Does your church website have purpose and focus?


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Does your church website have purpose and focus?

 

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“ Content strategy can be

overwhelming, but it’s worth putting the time in and not pushing it under the rug.



Melissa Therrien Communications Coordinator for Eagle Brook Church

Increase the effectiveness of your church website with content strategy.

A church website should have a laser-like ability to ac-

Understand what is outdated and ineffective on your church

complish three things: attract, engage, and develop the

website. Then begin to shape a way forward. Learn how to

out of redesigning our website.

community. Church websites lose their potency as they

connect content on your website to organizational goals.

It helped quantify there was an

become bogged down with unnecessary content. Unless action is taken to turn this around, church websites quickly become ineffective.

We’ll facilitate the process of creating goals for your content with key leaders within your organization. Simply put, we’ll answer the question, “What do you want users to do when

Sifting through content can seem like an overwhelming task, which is why it never happens in most churches. The result? Painfully unfocused web content.

they come to your website?”

egy helped get buy-in among our staff. The whole process took much of the overwhelm

end in sight with a clear strategy moving forward.



Amberley Parker Communications Director at University Christian Church

University Christian Church decreased from 220 navigational items to

What’s the remedy? A content strategy.

40 after completing a content strategy. After seeing an 80% reduction

With content strategy, Eagle Brook Church prioritized their content goals and experienced a 70% reduction in content. The result? Us-

30%

in content, church leaders realized ‘less is more’ when it came to the website. The site is easier to use and content is easier to find.

70%

The content strategy will help you:

ability drastically improved for the user by making information more relevant and easier to find.

“ Going through content strat-

Prioritize and focus the content on your church website with content strategy.

Reduced unnecessary content by 70%

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