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  • Cybersecurity Basics for Churches

    Cybersecurity Basics for Churches

    At first glance, churches might seem like unlikely targets for cybercrime. After all, why target churches or nonprofit organizations when there’s more money to make by exploiting the...

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  • Church Website Design Tips for Mobile Devices

    Church Website Design Tips for Mobile Devices

    When coming up with strategies for your church website design, you absolutely have to consider the mobile design of your site. It is said that more than 50% of all website traffic is on...

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  • Designing Church Social Media Graphics 101

    Designing Church Social Media Graphics 101

    If you’re tackling your church’s graphic design, you’ve likely had to design church social media graphics. Whether you’re posting on Instagram or Facebook, creating eye-catching posts...

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  • Best Ways to Display Sermons on Your Church Website

    Best Ways to Display Sermons on Your Church Website

    Sermons are a must-have on any church website—but what’s the best way to display sermons on my church website? The good news is you have a few options to choose from. The best choice will...

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  • How to Create Sermon Series Graphics

    How to Create Sermon Series Graphics

    If your church uses a projector on Sunday mornings, you’ve likely had to buy or create sermon series graphics. These slides create a cohesive experience week to week and visually indicate...

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  • Social Media for Churches: Best Practices and Strategies

    Social Media for Churches: Best Practices and Strategies

    I recently started running my church’s social media accounts, and I’ve been having a blast diving into the world of social media strategy for churches! Whether or not you’ve worked in the...

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  • How to Make Church Graphics without a Designer

    How to Make Church Graphics without a Designer

    If you work at a church and are responsible for designing graphics but aren’t a graphic designer, you’ve likely pulled your hair out a time or two. If you don’t have experience in graphic...

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  • How Churches Can Reach More People with Local SEO

    How Churches Can Reach More People with Local SEO

    Churches often look to rank themselves on Google with SEO, so that they can reach more people for the sake of the Gospel. Local SEO is a subset of SEO, or search engine optimization, that...

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  • Church Website Home Page Essentials

    Church Website Home Page Essentials

      Your church website home page is the first page visitors will see when they come to your site. To that end, it’s important for this page to include all the information they’d need to...

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  • How to Use Facebook to Share Church Events

    How to Use Facebook to Share Church Events

     

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  • Best Practices for Church Presentation Slides

    Best Practices for Church Presentation Slides

    Church presentation slides are an important part of your worship. While, of course, they’re not as important as truthfully preaching the Word of God, slides help transmit the message...

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  • How to Modernize Your Church Directory

    How to Modernize Your Church Directory

    Church directories have been an important part of churches’ communication strategies for many years. While they’ve evolved over time, their purpose is still the same: to collect your...

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  • How to Practice Good Stewardship through Increased Productivity in the Church Office

    How to Practice Good Stewardship through Increased Productivity in the Church Office

    When you think of stewardship, what comes to mind? In the church setting, we typically think of stewardship in terms of financial contributions and tithing. But stewardship can tie into a...

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  • How to Design an Eye-Catching Banner for Your Church Website

    How to Design an Eye-Catching Banner for Your Church Website

    What’s the first thing you see when you go to your church website? It’s likely some sort of image with text or your logo over it. This graphic is called a website banner, and it’s a...

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  • How to Add Voice Messages to Your Church Communication Strategy

    How to Add Voice Messages to Your Church Communication Strategy

    When it comes to your church communication plan, there are many formats to utilize. Most often, people think of email, bulletin announcements, and social media. But Programmable Voice...

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  • How Does Church Management Software Help Small Churches?

    How Does Church Management Software Help Small Churches?

    Does church management software really help small churches? In short, the answer is yes, of course! However, the answer is much more complex than that. Church management software isn’t...

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  • How to Rank Your Church on Google with SEO

    How to Rank Your Church on Google with SEO

    Have you ever wondered how Google knows what websites to suggest when you look something up? It’s called SEO—search engine optimization—and it helps users find a website by improving its...

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  • How Mass Texting Can Lead to Better Engagement in Your Church

    How Mass Texting Can Lead to Better Engagement in Your Church

    Every day, most of us receive text messages—from our family members, coworkers, and friends. But have you ever received a text from your church? The concept might seem foreign to some,...

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  • Spring into Giving with Vanco’s Fee-Free Promotion

    Spring into Giving with Vanco’s Fee-Free Promotion

    While your church is busy making plans for a successful Lent and Easter season, summer will be here before we know it. With the joys of summer come warmer weather and summer vacations,...

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  • How To Streamline Your Church’s Giving Practices

    How To Streamline Your Church’s Giving Practices

    Offerings, or financial giving, can be a tricky thing to talk about in the church. Yet it’s a vital part of ministry and people’s life of faith.

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