Looking for some Christian blogs to check out? Rick Warren of Saddleback sponsored a Christian blogger survey. It’s a great way to get data and a lot of links. Here are all of the participants to tide you over until the results are tabulated. Continue reading
30 Traffic Ideas for Your Church Site
Daniel’s terrific Daily Blog Tips invited bloggers to submit their best traffic-generating tips, with the ideas and link love to be shared among everyone involved. Here they are so give these a try. And you might try a similar call-for-submissions post to generate some links for your own church site.
(My comments on how to apply the tips to church websites are in parentheses.) Continue reading
For Church Webmasters, Super Bowl Comes Ash Wednesday
Q: What’s the single biggest day of the year when everyone is tuned in to see your carefully crafted message?
A: If you’re hawking beer or cars, it could very well be Super Bowl Sunday. If your church website is anything like mine, Ash Wednesday is by far the busiest day of the year. And Shrove Tuesday (the day before) is a close second.
In 2006, we saw traffic more than four times our usual traffic (2,041 visits versus a typical 473). Shrove Tuesday saw an increase of almost two hundred percent. Each of the previous years going back to 1999 saw similar spikes. The least busy day? It happened to be July 4 in 2006.
Based on search terms and pages visited, it looks like we attracted many newcomers who were looking for ashes. Even though Ash Wednesday isn’t a holy day of obligation for Catholics, the occasion draws overflow crowds to my church and to the website. As a church webmaster, make the most of this annual opportunity while you have the attention of hundreds who don’t typically set foot in your church or click on your site.
Will your site be ready? In a follow-up post I’ll outline the best practices to kick off Lent on your church website.
Like this post? Subscribe to the feed.NFL to Church: Your TV’s Too Big to Show Super Bowl
An Indianapolis-area Baptist church planned to cheer on their Colts with a big party, but made the mistake of mentioning their big TV and the licensed words “super bowl” on their website. The NFL quickly stepped in.
According to league officials, it’s copyright infringement to display the super, er, “big game” on a screen larger than 55 inches–which the church planned to do using a video projector.
Tech Dirt has a good summary, with more details at Sports Illustrated and local reaction in the Indianapolis Star.
Should I laugh or cry? Not sure, but you’ve been warned. Serve soup or chili at your church event and call it a “souper bowl” event just to be on the safe side. And cite your television’s measurements in centimeters.
The No Fun League nickname earned again. At least I have last year’s memories of my beloved Steelers‘ victory.
UPDATED Feb. 1, 2007:
Ann Kroeker shares an inspirational side of the event focusing on the faith of coaches Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith.
Church Mojo 