Using this simple method for list building, you should see exponential growth within a short time of implementing it, and therefore your business could go viral to people interested in your services or products.
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1. Create a newsletter list - MailChimp can be free for up to 2,000 subscribers.
2. Create a subscription form for the list.
3. Promote your newsletter signup list by mentioning a free weekly giveaway.
4. Once a week, host a Facebook live on your Facebook page for your business.
5. As a bonus, if you're a local business, allow the winner to draw for the next week's prize on the Facebook live session at your business's location.
6. Encourage those watching the Facebook live session to sign up for your newsletter.
7. Be sure to deliver the prize and hold the drawing weekly/monthly.

Reasons for this method:

• You can email those subscribers deals and more.
• You gain traction.
• Facebook prioritizes Facebook live videos (so you're using Facebook's algorithm to help promote you).
• It can be practically free to promote your business this way.

Did you know that Facebook posts with links aren't given preference by Facebook's algorithms?  Can you guess why?  One of Facebook's main goals is to keep you on Facebook as long as they can.  Therefore, they "punish" links because they get people away from Facebook.

Using this same logic, you shouldn't give Facebook your traffic right away.  You want to keep people onto your website, keeping your "bounce rate" as low as possible.  The bounce rate measures how many people leave your website after viewing the first page.  Once people go to Facebook, they're probably going to be distracted away from your organization and onto other things.  Your goal should be to keep them on your website as long as you can (or at least send them to a link that you do want them on).  If you do want a link to Facebook, the best place for that is on your website's footer (or on a social media page, if you have one on your website).

When you're a business owner, there's always a danger in saying what you would do.  If I had money, I'd get a website.  If I had more clients, I'd be more successful.

Julius Caesar had his own share of problems and had to avoid the middle (or Ides) of March.  As a business owner, you MUST beware of the I'ds of March.  Don't be dissatisfied with where you are.  Instead, take action!  Instead of saying, "I'd get a website" or "I'd be more successful," look at whatever is in your way and address that issue.

Very importantly, you should pray about your situation.  God wants you to tell Him your problems, then you can watch as He acts on your behalf.

Also, be sure to act on what you are wanting to accomplish.  If you want a website, go get a website.  If you want to be successful, go get more customers.  There are 7 billion people in this world.  If you find someone who doesn't want what your business has to offer, perhaps it's their loss.  You go out and find someone else who does want your services.  They're out there!

Another important thing is that you should consider what our company has to offer you.  We offer MANY services, just about everything from the start of your business through the rest of your business' life cycle.  This means that there's a large potential that we offer what your company needs.  Plus, we don't believe that things should be priced high, so we don't put a large price on our services and products.  But we do make sure that they have quality.  Go out there and take action instead of being attacked by the I'ds of March!

About half a week ago, we started a new service called www.customchurchwebsite.org.  It's a way we can help Churches be able to afford websites that they couldn't before.

Many businesses and Churches use template-based websites (even if they pay for the template).  Template-based websites do allow for some customization, but what if your Church could afford custom websites that don't use templates that other Churches may have?  Now your Church can afford it because we will try to work within your Church's budget to get you a quality custom website.

Plus, you'll get several bonuses, which you can find mentioned here.  Did we mention it's risk free?  If you don't like the website, you can get a refund up to 14 days after your purchase!  What do you have to lose?

Recently, we've decided to change our workflow plan because we have come across better ways to make websites, and this required a change of plans.  Keep in mind that there is the one-time design fee for creating the layout and look of your website and also a monthly fee for hosting and for a reasonable amount of updates (plus an hourly fee for other updates).  Here is the new workflow for our websites:

1. Get your website proposal
2. Submit your payment and sign the contract (monthly payments start at payment of the website)
3. Create website layout
4. Approval of the website layout
5. Create content on the website
6. Approval of the content on the website
7. Approve the overall feel of the website
8. Launch approval

If you haven't already, get a price quote from us to see how we can help you create your new and improved website!

We do also offer free templates on our website in case you want a template and not a custom website.

I see many companies/Churches with Facebook pages, but they don't list their website because they don't have one.  Facebook is doing many things to make websites less and less appealing to companies and Churches, but websites still are needed in today's business world.  Here are 5 reasons why:

1.  When you message a business on Facebook, the message goes directly to their notifications, not to their inbox.  Therefore, they have to actually search to find your message, instead of it being easy to find.
2.  Facebook is a timeline-based tool.  You can't reorder posts, so you have to keep posting for things to come up to the top.  You can re-order the tabs and personalize them, but it's still not the same.
3.  People should be able to find a company easily online.  They can easily type in a website url, but to get to a Facebook page, they have to open the Facebook app and then search for the company/Church.
4.  For Churches, it's best to be able to put audio sermons online, and Facebook does not offer this yet (and probably won't in the future offer audio uploading).  Videos can be put online, but websites still do this better.
5.  The world wide web is still much more than Facebook.  Facebook is a social media website on the world wide web.  Having a page is helpful, but it's not the extent of your business' presence on the web.  A website is extremely customizable, and cannot be replaced by a cookie cutter platform (something that is the same or similar for all that use it).

Please, by all means, use your Facebook page to your heart's content, but please remember that it isn't the only tool that you should use for your business.  It should be one of several tools in your business' toolbox.

What your company should have:

1.  Facebook Page
2.  Website
3.  Yellow Pages (or a business directory)
4.  A Twitter account
5.  A LinkedIn company page
6.  A Vimeo or YouTube account
7.  A business relationship with FaithVenture Media

Want to do business together?  Please contact us!