{"id":6452,"date":"2010-07-09T07:03:50","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T12:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/2011\/07\/siteorganic-is-a-great-solution-for-most-church-web-sites.html"},"modified":"2010-07-09T07:03:50","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T12:03:50","slug":"siteorganic-is-a-great-solution-for-most-church-web-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullfocus.co\/siteorganic-is-a-great-solution-for-most-church-web-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"SiteOrganic Is a Great Solution for Most Church Web Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"

About ten months ago, my pastor asked me to chair the Evangelism Committee at my church. He also appointed several committee members to serve with me. We started by asking what was the single most important thing we could do to raise the visibility of our church in our local community.<\/p>\n

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The unanimous answer was that we needed a new Web site.<\/p>\n

Why did we think this was important? Because a Web site is likely the first impression<\/em> non-members will have of any church. Based on several studies I have read, the first thing non-members do before visiting a church is\u2014you guess it!\u2014Google it.<\/p>\n

People want to see the Web site. This is a safe, no-risk way to check out a church and get a \u201cfeel\u201d for what to expect. Based on that, they either make the decision to visit or move on.<\/p>\n

Yes, our church already had a Web site. It wasn\u2019t bad. It just wasn\u2019t great. And, unfortunately, no one was really updating it regularly. Consequently, we felt that this needed to be our first priority.<\/p>\n

So the first thing we did was start reviewing all the options available. That in and of itself was challenging. There are so many service providers. We considered:<\/p>\n