Redesigning Your Church Website

July 26, 2010  Redesigning Your Church Tired of the same graphics on your website or no one telling you how great it is?  Worse than that; what if people don’t even know you have a website or how to find it? Helping you design a bold new look that will have people talking is what we do.  We can redesign your current site or we can build one if you don’t have one or don’t want to update the one you have.  We design “living websites” that are easy to use and easy to update.    Our sites are packed with the most popular and impressive features like blogging, prayer chains, event calendars, e-newsletters and more.  Just give us a try; you won’t regret it and we’ve been told that our prices are too low by competitors and website designers.   We've designed both ministry and church websites for people around the world including India, Singapore, Germany, and Finland.  Most are surprised at the value of the service they receive for such a low price.  Take the next step and purchase a living website from us.   Check us out for your sake at our website http://www.camnio.com or email us at info@camnio.com.   Web:  http://www.camnio.com   |   phone:  502-9CAMNIO    |    email:  info@camnio.com

Excellence in Web Design

In This Issue: Content Management System Stunning Graphics Feature Packed	July 14, 2010 Excellence In Web Design
Visit Us at http://www.camnio.com	Content Management System Easy to Update CMS or Content Management Systems have been around for some time and require little or no experience in html to update on the site. The CMS is able to keep track of virtually every type of material you may put on the site from sermons, pictures, articles, videos, and etc. Updating your website is as simple as updating a word processing document on your personal computer, but on the internet. Stunning Graphics Customized to Your Church Tired of pictures that just don't match your site or you simply don't have the staff to create the graphics? With our team of graphic artists, we can provide your website with images that are not only excellent, but also tailored to your specific Ministry. Feature Packed Applications designed to work with your organization. Do you want a website that delivers excellence? CAMNIO Media is the solution for all your Graphic Design Needs. Our Designers are ready to help you take your ministry to the next level with professionally designed, creative media designs at an unbeatable value. Questions? Call us at 502-9CAMNIO or email us at info@camnio.com

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Freedom is not Free | Church Website

Our Freedom is Not Free We as Christians understand the price for freedom because Christ paid the price for our salvation.  Yet as we celebrate this fact day after day, some have yet to hear the gospel in a way they can understand. One thing seems to be  a constant in our daily lives; the internet.  More people shop on the internet now than ever before.  Did you know that people are now shopping for churches online as well?  Is your church effective in the internet market? What kind of message are you portraying through your church website?  Would it be a place that they can relate to or a place that makes the gospel unattractive? CAMNIO Media is working ever so tirelessly to insure that you not only receive an excellent designed church website, but also a website that will be found by those looking for it. See what impact you can have in the Kingdom of God with a website that is found by those looking for God's freedom from sin.

Freedom isn

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Changing the way the world sees tomorrow.

How do we change the way the world sees tomorrow? Simple. Each website is designed with tools designed to help your church reach people who don’t know the gospel. When people get saved, they see the world through Jesus’ eyes. We want to use media to get as many people saved as we can and we’re here to partner with you to see that happen.

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Our Advertisement in the Enrichment Journal

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Easy to Update
Easy to Maintain
Easy to Use
Invite New Guests
Inform Members
Create a Community
Broadcast your Message around the World!

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Not sure how to finish this one. Let me know your ideas by emailing us at info@camnio.com. What would be the best way to finish this advertisement?

Flyer for our Convention

Here's an advertisement we used for one of our conference banner. The image is actual four feet by three feet.

Spring Time

It’s Spring!

It’s time to give your Church a fresh look.

It starts with a re-designed website or even a brand new one. First impressions count and we make every effort to insure you get the quality you deserve from a professional church web designer. Our graphics design work is exceptional and our custom websites are stunning.
We’re changing the way the world sees tomorrow
one church at a time.

Living Websites...Simply By Design

What’s the first thing new visitors will be looking for in your church website? Surprisingly it’s Announcements and Upcoming Events! If your church has had difficulty in updating your website for years or simply haven’t updated it, we have the solution for you. A Living Website designed by CAMNIO Media, created with the intention of making life a lot easier in updating your website. Check out how easy it is at http://www.camnio.com

The Number One Top Most Accessed Content on Church Websites, I'm New

The Number One Top Most Accessed Content on Church Websites, I'm New

Podcasting in Your Christian Website

The Power of Podcasting

Blog

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Pastor’s Blog
is a great method for communicating ideas, church vision, and
initiatives in addition to sermon and church announcements.
Podcasting
is simply one of the best resources for teaching and discipling your
congregation and a great opportunity for a visitor to listen and hear
your church’s dynamic preaching and teaching.
Living Website
is a website designed by CAMNIO Media with the above with a
bundle of great features in addition to the ones mentioned
above. Come check out our aff ordables rates.

