5 Reasons We Do The Juicys
We’re asking churches to share the great things they’re doing in communications for a chance to get a Juicy award. Let us share our motivation for creating The Juicys.
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We’re asking churches to share the great things they’re doing in communications for a chance to get a Juicy award. Let us share our motivation for creating The Juicys.
Looking to update your church's website in 2017? Here are some keys for modernizing your website as you think about what first impressions you want your church to make online.
This post isn’t about saying “yes” or “no” to using stock photography in general. Instead, we want to help you think strategically about stock images and when you should avoid them.
I find there’s a major disconnect between churches wanting to improve their communication and actually doing it. The challenge is that these conversations require knowing the church's mission and vision.
Here are some areas where your church website might need some sprucing up.
While Easter and Christmas often monopolize your planning efforts, research from LifeWay suggests you need to be intentional about preparing your Mother’s Day service as well.
The technological side of designing and building a website can be intimidating. But choosing to ignore the web isn’t a smart option. Here are a few reasons why.
If the change of seasons motivates you to do something new, here are five tips for sprucing up your church website.
How to make the most of Twitter's new design.
A new year is a great motivator to do something better. For many of you, church communications is on that list. Looking ahead, here are five areas where you might want to focus your attention in 2014.
Web design is always evolving. Aesthetics shift and new technology lets developers create websites that function in different and exciting ways. If you’re involved in creating or maintaining your organization’s website, here are three design trends you should be familiar with.
The Juicys are rewarding churches who are doing great communications work. See how you can apply to recieve a $2000 grant for your next communications project.
Facebook announced a new photo-sharing feature that will help you be more collaborative. Here are three thoughts on how to use this new feature well.
You’ll often hear people say custom designed websites will always be better for an organization than using a template. There’s an argument to be made for that, but often the reality in many churches is the lack of budget for something custom. A quality template based site can be an option, but it takes work to pick the right one.
If you manage any sort of social media accounts for your church or organization, you’ve probably had that moment where you realized you sent a personal message through a corporate account. Here are a few things to consider when trying to make things right.
Facebook is rolling out a redesigned Insights analytics for your church page. The first change you’ll notice right away is it’s visually different. Overall, you’ll also have access to more detailed information about your audience.
Long-term website maintenance seems to be an issue for many churches. A lot of work and discussion go into the creation of a site; yet there’s not always a commitment to keep it up-to-date. When you aren’t thinking about the ongoing needs of you church website, there are plenty of opportunities that are missed.
"Just because someone asks doesn't mean you should do." I heard Mark Cuban say this during a recent episode of Shark Tank. In a show where entrepreneurs try to get funding from a panel of successful business leaders to jumpstart their company, Cuban, the well-known owner of the Dallas Mavericks, was trying to figure out why someone wanted to take their business in a certain direction...
Using social media well is more than setting up an account and pushing out information about yourself or organization. By nature it’s relational. Whether you’re new to social media, or someone who’s been doing it for years, here are five things to consider that could make your online relationships stronger.
Visiting your website should feel like stepping onto your church’s physical property. This is especially true when you’re thinking about catering to a first time visitor.
In upcoming weeks, Facebook will roll out a redesigned, less cluttered News Feed to users, and there are some things your church needs to think about to be ready. While it’s hard to know exactly how the modifications will affect how you administer your Facebook page, here are a few things to consider.
Twitter may not be the biggest social media platform, but it’s growing. Its short-form, 140-character style of posting makes it a unique arena to quickly communicate with your followers. If your church is thinking about tweeting, here are a few things to consider as you get started.
There is an art to creating a social media page. You have header images to make, background pictures to add and content to create before you can even start sharing. Here's a free guide to help you figure out the sizing of all those different images so you can get the most out of your various social media sites.
Last week, Facebook gave a preview of its new search feature that looks for answers by exploring your Facebook experience as well as what your friends have shared. While Google searches the entire web, Facebook Graph Search gives you results based solely on your Facebook social life. It’s personalizing search.
We may be doing everything right in terms of good communication, great Sunday worship and connecting people with the community, yet personal preference may keep someone from making a first (or return) visit to your church. It’s the classic relationship line, “It’s not you, it’s me.” So if we know that people’s preferences play a role in determining where they go to church, there are a few things I think we should always keep in mind ...