A page for people visiting for the first time

Answer a first-time visitor's questions

Someone thinking about visiting usually wants to know the same few things: service times, how long a service runs, where to park, which door to use, what people wear, what happens for children, whether the building is accessible, and whether there is a service in Spanish. Grantkeeper drafts the page from your answers to those questions.

It keeps the tone warm and plain, in your church's own words, and adds a contact for questions. Anything you haven't confirmed, like nursery hours, stays as a blank in the draft until you answer.

Fictional example: a church with services at 9 and 11 and a Spanish service at 1 pm gets a page that lists all three, explains that parking is behind the building and the side entrance is closest, and leaves blanks for service length and nursery hours.

Make it the page your ads use

A Plan a visit page answers what a searcher asked, which makes it a natural ad destination. Google's website policy asks that it sit on your own domain over HTTPS, with real content and working links. Grantkeeper can then build a paused campaign with multi-word keywords like “[denomination] church in [town]” and “Sunday service times [town],” and sitelinks to service times and directions.

An optional visit form, such as “Let us know you're coming,” gives conversion tracking something real to count. Keep it to a name and a way to reach the person. On WordPress the page is saved as a draft and goes live after your YES code.

Photos help visitors recognize the building and the entrance. Use pictures of the building and the room, and leave out identifiable children unless a parent has given permission.

Update the page when service times change for summer or holidays. The Ad Grants for churches guide covers eligibility and the audience rules.