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Free church marketing review

Find out what's holding your church back online

We score your church in 10 areas by hand, then show you what to fix first on a free 20-minute call.

SampleSample · Fictional church Grace Hill Community Church

The one-line read

Strong brand. Hard to find. Start with Google.

01  Look credible 21/40

  1. Branding & Identity 7/10
  2. Website Design 5/10
  3. Mobile Experience 6/10
  4. Visitor Journey 3/10

02  Get found 16/40

  1. Local SEO & Maps 3/10
  2. Reviews & Reputation 5/10
  3. AI Search 6/10
  4. Google Ad Grant 2/10

03  Reach new people 10/20

  1. Social Media 6/10
  2. Short-Form Video 4/10

Fix these three first

  1. Claim $10K a month in free Google ads Google Ad Grant · 2/10
  2. Show up for “church near me” Local SEO & Maps · 3/10
  3. Put “Plan your visit” up front Visitor Journey · 3/10
Sample Church Marketing Review scorecard for a made-up church, Grace Hill Community Church: 47 out of 100 overall, with the three fixes to make first.

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What you walk away with

Flip through a sample review.

This is the review we build for every church we talk to, filled in for a made-up one. Yours is built by hand for your church, and it's yours to keep.

  • Sample review · Fictional church

    Church Marketing Review

    Where your church stands online.

    Ten areas scored. One plan for what to fix first.

    Prepared for
    Grace Hill Community Church
    Date
    October 12, 2026
    Prepared by
    REACHRIGHT

    Your cover. Prepared for your church by name, by a real person on our team.

  • At a glance

    Your scorecard

    The one-line read

    Strong brand. Hard to find. Start with Google.

    01  Look credible21/40

    1  Branding & Identity 7/10

    2  Website Design 5/10

    3  Mobile Experience 6/10

    4  Visitor Journey 3/10

    02  Get found16/40

    5  Local SEO & Maps 3/10

    6  Reviews & Reputation 5/10

    7  AI Search 6/10

    8  Google Ad Grant 2/10

    03  Reach new people10/20

    9  Social Media 6/10

    10  Short-Form Video 4/10

    Sample · Fictional churchChurch Marketing Review  04

    Your scorecard. An overall score out of 100, plus a 1-10 score in all ten areas.

  • Area 4 of 10 · Look credible

    The Visitor Journey

    Can a first-time guest find when to come, where to park, and what to expect in under 30 seconds on a phone?

    What we check

    • No: An obvious Plan Your Visit path
    • No: Service times and address up front
    • Partly: A clear next step on every page

    Time to find service times

    41 seconds on a phone

    Verdict

    Costing you guests

    What we found

    Service times are three taps deep on a phone, and “Plan a Visit” opens a contact form. A first-time guest can’t tell what Sunday looks like.

    The fix

    Build a real Plan Your Visit page: service times, parking, kids, what to expect.

    How we'd help

    Custom & Tailored Websites

    Sample · Fictional churchChurch Marketing Review  08

    A page for every area. Your score, a verdict, what we found on your site and profiles, and the fix.

  • The plan

    Fix these three first

    Ranked by what's costing you the most guests. Everything else waits its turn.

    1. Claim $10K a month in free Google ads

      Apply for the Google Ad Grant and point it at “church near me” searches.

      LiftsGoogle Ad Grant · 2/10

      HowGoogle Ad Grant Management

    2. Show up for “church near me”

      Finish your Google Business Profile, then ask your people for reviews.

      LiftsLocal SEO & Maps · 3/10

      HowLocal SEO

    3. Put “Plan your visit” up front

      Build a real Plan Your Visit page: service times, parking, kids, what to expect.

      LiftsVisitor Journey · 3/10

      HowChurch Websites

    Then work down the scorecard, lowest scores first.

    Sample · Fictional churchChurch Marketing Review  15

    Your plan. The three fixes that matter most, in order. Do them with us or on your own.

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How it works

2 minutes from you. 20 minutes together.

  1. 2 minutes

    Step 1: Tell us about your church

    Your name, your church, and a few details. Then pick a time for your walkthrough.

  2. Before your call

    Step 2: We build your review by hand

    A real person scores your church in all ten areas and writes up what we found.

  3. 20 minutes

    Step 3: We walk through it together

    Your scores and your plan, live on a call. The whole review is yours to keep, whether you hire us or not.

What we score

Ten areas. Three jobs.

Your online presence has three jobs: look credible, get found, and reach new people. We score all ten areas from 1 to 10, so you can see which job is breaking down.

Look credible Areas 1-4

Earn a guest’s trust in the first few seconds.

