer interactions are the touchpoint every other touchpoint is ultimately building toward — and it’s the one no logo, template, or gift box can guarantee on…
One Message, Every Touchpoint · Series 1 · Part 5 of 7 Most churches understand that giving a first-time guest something on their way out communicates care. Fewer churches think carefully about what that something actually says — and how often it gets used. The default is familiar: a woven tote bag with the church…
One Message, Every Touchpoint · Series 1 · Part 4 of 7 Here’s what a truly thoughtful first-visit journey can look like, start to finish. Someone fills out a Plan a Visit form or registers their kids online. Within moments, they get a warm, friendly response — on the website, by text, and by email…
One Message, Every Touchpoint · Series 1 · Part 3 of 7 People form an opinion of your church long before they ever visit — from a friend’s mention, a social post, a website glance. But that opinion gets tested the moment they act on it: within about four minutes of turning onto your campus,…
One Message, Every Touchpoint · Series 1 · Part 2 of 7 Here’s a question worth asking honestly: does your website, your social media, and your advertising actually work as one system — or are they three separate efforts that happen to share a logo? Most churches aren’t taking advantage of some genuinely easy wins…
One Message, Every Touchpoint · Series 1 · Part 1 of 7 Picture a first-time guest’s Saturday night. She saw an Instagram post about a fall festival — great graphics, fun energy, looks like something worth checking out. She taps over to your events page to get the details… and it’s not there. Nothing scheduled…