Guides

Guides

Practical writing on church websites, social media, and local search. No jargon, no sales pitch, and nothing that requires a technical background.

What a First-Time Visitor Actually Looks For on Your Church Website

Most church websites are built for people who already attend. The four questions a newcomer is really asking, and why they leave when the answers are hard to find.

Why Your Church Does Not Show Up on Google

Local search is driven far less by your website than most people assume. The free listing most churches have never claimed, and the order to fix things in.

Why Your Church Has Two Google Listings

Old addresses and defunct church-plant names create duplicate Google listings that split your reviews and confuse visitors. How to find every one and clean it up.

How Often Should a Church Post on Social Media?

Consistency matters more than volume. How to pick a pace you can hold in a hard week, and what to post when you have run out of ideas.

Seven Church Website Mistakes We See Constantly

The same handful of problems appear on church sites of every size. Each one, and the specific fix.

A Church Website Accessibility Checklist

Plain-English fixes for alt text, contrast, captions, and forms. Not a legal-risk checklist, just who actually gets locked out and why.

How SteepleIQ Scoring Works

What the tool checks, how categories are weighted, and what the score deliberately does not measure.

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SteepleIQ reviews your website and social presence and returns a graded report with specific fixes. Free, no account needed.

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