Email Marketing for Churches

admin@exiruscreative.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:16:38 +0100

Contrary to what majority of you think, email marketing isn'talways have to be just about "selling" something and it isn't just forbusinesses. It is also a way of getting in touch with your audience, thus achurch can significantly benefit from utilizing this tool.

Email newsletter is an excellent format that allows you to be in constant communication with your congregation as well as a way of directing traffic to your website.

Most of your congregation may not “ini [...]

9 Practical Ways to Promote Your Church Website on a Shoestring Budget

admin@exiruscreative.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:37:28 +0100

So your church has a website…great! That is definitely the first step to having an online presence but what good does it do if nobody knows about it?

It sure does involve “marketing” it to get the word out there. It takes strategy to drive traffic to your church website. But how? Often times, churches tend to hold back on promoting their website simply because there is “no” budget for it.

We often correlate high costs with market [...]

YouVersion Mobile: Bible On Your Phone!

admin@exiruscreative.com — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:00:00 +0100

YouVersion is an online Bible tool developed by LifeChurch.tv. It is different from other online Bible such as BibleGateway.com in the sense that it’s more than just a text Bible but it also has an Audio version.

Aside from the Audio ve [...]

Tips for Driving Traffic to Your Church Website Part 3

admin@exiruscreative.com — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:00:00 +0100

3. Give Reasons for
Traffic

Have you ever been invited to a party and you're so excited but when you got
there, there really was not too much going on?

It's the same thing with websites. People visit your website
in hopes that they will find something valuable there for them. People love "goodies" and so when you
invite them to visit your website, there is a certain level of expectancy.

What Would Jesus Tweet?

admin@exiruscreative.com — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:44:52 +0100

If Jesus uses Twitter...what do you think will He tweet? Post your thoughts here or in our Facebook page!

Is Your Church Using Twitter?

admin@exiruscreative.com — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:51:58 +0100

In our last newsletter, I asked you, our readers and Facebook fans, about your thoughts in Twittering during a church service.

What really prompted me to find out if you twitter or encourage twittering during a church service is this article in Time.com
that I came across with several weeks ago.

2. Engage in Social Media.

In this day and age, everybody and their mothers are getting
involved in social media...whether it's Joanna the cashier at a mom and pop store
in the corner, or Michael, a public relations professional at a big advertising
agency in New York.

Social media is a platform that bridged the gap and made communication possible
amongst individuals no matter what your social status in life is.

Are You Twittering?

admin@exiruscreative.com — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:00:00 +0100

Twitter, a micro-blog social networking website, is growing very rapidly and businesses and non-profits alike are utilizing Twitter. Let us know your thoughts! Do you encourage your congregation to twitter during a church service or would you rather [...]

Tips For Driving Traffic to Your Church Website Part 1

admin@exiruscreative.com — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:00:00 +0100

You have a website…great! Every church or ministry knows the importance of having a website. Now that you’re headed in the right direction , just sit back, relax, and watch your website traffic grow! Well…not really!

The most common mistake that website owners ever commit is to expect that traffic will automatically flow once you’re up and running on the web. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

With millions of websites out there, t [...]

What Does Your Church Website Speak About You?

admin@exiruscreative.com — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:00:00 +0100

The world judges a book by its cover. Unfortunately, churches are not an exception to that and so is your website.

Just like a business, your church website is your visitor's front door. It does tell a lot of things about you. Internet users nowadays are getting more and more intelligent and they know what a good website is when they see one.

So what does your church website speak about you? Does it give the visitors the right message about [...]

7 Ways Your Website is Your Most Valuable Marketing Tool

admin@exiruscreative.com — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:00:00 +0100

Phone books are a thing of the past, commercials are left to the giants that can afford to put their commercials on during Super Bowl half-time, so it’s your website that is going to reach out and allow your customers or clients to find you.

Here are 7 reasons your website is your most valuable (and most basic) marketing tool.

1) A website will put you on the map. If you are a business you are virtually invisible if you do not ha [...]

5 Tips for Hiring a Web Designer

admin@exiruscreative.com — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:00:00 +0100

You have a business, but you don’t have a website yet. You could do it yourself and endure hours of reading Creating Web Pages for Dummies, wasting money buying templates that likely 10 million other people on the internet have and ultimately come up frustrated because you tried to create this vision in your head and it came up looking like something your mom hung on her refrigerator that you brought home from first-grade art class.

But how do you go about finding the right [...]

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