by Wil Ranney | Apr 10, 2013 | Best Practices, Facebook |
Post right before peak usage times. Wednesday Morning between 8-10am leads into the largest peak of the week. Tuesday during the same time is second, Thursday is third. Healthy Controversy. Post something that you believe your audience will have varied opinions on....
by Wil Ranney | Apr 7, 2013 | Best Practices, Case Study, Church |
The business world has created a strategy for new ventures on the internet that differs greatly from the traditional business models. We have a traditional model for starting new ministries that mirrors some of the thinking of the traditional business models. This...
by Wil Ranney | Jan 28, 2013 | Best Practices, Websites |
Virtually every popular website theme comes equipped with an image slider, usually right under the top menu. Most go all the way across the screen. For those of you who are unfamiliar with image sliders, they cycle through a number of preselected images in a set...
by Wil Ranney | Nov 5, 2012 | Best Practices, Email, Marketing |
As little as a year ago, I recommended that churches only send out one mass email once a week plus an additional reminder for any big events. However, with this election cycle people have been receiving 2, 3, or even 4 emails a DAY from campaigns! Has our tolerance...
by Wil Ranney | Oct 29, 2012 | Best Practices, Responsive, Websites |
Did you know that within five years there will be more mobile devices than people. By that time more people will find churches on a mobile device than on a traditional computer. How does your site look on these mobile devices? Is it readable? Is the featured...
by Wil Ranney | Oct 5, 2012 | Best Practices, Email, Security |
Connect all of your church’s online accounts to one central web-based email address. Spend an hour or two going through every online service your church uses, any service that requires an email address: Social Media Accounts, Subscriptions, Retail Services, News...