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June 2019 marks the release of a new version of our monthly website traffic reports. The website traffic report is emailed to each of our customers at the beginning of each month. It summarizes the following data points: Number of Sessions Page Views per Session Average Session Length Percent New Sessions Top Locations of Website…

WordPress is known for its ease-of-use and flexibility. However, there are several common mistakes that many churches make with their WordPress websites that cost them in the long run. These are some of the common mistakes that churches make with their WordPress website and how you can avoid making them. #1-Lacking A Clear Purpose Why…

Podcast is a word that gets thrown around quite a bit but its definition isn’t always clear. So what is podcasting? Why does it matter for churches? How does one create their own podcast?

We wrote a web crawling script to research the most popular content management systems used by church websites. We gathered data on 1,600 churches, and our web crawler inspected those 1600 church websites in late 2015. This article describes what we learned. Initially, we were tempted to title this post “The Best Content Management Systems…

What are the top three WordPress pitfalls people face when building a church website? WordPress pitfalls? Wait, isn’t WordPress supposed to be wonderful? Yes. And it is. But then, taking a road through the Rocky Mountains is gorgeous and worthwhile — and you still need to be careful driving! It’s the same principle with building a…

There are three main ways churches often neglect their websites: NOT having a website at all. NOT updating the design of your website to keep pace with advancements in web technology. Most designs have a “shelf life” of three to five years. NOT logging in to the website and updating pages on a regular schedule, e.g….

Use a web content management system (web CMS) rather than static HTML “Static HTML” is shorthand for the way people used to build websites in the 1990s. You would individually create web pages using a text editor or software such as Microsoft Frontpage or Adobe Dreamweaver. Then you would upload them to your web server. Web publishing…

A couple of days ago, I shared a quote which emphasizes the importance of people in making your church website an effective tool for outreach: Technology is not the hard part. For most ministries, spending less time on technology and more on people and processes will bring a better chance of success. So how do…