Transcript Project Welcome

Great phone skills
Inviting sign
Welcoming Web
Dead phone
Dead sign
Dead web
TELEPHONE
WELCOMING PHONE USE
Answer by 3rd ring
Take accurate messages
Be enthusiastic
Answer calls in a day
Identify self/church
Avoid speaker phones
Carefully enunciate
Control language
Use professional outgoing
message
Train to sound positive
Update message
Train everyone to answer
phone well
SIGN PARABLE
SIGN PARABLE
SIGN PARABLE
SIGN PARABLE
WELCOMING CHURCH SIGNS
Clean and good repair
Message signs:
Attractive design
Always fresh
Updated regularly
Be invitational
Visible and clear
Avoid jokes & hell
Church name identified
Avoid inside news
Clear address & times
Be community oriented
10 or fewer words
WEB PAGES & SOCIAL MEDIA
10 REASONS TO HAVE A WEB PAGE
Makes you understand your
church
Helps people find you
Makes first impression
Helps makes disciples
Helps members connect
Helps people learn about
you
Free Advertising
Facilitates community
connections
Helps spreads gospel
Redeems the internet
CHURCH WEB DESIGN MISTAKES
Out of date
Special effects
Mega graphics
No graphics
Detailed doctrine
Cumbersome navigation
Too cool to be useful
Cluttered
GOOD WEB PAGES
Clear
Inviting
Make it EASY to locate and
contact church
Easy to Navigate
Show what to expect
Use fast load photos
Offer helpful Resources
Give reasons to return
Connect to Social Media
Great phone skills
Inviting sign
Welcoming Web
SOME RESOURCES
WEBSITE HELP
Sharefaith.com (affordable deal with fmcusa)
Cloversites.com (affordable and professional)
Weebly.com
(free drag and drop web)
Facebook.com (maybe all you need)
PHONE HELP
Google.com/googlevoice
Skype.com