CAMNIO Media: Your premiere Church Website Builder.

Our Prayer Feature

CAMNIO Media: Your premiere Church Website Builder.

Download the pdf version here.

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We help capture your church’s vision by providing expertise in website, audio, video, print, and graphic design.  The complete LIVING solution for your church at an affordable price.
CAMNIO Media provides web design and graphic design services for Churches, Non-Profits and small businesses. Our mission is to provide powerful, flexible and affordable websites to help small organizations and companies fulfill their mission. We develop powerful websites driven by Content Management Systems. We refer to our websites as living websites because it is easy to update the content.

Linking the Gospel to the Next Generation

One of the ways to connect to the new generation is with technology.

CFNI Worship Conference | Christ for the Nations

Hey come and check us out at the Worship Conference this week, we will be having an exhibit this week. For more information check out their website at: http://worship.cfni.org/

Why Your Church Needs a Website: The Value and Benefits of a Church Website

Why Your Church Needs a Website: The Value and Benefits of a Church Website
Written by Dallas Hart:

Just a few years ago, the Internet was somewhat of a novelty, but it has now come to a point where it is considered an inevitable necessity. People have come to rely on the internet to provide them with useful information from the simplest search of a phone number to searching for such life changing activities as taking part in support groups. Having a website has indeed transcended from being just another novelty to being a great instrument not just as a source of information but also of reaching out and connecting with people. People not only want you to have a website, they EXPECT you to have a website. And this is essentially why your church might be missing out on great opportunities to get to the many people you are trying to reach, if you do not have an Internet presence or church website. Here are a few ways that a church may benefit from having a website of its own.??A website is a powerful communication tool. Whether it's just letting your people know about Christmas service schedules or upcoming church events, your website can enhance and strengthen your overall communication approach when combined with your more traditional communication methods like the church bulletin, community paper or local broadcast media. By directing your members to your website, they can access detailed information with just one click of the mouse.??You can think of your website as an online ministry - an excellent way to reach a wider audience that may have been otherwise inaccessible. Whereas, other people may be apprehensive stepping into a church door, they wont have the same trepidation about visiting a website. Your website provides the venue for people to know what your church is all about and what they can achieve from attending your services; it is like opening the church door not only to people from your community who won't ordinarily visit a church but also for new members from across distances, whom otherwise may never have found you.??Having a website is a perfect way to create a sense of community and belonging for your ministry. Your members and other people in the community can come together online and discuss topics of relevance and interest that affect their daily lives. Your website can be utilized to keep members abreast of current events and everything that is going on in the community.??Unlike other media, a website does not require a lot of financial upkeep, and is significantly less expensive to maintain and update. Not only does it reduce expenditures, but also provide your church with the best means to collect donations online, which can give you a lot of room for planning to do more things for your community and its members.??You may still be putting off the creation of your website either because you don't have enough financial resources or you have very limited knowledge of HTML and web design. Your budget limitation and knowledge deficiency should not restrict you from having a functional and uncomplicated church website.??By utilizing a straightforward online website builder, you can produce a fully serviceable website for your church in just a matter of minutes without having to know a great deal about HTML or necessarily have any skills in graphic design. All you have to do is drag and drop images, text and audio - even video, if you so desire, in the appropriate places where you want them on your page; the website builder will take care of the rest.

Description

A number of people would argue that a church has no need for a website. An equal number would most likely disagree. A website has a lot of great opportunities to offer your audience and your church or ministry. This article discusses a few of the benefits that your church can reap from having its own website.


