Make your email template a web page.
Go to C0mmunicate > Email > Templates to see emails you have saved. Click on the Create Link button to make it accessible with a link. Copy this link and add it to a text or as a way to refer back to an important email.
View and organize all of your links on Communicate > Content Pages.
Create a landing page or a web page.
Need a temporary web page for an event or a landing page to mark a special occasion? Go to Communicate > Content Pages and click the New Content Page button.
This will take you to the email editor. Use it to create and then save you landing or temporary web page. Give it a name and Save Changes. Back on the page list you can view and organize the page as well as copy the link for use anywhere.
Create a link tree for NFC Tap Tags.
Tap Tags are small, unpowered stickers with a microchip that stores tiny amounts of data and have an antenna embedded in them. They use the NFC (Near Field Communication) feature on smartphones to connect the phone to whatever link is programmed on the microchip.
How Tap Tags work
Since the NFC feature is defaulted on for most phones, people just turn on their phone and place or tap the tag with the top of their phone. They don't need to open up another App or Settings, just tap -- like they do with Apply Pay or Google Wallet.
After a brief moment the phone pops up a banner. The phone's owner touches the banner to navigate to an individual link or a page of links that might include a connection card, online giving, sermon notes, the Bible App, and upcoming events.
There are several companies that specialize in providing Tap Tags for your church as a service for a fee. You can put Churchteams giving, registration, and form links into these to avoid having data in a separate database.
How to create a Tap Tag - DIY
1. Purchase NFC tags. The tags themselves come in different formats like quarter-sized dots with adhesive backs, and ultra-thin stickers. You will eventually paste these tags to the promotional items you create or purchase. You can get these from Amazon or other online stores. Just search for NFC tags.
2. Create a Content Page. You will find Content Pages under the side menu when logged into Churchteams. Click to create a new Content Page. Give it a header image with your church logo. Use two even sized rows and then drag image content into those spaces. Browse or upload and insert the images you want to represent each action step. Then add in the links you want people to tap to go to. (Do this on your computer.)
Click this image (on your phone) to see what it looks like and how it works. 3. Write (program) the tag. Once you've created your Content Page you'll see the URL link you need on the list of pages. Copy this link and email it to yourself so that you have it on your phone.
Because you need its NFC capabilities, you must use your phone to write these tags by downloading the NFC Tools app. It is free and works on both Apple and Android phones. Open the app, then click the option to Write. On the next page click to "Add a record" and paste in the URL for the Content Page you just created.
Next, click the Write option and tap the tag or sticker you want to program. The app will tell you when it's done. Your tag or sticker is now ready to be used. You can also save this link in the app for future use for a small, one time upgrade fee.
4. Add the tag to your permanent promo item. Once you have the sticker or tag programmed, just place it on the card, sticker, brochure, flyer, or other permanent promotional item your communication person or team creates or that you purchase.
Place these items on the backs of chairs, in seat-back pockets, signs, or anywhere else you want them. Since the phone can read a tag when it is within about an inch, you can stick tap tags to the backside of cardstock or a sign that has your image or content on the front side.