Content Updates:
Besides a great looking website and a team of experts on call to make changes for you, the main benefit of Internet Outreach Experts is our service that keeps your website up to date. This feature can save your church staff hours a week of boring data entry and ensure that if a guest is planning a visit for that weekend, they will see up to date information. It cannot be overstated how important up to date information is for guests.
The content update process is typically very easy for churches; just email the church bulletin (and/or newsletter, sermon, etc.) to your support email: [HELP DESK EMAIL] each week, and we’ll convert the document to PDF, upload it to your site, and examine it for events to add to your calendar.
All that the church needs to do is double check our work. Unfortunately, details that are obvious to church members are not always obvious to us (is the event AM or PM, is this a Bible Study or an Outreach event, etc). As we’re not a part of planning your events, we’re more likely to make mistakes or misunderstand an event than someone who’s a part of the team, so we would request that you have patience for such misunderstandings and double check our work, especially for the first few weeks.
You don’t need to do anything to set up content update services; just email us your content or submit it via the help desk. Available services are outlined below, with training videos.
Bulletin Updates
Email us your bulletin, and we will make updates to your site based on it. Unless you tell us otherwise, we will assume you want us to 1, post a PDF version of your bulletin to the proper place on your site, and 2, update your calendar using any event data or calendar data that we find in the bulletin.
If there is confidential information or information you don’t want to include, please delete this information from the document before you send it to us.
Newsletter Updates
Email us your newsletter, and we will make updates to your site based on it. Unless you tell us otherwise, we will assume you want us to 1, post a PDF version of your newsletter to the proper place on your site, and 2, update your calendar using any event data or calendar data that we find in the newsletter.
If there is confidential information or information you don’t want to include, please delete this information from the document before you send it to us.
Calendar Updates
In addition to gathering information from your bulletin and/or newsletter, we can also update your web calendar from any offline calendar you prepare for your congregation or community’s use. Just scan and email the calendar to us, or send it in .doc, .docx, or any other common electronic Windows compatible format. Please make sure to include AM/PM information, and if you’re sending and updated version of a calendar you previously sent, please make notes on the page before you scan it to alert us to what’s changed (or highlight the changes in Word). Thank you!
Let us know about your bulletin/newsletter/calendar update preferences by clicking here.
Sermon Updates
We will also post sermons for your church every week. We can only post the information that you provide. At a minimum, please provide the title of the sermon, and the name of the presenter. We can also include the series, scriptures, audio (mp3), video (youtube embeds), PowerPoint, graphics, excerpts, notes, etc. You’ll need to email us this information each week, or submit it via the help desk. Please see the training video for more detailed information.