JUNE 2016 UPDATE: Preview of New Church Profiles
Plus updates on traffic and "Social Reviews"...
Lee Raney here...founder of ChurchFinder®. Our entire team is hard at work this summer
making improvements to ChurchFinder.com that will help your church reach even more people! This month I wanted to give you a preview of these exciting upgrades that you will be seeing soon...
PREVIEW: New Church Profile Designs - we are re-designing the Church Profiles to be even better for church seekers and easier for pastors and church staff to update and manage. See the preview of the new design on the left. With the new design, your Church Profile will the highest of quality and design - helping you make a GREAT first impression to people looking for a church in your city!
PREVIEW: Social Reviews - Reviews and 5-star ratings will be featured prominantly on the new Church Profiles. In today's digital world, studies have show that on-line reviews are at the top of people's decision making process when they evaluate what to buy, what restaurant to go to - almost everything. With the new ChurchFinder® Social Reviews, your church members can write a review of your church and easily share it on social media - a 21st century way to invite their neighbors to church!
How can we help your church grow?
We are always listening! Please let us know your thoughts on the new Church Profile designs and "social reviews" by providing feedback here.
Traffic and Growth Update
Our
growth in traffic and pageviews of people looking for churches continues to grow! Here are a few highlights:
- 1.5 million - the number of people we reached in the U.S. in the first 5 months of 2016! That is a 62% increase over the same period last year!
- Ranking High in Google - ChurchFinder.com now ranks on the first page of Google in 89% of the largest 300 cities in the United States! That is a 7% increase over last month! Churches websites are also benefiting...we've noticed several church websites of our Featured Church Partners move up to the top page of Google, getting them even more benefit from their partnership!
News and Annoucements
- Price Lock-in Opportunity - ChurchFinder traffic is at an all-time high, and in August we will be launching the newly designed Church Profiles, and new program for reaching more people through Social Reviews. Also - for the very first time - partner churches will have Reporting to see exactly how many people you are reaching each month. Starting August 1st, the new price for Featured will be increasing to $15/month, and the price for new Premium accounts will increase as well. If you are already a Featured or Premium church partner, not to worry...we appreciate you, and you are "locked-in" with your current rate! But for any churches that are not already partnering with us, we will start increasing our rates this summer as we roll-out all of the new features. Upgrade today to lock-in lower rates for your church!
- Helping Your Church Rank Higher in Google - just by partnering with Church Finder you will reach more people on-line and may start to see your Google ranking improve. But what else can you do to increase the Google ranking of your church website? And how do you keep your church information up-to-date everywhere on-line so people can find your church? Our new partner is a specialist in Local Church SEO and can help your church reach even more people on-line! Get a free "On-line Visibility Report" for your church.
ACTION NEEDED: Please update your Payment Info... Due to an accidental deletion of some accounts on May 20th (see full explanation here) we are sending emails out to churches to update their payment info to keep their account in good standing. If you received an email from us, and have not already done so, please follow this step-by-step guide to update your payment info or call Customer Service at 469-777-8526 and we can update your credit card information over the phone. Once you update it, your account will still be in good standing, and you will "lock in" your discounted rate. Thank you!