Webhosting for
Churches
Today churches are very active
in the community and has loads of activities that members need to
be aware of. They need to have schedules and tell members when
things are happening and report the results of food drives,
family events, auctions and other fund raisers.
Having a website is critical
for todays churches to stay in touch with members, parishiners or
followers of the church. In the information age churches are
embracing the tools online and using it just like the old weekly
printed bullitens. Now news can be updates in real time and
changes to activities can be done quickly and efficiently.
When you have hundreds or
thousands of members like churches do, the web is an amazing tool
to keep them informed, recruit new members and keep everyone
current.
pageBuzz.com website hosting
has become a very popular choice for Churches ad non profit
organizations for a few basic reasons.
One of the biggest issues for
churches and non profits to consider when building a website is
cost since budgets are usually very tight. In most cases they
have volunteers from the organization work on the website and
that will often change daily. So one day Fred is working on the
website and the next day Mary is working on the website.
Of course with most websites,
that is just not possible unless Fred and Mary are very
experienced webmasters and exchange file updates each time they
make changes. But you know as well as I do, most churches can't
afford 2, 3 or more professional webmasters so websites are
either a complete mess or never get built in the first place.
But at pageBuzz we seem to
have solved all the problems that most Churches face when trying
to build and manage their website. If not intentionally, at least
by accident in planning our business model which just fits the
webhosting for churches most common needs.
Unlimited Support
pageBuzz offers unlimited
support, so when Fred is working on the events page on Monday he
can call and get help. When Mary is updating the schedule page on
Friday she can call and get help.
When Mary moves out of state
and Joan takes over for her, Joan can call for help.
So the church never has to
worry about working on their website because anyone can do it and
anyone can get help when they need it. This allows community
churches a piece of mind. They don't have to worry about costs or
try to train people to make website updates.
Since they don't pay anything
extra for as many hours of support as they need, they don't have
to worry about being in a position where they can't update
information or make changes.
Most hosting services will
offer support, but not for building actual pages or making
updates. In most cases they only offer help with file access and
website settings.
But at pageBuzz, being a very
small business we can do whatever we want to and we choose to
work with people as they build pages, as they make updates and as
they work on their websites.
We give them the tools they
need and teach them how to use them.
While we do have hundreds of
help videos, sometimes a live person can make it so much easier.
So we are used to showing people how to copy and paste or add
pictures to a page or position text next to a picture.
It is our support that
separates us from the big hosts that assign a customer number,
pin code and require 2 forms of ID to help you.
We will work with anyone, no
questions asked. If you have access to the website, we will show
you how to work on it.
We don't limit accounts to one
user or charge more if you have 10 people working on the website.
While we understand that having 10 people to support for one $20
a month account is an added burden we also recognize the value
that community and church websites bring online and we like being
part of that.
So we lose some money on our
website for churches, it is not the end of the world and
certainly wont break our company.
We just maintain a different
philosphy than other hosting services and that has help us grow a
large base of church based websites.
Web Based Files
Another important factor when
you have 10 different people working on the website is managing
file updates. Normally files are modified on the users computer
and uploaded. That is a serious problem if two people are working
from different computers and a real pain if everyone has to use
the same church computer to make updates.
Since the pageBuzz websites
are completely cloud based, no single computer has to have any
file stored on it. That means websites can be updated from any
computer, mobile device or tablet that has Internet access.
This makes pageBuzz a very
popular choice for churches because anyone can make updates
anytime from any computer and if they don't know how, they can
call for help even on Saturdays and Sundays.
Churches often realize
they need this flexibility when on Sunday they realize the
website schedule was wrong and they have a mass scheduled for
8am instead of 8pm. They need to fix the website or everyone
will show up at the wrong time and the person that set up the
schedule cannot be reached. With pageBuzz, it is not a
problem while at other hosting systems for church websites it
is a serious problem.
Multiple user Can
Manage Websites
I have already talked about
how multiple users can get support and manage pages but I should
mention that multiple users can be on at the same time. So 2, 3
or more people could be updating pages, features or adding blog
entries all at the same time.
This is very helpful when
multiple people work on a website overall because sometimes they
need o work together and they can converse over the phone while
both being logged in and making updates.
This type of diversity in
website building tools is a great innovation and expands what
smaller organization like churches can do with their websites.
Inexpensive Monthly
Cost
While there are certainly
cheaper options none of them offer a web based complete content
management system, full phone and email support 7 days a week or
any of the tools we offer.
When you think about companies
like Yahoo.com charging $35 an hour for support and you have
several people that need help, that $8.95 per month cost they
advertise is not going to be your cost at the end of the month.
With pageBuzz, even if you get
10 hours of support in one month you still pay the same $20 a
month.
Even if we spend 3 hours
building you a new titlespce, helping update a slideshow or
helping add new drag and drop pages to your website, you still
pay $20.
Even if 4 different people
call for help and each needs help with the same problem because
they are all updating the same page, you still only pay $20 a
month.
For churches that have to
stretch out every single penny this is a great option and a
powerful tool. Keeping costs at a minimum is important and that
is why they have volunteers working on the website in the first
place.
All Things
Considered
When you consider the few
items I mentioned you realize that pageBuzz is a great option for
Nonprofits and church websites because of our unique business
model. But you also have to realize, we offer the best and most
unique tools in the business.
Full eCommerce
Abilities
Secure Server Access
Affiliate Program
Gift Certificates
Drag & Drop Page Web page Editing
Image Building Tools
Photo Galleries
Blog Pages
Realtime Page
Publishing
Calendars for Events
Schedule and hours of
Operation Builder
Loads of page building
tools and more.....
So we are not a system
marketed to churches and having limited tools to manage the
website. We are a professional web based hosting system that
caters to small businesses and has a huge customer base. We are
one of the most popular ecommerce platforms online and we just
happen to be very friendly to the way churches build websites as
well.
So we don't market ourselves
as a church building website system, but we do host a load of
church websites because we are a great fit.
If you want to pay
more than $20 to a company that is more church oriented and posts
bible verses on the pages, that is fine. But if you want the best
possible tools for your website, try pageBuzz when you build the
website for your church.
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