A Little At A Time
by David Miles | February 17, 2012
Managing your website is a process that can take considerable time and energy, after all, there is content that regularly needs updating. But in the midst of everything else going on at your church it is easy for your website to fall by the wayside. So how do you stay on top of your site?
Truthfully, it's simple. Do a little at a time.
It's funny but sometimes the most "un-profound" things can have the greatest impact. Case in point, scheduling a small portion of your day, several days a week to keep your website up to date.
By breaking down the time you spend on your site into smaller chunks over multiple days you help to ensure that fresh content is being posted as it becomes available rather than saving it all for one big website work party once a week...or every couple of weeks if that's as frequently as you get to it.
The number of days each week that you spend updating your site will obviously vary depending on how quickly new content becomes available. But don't let a lack of new information prevent you from giving your site a good once over. You'll be surprised how many little tweaks you will find yourself wanting to make, or new ideas popping into your mind about how to improve your web presence.
A little at a time will go a long way, and leave your website looking fresh and up to date; both of which are essential components of an effective website.
Hi Scott, it sounds like you're functioning like a well oiled machine. It's great that you are encouraging your ministry teams to collaborate on how their pages look.
I set aside Sunday afternoon for updates of events and the sermon. I like to encourage ministry leaders to come up with ideas for facelifts of their pages. Surprisingly few ever take advantage of this, but when they do I love the challenge of making their vision come to life. These upgrades take time, but I enjoy that. Periodically I look at every page to make sure there is no dated material or errors. By far setting up the site initially was the most time consuming part. The maintenance and improvements I do now are no big deal as long as I stay on top of things.