  1. Area 1: Branding & Identity

    Does your online presence look like your church feels, on every channel?

  2. Area 2: Website Design & Experience

    Your website is the first room a guest walks into. Does it look like a church worth visiting?

  3. Area 3: Mobile Experience

    Your next guest is holding a phone. Does your site load fast and work there?

  4. Area 4: The Visitor Journey

    Can a first-time guest find when to come, where to park, and what to expect in under 30 seconds on a phone?

Get found Areas 5-8

Show up when someone in your town goes looking, on Google or in AI answers.

  1. Area 5: Local SEO & Google Maps

    Someone in your ZIP code just searched “church near me.” Did they find you, or the church down the street?

  2. Area 6: Online Reviews & Reputation

    People read reviews before they visit a church. Are yours recent, and does anyone reply?

  3. Area 7: AI Search Visibility

    Ask ChatGPT for a church in your area. Does it name you?

  4. Area 8: Google Ad Grant

    Google gives qualifying churches up to $10,000 a month in free search ads. Are you using it?

Reach new people Areas 9-10

Reach people who aren’t looking for a church yet.

  1. Area 9: Social Media Presence

    Do people engage with what you post, or scroll right past it?

  2. Area 10: Short-Form Video

    Reels and Shorts reach people who don’t follow you. Are you clipping your sermons?

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Takes 2 minutes. Built by hand before your call.

What happens when you fix the right things

5

new visitors a month

30

new visitors in 3 weeks

One church we work with went from about 5 new visitors a month to nearly 30 in three weeks.

800+ churches. Here's what a few of them said.

We are consistently seeing first-time guests on Sundays, and when we ask "How did you find us?" the response is almost always, "We found you online." Nothing has been as effective as this.

Terry Kreuger

Redemption City Church

46,982 more people saw our ads last month. 2,727 more people clicked on our ads. $7,471.91 more in grant money for ads. Not only are we getting so much more, but you're also saving us more than $300 per month!

Michelle Rux

Google Ad Grant client

We have been able to maximize our Google Grant and invest over $26,000 in Google Ads, which has driven over 4,000 new visitors to our website. We now rank in the top 15 for our city!

Mark Wuggazer

St. John Church

Who you'll talk to

Real people who only work with churches.

No bots. No interns. Our team builds your review by hand, and you walk through it with someone who knows church life from the inside.

Why free? Too many churches spend money on marketing without knowing what's broken. We show you the problems first and let you decide what to do about them. Even if you never hire us, you leave the walkthrough with the full review and a plan.

Founded in 2016 by Thomas Costello, a pastor for 20+ years.

Google Grants managed
$14.24M
in Google Grants managed
Client retention
89%
client retention
Ian Hyatt, Co-founder at REACHRIGHT

Ian Hyatt

Co-founder. Pastoral background. The person most churches talk to first.

Luvé Meyer, Church consultant at REACHRIGHT

Luvé Meyer

Church consultant. Helps pastors sort out what to fix first. No pressure, just an honest conversation.

FAQ

Still on the fence? Fair enough.

Is this really free? What's the catch?
No catch, but here's the honest trade. We build your review by hand, then present it on a free 20-minute call instead of emailing you a PDF that gets skimmed and forgotten. The call is where you get your scores, your findings, and your action plan. Everything we present is yours to keep, whether you ever hire us or not.
Why is the review presented on a call?
Two reasons. First, a live walkthrough is the only way we've found to make the review actually useful. You can ask questions, push back, and leave with a plan instead of a document you'll never open again. Second, we're a business, and the call is how we find out whether we can help you. No hard close. If we're not a fit, we'll tell you that too.
We already have someone running our website and social media. Is this still useful?
Usually, yes. Whoever runs your website and social media is close to the work. The review gives them an outside set of eyes and a ranked list to work from, and plenty of teams take the plan and run it themselves.
We already have a website. Do we still need this?
Having a website and having a website that actually grows your church are two different things. Most church websites we review have 3-4 issues that are actively burying them on Google. You won't know what's holding you back until someone looks under the hood.
How is this different from a free SEO tool?
Free tools spit out automated scores and generic recommendations. We have a real person who reads your content, checks your rankings by hand, evaluates your social posts, and writes specific recommendations for your church. It's the difference between a robot printout and a conversation with someone who's done this 800+ times.
Will someone try to sell me something afterward?
At the end of the walkthrough, if we think we can help, we'll tell you exactly what that would look like. If we can't, we'll say that too. Plenty of churches take our recommendations and handle it themselves. That's fine by us.
How long until I see my review?
You'll pick your walkthrough time right after you submit the form. A real person builds your review by hand before the call, so it's ready the moment we meet.

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