Christian Web Trends Blog

Search Engine Marketing can be a very effective way of not only generating traffic to your website, but targeting the specific traffic that is interested in what your website has to offer. This has the effect of not only increasing the traffic to your website, but also increasing the conversions on your website. This may mean more sales, more visitors to your church, or, as in the case of Christian Leadership University, more students. Here’s how.

This is a guest post by Daniel Burk, 4th grade teacher at Grace Lutheran School in Lancaster, CA. I am in love with technology. I have always been in love with technology. When I became a teacher I have always shared my love with other students, even if it was talking about a video game. [...]

The following is a guest post by Jennifer Snow, Principal of  Family of Christ Christian School in Tampa, FL. Family of Christ Christian School has been utilizing our newly updated Website developed by OurChurch.Com for over a year.  When prospective parents call to inquire about the school we refer to the website after answering their [...]

Last week OurChurch.Com attended the FL/GA Lutheran Educators Conference in Daytona Beach. While at the conference I lead a workshop about how Christian schools can use Google to achieve full enrollment. This topic takes on even more importance in the current economic climate where most private schools are seeing a drop in enrollment. These are some key notes from the workshop

Friday morning I had the opportunity to lead a workshop at the Lutheran Educators’ Conference in Daytona Beach titled “Web Tools for More Effective School Communication.”  I really enjoyed the chance to speak to the room full of teachers and school staff, and I hope I was able to spur them on towards making better [...]

Tomorrow Mark, Kurt, and I are heading across the state to Daytona Beach for the 2009 Florida/Georgia (District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) Educator’s Conference. (Whew, glad I didn’t have to create letterhead for that). OurChurch.Com will have an exhibitor’s booth there.  Tomorrow Kurt Steinbrueck, my bro and our Director of Search Marketing, will [...]

Now it’s possible for teachers to quickly, easily, and securely communicate directly with parents through their school website. teachers can easily create and update a private web page for each student. Each page is password protected so that only that student’s teacher(s) can edit it and only that student’s parents can view it. Check out this demo video.

September is Back to School Month at OurChurch.Com. As a part of that we want to encourage teachers and schools to communicate more effectively using the Internet. One way to do that is to talk about teachers and schools who are using the web in innovative ways so more people hear about what they’re doing [...]

In an economic recession, people tend to reduce unnecessary spending. This may mean changing little things, like not going to the movies or eating out as much, however, it can also mean changing big things, like whether a child goes to public or private school. One way a family can quickly save $5000 a year is to stop sending their child to a private school. While many schools are resigned to the fact that they are going to see enrollment go down until the economy turns around, at least one school is planning to see their enrollment go up. How?

3 Questions to Find the Next Step for Your Website, observations from the Florida-Georgia District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod pastors and teachers conference/convocation.