PROMOTE YOUR SITE!
It is essential to have as many links into your site as you can manage. These are
websites that might list, promote or advertise your 2day website:
TOURIST INFORMATION
Tourist Info Offices – get your site listed on your local TIC website if they have one.
To find your nearest TIC click
and search by county
CAB
Citizens Advice Offices - your local CAB website might list your site as it is a useful source of local information.
Find your local area offices
CHURCH
Find A Church – UK Church Directory (all denominations)
ask for your church to be listed if it isn’t already and to put link to your 2day site. This is free.
Church of England
Page with parish website directory – get your site listed here
Page with dioceses directory – click your diocese and there will probably be a list of parishes to which you can be added
Church of England Youth Council
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
Churches Together in England
Church in Wales
The Anglican Communion
Ecclesiastical Church
Has a Church of the Month competition
Church Urban Fund
Church Army
Evangelical Alliance
MethodistChurch
The Salvation Army
United Reformed Church
ReJesus
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
The Catholic Church in England and Wales
Link to RC dioceses and parishes – get your site listed
MEDIA (papers, online newspapers/radio)
General
Local Newspapers – North of England – find your local paper in the list
Local Newspapers – South of England – find your local paper in the list
Local Newspapers – Wales - – find your local paper in the list
Local Newspapers – Scotland - – find your local paper in the list
BBC Where I Live
– might put link but this is county-based rather than by town.
There is a Faith page so if you have an interesting launch of your site, they might put it here.
County Online Papers
Some counties have online newspapers This is Wiltshire, ( ) etc.
Try typing into Google “This is (your county)” to see if there is an online newspaper for your county or town.
Christian Media
Chrisitan Herald Newspaper
Premier Christian Radio
Church Times
Church of England Newspaper
The Good News.co.uk
The Tablet
Independent Catholic News
You can list your parish website by emailing them your link.
Ekklesia.co.uk
Has links to individual church websites – get yours listed.
Christians In Touch
register your site – this is a sort of Friends Reunited site where people can look up churches and make contact with lost church friends after moving away.
DIRECTORIES
Thomson Local
Get your church and website listed FREE
Yellow Pages – Yell.com
Get your church listed FREE – but cannot put website link, just address etc.
Scoot
Get a FREE listing but cannot put website link, just address, etc.
VILLAGE / TOWN DIRECTORIES
You can add your parish/village site to these for free. Easy to do.
UK Towns and Villages
Get your site added
Villages Online
Village Key
UK Villages online
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
All local governments in England, Wales, Scotland, NI.
some will have links to parishes/villages – get your site listed
For example: See this page on Kennet District Council website>community page
has links to lots of village sites. If you village/town already has a site, make sure your church site is linked to it. If your village/town does not have a site, see if the council will put a link to your site.