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Make your move to a mobile website
The number of mobile Internet users is rapidly growing, so the need for a mobile version of your church’s website is increasing each day.

Placing your church within an arm’s reach
Mobile messaging and applications are the latest innovations your church can use to reach a wider audience. In today’s busy world, this technology enables you to reach people while they’re on the go.

Use Wordpress to build a kicking church website
Many churches spend too much money on a professionally developed site. That's no longer necessary. Here’s how to set up a fabulous website that functions well, looks slick, is current in content and is interactive and that your church will be proud to promote.

Practicing the means of grace through your website
Learn how your church website can guide individuals to practicing the "means of grace." This will enhance individual spirituality, as well as the spirituality of the whole church.

Web ministry: Privacy and permissions
Does your church have a policy that describes how it uses staff and member information online? Does it honor others’ creativity by complying with copyright laws?

Free software downloads: office and ministry tools
Software, graphic design tools and music licenses can cost churches thousands of dollars. However, many programs have a free and open source equivalent.

Why Facebook won’t kill your church website
Websites create unique experiences, especially if you know the goals of your site, embrace principles of excellent Web functionality and understand your audience.

9 tips for starting online small groups
Online Bible studies can bring group members together for instant interaction without the logistical hurdles of travel time, babysitters and work schedules.

Analyze the analytics. Connect goals to objectives.
Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge. Learn more about what analytics mean and which ones can help you identify whether you are meeting objectives.

Make a perfect landing on your website
You point people to your website, but do you have landing pages for specific ministries or missions or special emphases?

5 ways to use Google’s powerful marketing tools
Here are five ways to use Google in church marketing beyond search engine optimization and Google Maps.

Give your church website an SEO tune-up
Search-engine technology is constantly changing. As long as your church has an indexed website, your search-engine-optimization (SEO) work will never end!

5 minutes of (unwanted?) fame
Before you post video and photographs from your church’s events online, use these best practices.

6 ways to avoid online plagiarism
Know the value of citing and linking to put the kibosh on unintentional plagiarism.

C-M-S spells website maintenance relief
A Content Management System (CMS) is a software program that enables a person with little or no programming skills to create and manage a website’s content.

Top 10 best practices for web ministry
If your church wants to maintain a dynamic, interactive and user-friendly Web ministry, use these top-10 best practices.

Make your homepage sizzle like bacon!
Look at your Web site as though you were a seeker. Ask yourself, “Based solely on this website, would I want to go here?”

Make your web ministry user-centered
To avoid the common RFA or “Ready-Fire-Aim” approach, we suggest you follow the user-centered design process.

The little (search) engine that could: all about SEO
The second part of the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) series will focus on meta keyword tags and backlinks.

If you build it, they will come - but only if you nudge them
You've built your Web site, but no one is visiting. Should you throw in the towel? Redesign the site?

ABC? XYZ? What on earth is SEO?
Have you ever wondered how Web sites make it to number one on a Google search?

Web and internet technology enhances ministry
Blog. Chat. Podcast. RSS. CMS. E-mail. Have you considered how these tools could provide effective ministry in your local church?

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