Looking for a church website builder

CAMNIO Media | You Do Not Have to Pay a High Price for a Well-Designed Website

You Do Not Have to Pay a High Price for a Well-Designed Website
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It is quite easy to understand that most people may not have the time to go through
more than just a handful of portfolios, let alone thousands, even millions of web
design studios and freelance web designers to choose from. A quick search of ‘web
designer’ on Google alone can yield 46 million results, before you can even decide
which studio or individual that claims to offer affordable website design services
to take. Sometimes, you may even be tempted to consider one that ‘appears to be
good.’
Confusing Website Costs
What ‘appears to be good’ can turn into a costly-website-nightmare if you are not
cautious. Some of these studios and freelancers who supposedly advertise affordable
web design services actually offer ‘packages’ that surreptitiously contain charges
in exorbitant amount for designing, building and hosting a website. They will give
you a confusing list of bells and whistles – non essential features or enhancements
that does not provide any commensurate functionality and will probably only make
learning and using the application a lot harder. They will provide you with
technical jargon that you have no idea about, to make you believe the cost is worth
it and to justify the so-called ‘affordable’ price they offer.
Is it really Affordable or Ridiculous?
The question of whether you are being charged fairly and squarely, or otherwise, is
especially tough if you do not have sufficient knowledge of what designing and
running a website entails. Some have no inkling that the average website isn’t even
worth the figure that most web design studios charge. Often times, their basis has
nothing to do with the amount of work involved. It is a calculated move based on
their impression of how much you are willing to pay. To a lot of them, that’s
business. And so it doesn’t matter if, to the knowledgeable their offer do sound
ridiculously over-priced; if they can make you pay, it’s good business.
An Insight on What Affordable Web Design Really Is
Businesses gushing promises of affordable web design services are all over in
staggering numbers they can drive you crazy. Did you notice the discrepancies in the
cost that each offers? Don’t they make you wonder how they could differ so much?
First off, the web designer’s level of expertise plays a big factor in determining
the price for web design services; half the time, however, big design studios incur
bigger costs than just the actual work – they have to pay for the salaries of their
employees, spend for advertising and marketing costs, etc. And the harsh truth is
they factor these in when they estimate the price they are going to charge you with.
Now if you compare the big studio’s price versus that of a small team of
freelancers, the price is simply based on just the straightforward cost to cover the
amount of work required to come up with a well-designed website.
So is there a secret to affordable web design? Not really. Just steer clear of large
design studios and stick to small team or individual freelance designers.
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Custom Living Websites Designed for Your Church or Non-Pro t Organization.
Here at CAMNIO we o ffer LIVING websites. Four main features characterize
living websites. They are easy to USE, easy to GROW, easy to CHANGE and
easy to UPDATE.

All of our websites are designed for multiple users and do not require a knowledge of HTML or any web based language. They are designed to be completely user friendly for both those updating and those using the site. All websites are Content Management based.

“We know that websites need to be updated, so that’s why we make it easy.”

Any questions? Call us at 502-9CAMNIO or email us at info@camnio.com

Church Website Builder

Every Church website builder has their own set of features, but I've found that many are charging an exorbitant amount or they offer such a cheap website that there is no functionality. There are several guidelines that every person researching a church website builder needs to consider.

Their portfolio is an good indication of what kind of work they do. For example: www.camnio.com/portfolio.html . Portfolios should show a variety of workmanship and features. Watch out for those portfolios that include lots of costly “extras”. Make sure that the standard features of a website are clearly marked somewhere on the site. Portfolios should also be changing frequently, possibly every three months or so, so look to see if there has been change in the site recently. Portfolios are the signature of any good website company. Make sure that each website has a signature look for the church that is being represented. If each site is a “cookie-cutter” site, then you will know that yours will look like everybody else’s.

Another indicator that the company may charge a bit more than you're wanting is when they ask you to contact them for prices. If there are no sample prices, chances are that they are going to charge more. Like I mentioned above, there should be a standard set price for a set number of features that they offer. Only a few sites include every feature in each site for the same price. CAMNIO media is one of those companies. Many companies will have pricing tiers, which start from a base price with limited features, and travel up in price depending on what you need in your site. Remember to shop around as some places give you everything they offer for one low price. The tiered concept is that the top tier is the most expensive. Sites with tiers or itemized website building usually tend to be much more expensive.

Functionality is a key thing that you should look out for. Will it be able to show new visitors how to find your church? Or better yet, will they have a fair shot of really knowing what your church is all about without having to think about dysfunctional web design. Remember your church website is meant for your visitors too. Sites usually can have all of the bells and whistles to catch peoples eyes without being complicated or frustrating to use. Sites should be user-friendly and also always changing. If a site cannot be easily changed, then its attraction is greatly hindered. People only visit sites that stay current and fresh. Functionality is needed from every angle. Make sure that you are not spending money for a site that is too complicated to update. If you have to learn a new language to update your site, you will always be on a definite learning curve. If you know English, then your site should be programmed in English! Make sure that you get a site that has multiple user possibilities. Ask yourself these questions: Are different users able to update this? Meaning, can the youth pastor add his events, while the Senior Fellowship adds their events. “Is this site useable from the oldest to the youngest?”

But what about functionality for an existing church member? When your church members want to come and use the site to catch up on church events and important ministry information, the calendar and announcements modules comes in very handy. You want to provide functionality for each person that will visit your site. Look for sites that offer separate logins for members versus new attendees. There might be pertinent information that the members of your church need but you might not want the new visitors to be apart of. Make sure that the site offers functionality that serves the purpose of your church and your ministry events.

