Church blog or church website?
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There are many people out there that engage in the debate website v blog.. Its about time Ignite entered the debate.
As you can see I have gone for wordpress to manage my content for my domain. Why did I go for wordpress when some people say wordpress is blogging software?
Well wordpress is so much more than just blogging software.
Wordpress is:-
CMS - A content management system
SEO Friendly - Once set up the engines love fresh content
Open source - Its free and updates are free
Its a publishing system - A marketer once said to me “if you write the content you
control the content”
You connect with the reader easier when a blog is more personal than writing website corporate copy
This doesnt mean that websites are the wrong way when looking ast providing an online presence..
My home church is http://www.KingsBolton.co.uk
That is our domain and we are currently working on adding a blog on to a subdomian which is
http://www.kingsbolton.co.uk/blog
This way you get the best of both worlds..
Steve has been working in online marketing for the last 10 years. Since becoming a Christian 3 years ago his heart changed from making money to building the Kingdom of God and a vision was birthed to create a series of training courses to aid the church and Christian para-organisations