Sounds from the Church Month
October is Sounds from the Church Month at OurChurch.Com. All this month we're focusing on helping churches make the most of audio on their websites. If you’re operating a website for your church, putting audio of your sermons, choir, or worship band can help prospective visitors by giving them an idea of what they will experience at your church and benefit church members by giving the spiritual nourishment during the week. Here are some of the discounts, marketing opportunities, and free stuff we're providing this month to help churches turn the volume up on their websites:
1) Tone Up Your Site with Bronze
2) Church Audio = Free Links
3) Free iPod Nano Giveaway
4) Newsletter Features
5) Sound Advice for Churches
6) Churches, Sound Off on Audio Issues
7) Audio, Beacon, and OCC Support
8) Featured Church Audio Sites
1) Tone Up Your Site with Bronze
If you're ready to take your website to the next level with audio, the first thing you need is a hosting package that supports recorded audio. You can do that with a Platinum, Gold, Silver, or Bronze hosting package at OurChurch.Com. To help make it possible for those of you with free sites or the Domain Package to upgrade, we’re offering a year of the Bronze Package and a year of the Ad-free Option for just $179 – a savings of $121.
This special offer is open to everyone (not just churches), but it’s only available this month. If you don’t have a site at OCC, go to the hosting section of our site and click the “Build a Site” link in the menu to get started. If you’ve already got a site, click the “Order & Renew Premium Options” link on your webmaster page to take advantage of this special discount. If you already have the Bronze package and/or the Ad-free option, you can take advantage of this opportunity to add an additional year of service at this low price.
2) Church Audio = Free Links
We believe having music on a church site is so important that we are recognizing and rewarding every church hosted at OurChurch.Com that has recorded audio on their site with a link on this page to their site. If your church site includes recorded audio, drop us a note in our help desk and we'll add a link to your site to the list featured church audio sites below within a few days. The sooner you contact us the higher up on the list your site will appear. (Please include your website title and URL)
3) Free iPod Nano Giveaway
In addition to adding a link on this page to your site, OurChurch.Com will also enter you in a drawing for a free iPod Nano. The 1 GB iPod Nano holds about 250 songs or 15,000 photos, weighs less than 2 ounces, and is valued at $150. To be eligible, churches must host their site at OCC, have original recorded audio on their site, and notify us through the help desk by October 31, 2006. The drawing will be held November 1, 2006 and the winners name will be disclosed in an announcement later that day.
Congrats to Jimmy Orr for winning an iPod Nano during Musicians Month!
4) Newsletter Feature
As if the free links and iPod Nano giveaway were not enough, we will also feature this page and one of the church sites listed on it in our monthly Webmaster Newsletter scheduled for distribution October 18. Of course, you've got to send us a link to your site so we can add it to this page before those newsletters go out if they are to have any benefit to your site.
5) Sound Advice for Churches
We are also turning our attention to church audio in our Christian Web Trends Blog this month. Learn how use audio on your church website to attract visitors, edify members, and more.
6) Churches, Sound Off on Audio Issues
We’ve started a discussion in our forums for churches so we can hear more about what you need to incorporate audio into your website and to exchange ideas with each other. What are the biggest challenges you face? What topics would you like to read more about? What insight do you have to share with other church webmasters? Join the conversation.
7) Audio, Beacon, and OCC Support
Just a reminder in case you missed it last month... We’ve made it easier than ever to put recorded music on your website with our Beacon web builder by increasing the size of files that can be uploaded using the “Upload Graphics and MIDIs” function to 5 MB. Additionally, our friendly, patient support staff are going all out to help provide you with any assistance you might need to put audio on your site. Contact us through our help desk or over the phone if you need any help at all.
8) Featured Church Audio Sites
Check out these church sites hosted at OurChurch.Com that each feature original recorded audio. Listen to their music and sermons. If you're a church webmaster, check out other church sites for ideas.
Be the first to get your website linked here!
Send us a link through our help desk (Please include your website title, URL and location of the audio on your website.)
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