A website really should be a "living" website. Meaning that people within the church are involved with updating the website and keeping it fresh and new. Once pictures become out of date, or announcements are no longer relevant, people are not going to want to come back to your site for more info. In fact, it is more of a deterrent. The key, again, is for the site itself to be easily updateable. You don’t want to have to fight with your site each time you want to make updates. The easier it is to update, the more relevant and alive your site will become. And remember, a living website is more likely to grow in popularity than a stagnant dead one.

Lastly, you should go with a company that has great customer service. You don’t want to be caught in a situation where you are in a crisis and the company is too busy or too impersonal to help you. Make sure that the company really does have your interest at heart. Talk to them on the phone for a few minutes and get a feel for the vision and mission of that company. If money is their motivator, you are just a dollar sign that has little value. If their focus is ministry, then their service will be more personal for the sake of the gospel. You will have a better relationship with a ministry driven, gospel minded company than one that is only business oriented. When you are in the process of designing and as you learn how to take care of your website, this friendly helpful service will be of great benefit to you.

When you combine all of the portions of this article and put them together, you should have a comprehensive take on what to look for in a website company.

CAMNIO Media | Photos

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CAMNIO Media | Great Videos on Podcast & RSS

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CAMNIO Media | Catalyst Package

http://camnio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=136&Itemid=85 Catalyst Package Includes: 12 Months Live Hosting Included 1 Living Website 1 ID Package Includes: 1 Logo, 5 Business Cards, 1 Envelope & 1 Letterhead (Two payments of $749.50)

CAMNIO Media | Article on Church Website Design

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CAMNIO Media | Portfolio

Take a look at this promo rough draft for our portfolio.

Choosing a Church Website Builder

Choosing a Church Website Builder www.camnio.com
By: CAMNIO Media

Article ID: 3365191
Article Submitted: December 03, 2009
Category: Computers and Technology :: Software
Article Word Count: 524


Working for a Church Website Builder CAMNIO Media, I've come across several clients who have regretted purchasing websites from certain companies. In one particular case, the website ended up being more of a burden than a tool for them. Here's some tips that I like to suggest:

1. Can the website be updated online?

Websites back in the days were not necessarily stored online. Technically the original files were kept on a person's personal computer. It was a matter of looking for that computer and then transferring all the files over to the web server. With content management and other web resources, people now can make real-time changes online without having to install the software.

2. Is it worth the price?

Having a website is worth the price, but what factors are involved. Well, a website is worth it's value when you're able to get the message across at twenty fours a day at seven days a week...come to think of it, that's it's sole purpose. Yet the question comes, should you buy any website or go with any company? Here's the thing, sometimes you get what you pay for. Some companies will design the website for you and let you fend for yourself as far as updating it. Or they may become the sole owner of the site and you are required to go through them for service. Either way, service is a key factor in determining value. Check out their previous works especially in their portfolio, for example: http://www.camnio.com/portfolio.html. Is that a website that you would desire? Don't settle for a bad website just because of price. Unfortunately many first time visitors, "unjustly" judge your church on the website.

3. Design

That's when design and functionality become a key issue. Is the message clear? Can the website grow with your church as it expands it's vision? Is it modern, meaning is it up to web industry standards. One easy way to determine this, if you are a novice, is simply this, does the website look like your favorite websites? This may be a far reach in determining the age of the website design, but take a look at the design of something like disney, or cnn, or even your local news station. This will give you an idea of web design standards and depending on who choose as your church website builder, they can most likely make something very similar. If they can't, then you've come across one of their limitations.

4. Hosting

No matter which company you go with, you'll be charged with hosting. It's simply a place to put your website online. The key concern to determine is what you get. How much is the bandwidth? What kind of backup plan do they have? What are the limitations as far as hard drive space? It's always best to go with the website company that designs your site to do the hosting, mainly because they are the ones who created your site. At CAMNIO Media, we back up every week, so customers can rest assured that we can restore their site within two working days.

Roy Ching CAMNIO Media | Church Website Builder

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CAMNIO Media | SEO

Key word: Church website builder
We just got to page one in google indis, page two on bing and google
Still working on yahoo, which is page five.

CAMNIO Media | My Own Little Project

It's a project I'm using for Sunday School:
https://sites.google.com/site/firstassemblyofgodwaxahachie/

CAMNIO Media | Myspace

Hey we have a myspace page too! Take a look at this link:

http://www.myspace.com/camniomedia

CAMNIO Media | School Websites ACSI

We recently went to an ACSI Conference and here's a little blurb about it:

Our websites offer many tools for the Christian School. You can have scrolling announcements, photo galleries, links to popular study websites and even online donations for special fund raising events.
We offer you a Living Website to build community with your faculty, students and parents.

