Website design for Christian speakers
A Christian speaker website has one visitor who matters: the person deciding whether to book you. They need to know what you speak on, see you speaking, confirm you have done it before, and reach you quickly. Most speaker sites make all four harder than necessary.
Who is the website actually for?
The person organising an event, usually working to a deadline and considering several speakers. They are not browsing; they are deciding.
That changes everything about the site. It should answer their questions in the order they ask them, rather than presenting a personal story first.
What does an event organiser need to see?
What topics you speak on, video of you speaking, where you have spoken before, and how to make contact. In that order.
Video is the most persuasive element by a wide margin. An organiser can assess in ninety seconds what no written description conveys, and its absence is often the reason a speaker is passed over.
What should be downloadable?
A high-resolution photograph, a short biography in two lengths, and your topic descriptions. Organisers need these for their own programmes and websites.
Making them ask by email adds a delay at exactly the moment they are choosing between candidates. Having them ready is a small advantage that costs nothing to maintain.
Should fees be published?
A range helps more than it costs. Organisers work to fixed budgets and will skip a speaker rather than risk an awkward conversation.
Where fees genuinely vary, saying so with an indication of the range is better than silence. "Fees depend on travel and format; most bookings fall between X and Y" answers the question without committing you.
How long should the video be?
Between 90 seconds and 3 minutes for the clip on the homepage. An organiser assessing several speakers will not watch a 45-minute recording, and offering only that loses the assessment entirely.
Keep one short clip visible immediately and link 2 or 3 full talks below it. The short clip decides whether they look further.
Sound quality matters more than picture quality. Audio taken from the sound desk rather than a camera microphone is usually the entire difference between a clip that works and one that does not.
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Frequently asked questions
What if I have no video yet?
Ask the next event to record you, even on a phone from the back. Imperfect video is far better than none, and it can be replaced later.
Should I list every event I have spoken at?
No. Ten recognisable ones establish more than sixty obscure ones, and a long list is skimmed rather than read.
Do I need a booking form?
A short one helps: event date, location, audience and format. It saves an exchange of emails and lets you answer with a real reply.
Should the site cover my books as well?
Yes, if you have them, but on their own page. An organiser looking for a speaker should not have to navigate a bookshop first.
How is this different from an author website?
The visitor is different. An author site converts readers into subscribers; a speaker site converts organisers into bookings, and the order of information reflects that.
Talk it through first
A short call costs nothing and usually clarifies whether this is the right next step for your organisation.
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