CAMNIO Media | Design Tips for your Church Website

Most visitors to US Churches will visit a Church's website before they ever visit the Church. That means your Church needs a website.

But a bad website can be worse than no website.

If the announcements are out of date or the graphics are unattractive it can be more of a hindrance than a help.

Your website is the first glimpse visitors get of your Church. You want to make sure you make a good impression.

Here a few ideas to keep in mind about what people are looking for when they come to your website:

* Contact Info: This should be easy to find. Make sure people can easily find your phone number, email address and church address.
* Service Times: Somewhere prominent on your website should be a list of all the weekly services and their times
* Calendar: This is the best way for people to see what is coming up that they might want to attend
* Sermons: Posting audio copies of your sermons online will bring both visitors and regular attenders back to your website again and again and will get your message out beyond the walls of your Church
* eNewsletter: Visitors to your website can become visitors to your Church. A simple way to keep visitors on the hook is to provide them an opportunity to sign up for your Church's eNewsletter. This will increase attendance at your events from both visitors and members.

CAMNIO Media | How is prayer integrated into a website?

Every Living Website from CAMNIO Media comes with Prayer Room, an interactive prayer resource.

The Prayer Room updates itself daily with the lastest People Group from the Joshua Project and the Country of the day from Operation World.

There is also an ePrayer Chain. This feature allows Church members to post prayer requests to the website. As soon as the prayer request is approved by the Prayer Coordinator it goes out by email to everyone on the ePrayer Chain. This is a great tool to keep your people aware and praying for urgent needs.

There is even a place to post a praise report to encourage those who have been praying as prayers are answered.

CAMNIO Media | Facebook

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CAMNIO Media | School Website

We just recently went to an ACSI conference. Take a look at the pictures!

CAMNIO Media | Is a Church Website worth the price?

Taken from Chad Germany

Websites are not cheap. So are they worth the price?

Consider this. Most Churches will spend megabucks for a sound system. That sound system is then used to communicate on average to about 100 people for 100 minutes up to about 100 feet.

A Living Website from CAMNIO Media costs only $999, but it will communicate your message to 1.5 billion internet users 24x7 anywhere in the world.

Anyway you slice it, a website is one of the most affordable and effective ways to take the ministry of your Church beyond the walls of your building to reach more people.

CAMNIO Media | Features

At CAMNIO Media we believe every church needs a great website so we pack every feature we offer into every website we build. And if that is not enough, new features can easily be added to your website later.
CORNER STONE:			PRAYER ROOM:
	God’s Word will be displayed prominently on every page of your website. Each page a guest looks at will display a new scripture.		A drop down panel at the top of every page where guests to your website can read prayer requests and praise reports and post their own prayer requests to an ePrayerChain.
SERMON CENTRAL:			ONLINE CALENDAR:
	Audio and video presentations are available for viewing, downloading or podcasting.		Keep everyone up to date with a powerful but easy to use online church calendar.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:			LIVE MAPS:
	Post the latest news and announcements from the weekly bulletin to your website.		Our live maps tell people how to easily find your church and get directions from any location.
ONLINE DONATIONS:			BLOGS:
	From basic PayPal accounts to advanced payment portals, CAMNIO Media can help set up your church to start taking online donations. NOTE: Setup fees and processing fees may apply. CAMNIO Media does not process donations. An account with a secure online payment processing company is required for receiving online donations.		Blogs are online journals where staff and church leaders can post articles, photos, audio clips, video clips, etc. This will be one of the most used features of your website.
PHOTO GALLERIES:			FILING CABINET:
	Display an unlimited number of photo albums (i.e. Easter event, Christmas Event, Youth Event, etc.) on your website. Upload photos from any web browser. Create new albums and let members and visitors browse the photos online.		Post documents, forms, photos or any kind of electronic file on your website for people to download.
BIBLE SEARCH:			DAILY DEVOS:
	An online Bible portal on your website allows guests to search scripture and read Bible passages from popular versions of the Bible.		Choose from numerous daily devotionals.
MEMBER DIRECTORY:			POLLS:
	Church members can register on your website and post their contact information to a member’s only church directory. Individual members can update their profiles and choose how much info they want displayed.		Conduct polls on your website to find out what people think on various topics.
EVITES:			COMING SOON:
	Church members can send electronic invitations to invite people to visit the church website.