VisitorReach is an advanced conversational outreach platform that connects churches with local seekers, creating authentic SMS conversations, leading to in-person visitors that assimilate into your church! Our proven 5-step process uses digital optimization to help people find you, personalized ads to drive engagement, and the VisitorReach™ App to seamlessly nurture 1:1 text conversations, leading to a church visit and continued follow-up long after. With automated and customized journeys, pastors can easily follow up with visitors. Guests never feel forgotten and can get connected at their own pace.

VisitorTap simplifies church engagement by allowing guests and members to connect instantly with your church. VisitorTap, uses NFC technology and is included with every VisitorReach subscription or is available as a standalone engagement solution. With just a tap of their smartphone on any VisitorTap product, guests are instantly taken to your chosen link— no downloads, special apps, or WiFi connection required. VisitorTap is managed from your dashboard, enabling you to update links in real time—even during a service. Each tap can also initiate a conversation; when a guest fills out a digital connect card, they can be automatically added to the Assimilate Journey. Just another tool to help your church facilitate personalized engagement through 1:1 text messaging. Learn more or get started at visitorreach.com/visitortap.

Because people actually see it. 91% of people text every day, and nearly half check their phones more than ten times daily. Text messages land right where people already are—on their phones—and unlike emails, they almost always get read. Texting is immediate, personal, and creates space for real, two-way conversations instead of one-way announcements.

It’s also one of the most effective ways to build trust over time. People aren’t moved by a single interaction or a quick invite anymore. They need consistent, meaningful engagement. In fact, it often takes 12 to 15 touchpoints before someone feels comfortable walking through your church doors. With texting, churches can thoughtfully build those touchpoints through prayer, encouragement, reminders, and invitations—each message becoming a simple step toward trust, connection, and transformation.

• Our main differentiator is we go beyond broadcast marketing to a SMS driven engagement strategy through our proprietary VisitorReach App. We’ve heard countless stories from first-time church visitors saying, “You have been texting me for 4 months and this weekend I finally decided to come to church. Thank you for not giving up on me.”

• We include ad spend in the monthly price, so we tie our success to your success. Other agencies charge one price to manage your ads while also passing along the entire ad spend amount and therefore have no incentive to create efficient ads that reduce costs while also producing visitors.

• Our Church clients customize each of their ads with their unique church language and church images. No two ads are alike.

• We help you engage leads with text and email campaigns through the VisitorReach app — driving real conversations, real connections, and actual visitors on Sunday. Other agencies measure success only by impressions and likes. 

Engagements are the number of new contacts that start text messaging with your church. These contacts and conversations are managed within the VisitorReach App. Each VisitorReach plan generates a different number of monthly engagements.

The average number of text conversations with new people range between 20 to 120 per month. Churches on higher plans tend to see more engagements each month than those on lower plans.

Digital Optimization is the process of ensuring all information about your church is represented consistently so your church shows up top of the list. VisitorReach cleans up your data on 70+ directories.  This system must be maintained regularly, or optimization is lost and churches lose their placement when someone uses voice or text to ask for “churches near me” in Google or maps search. We’ve seen some churches not show up on the first page even when standing on their very own property!  

Helping churches add new, engaged and contributing members is our ultimate goal. Because we don’t see how many new members are being added to your church, we measure the success of ad campaigns by the number of new personal contacts generated and the amount of personal engagements with your leadership team via the VisitorReach app.

A partnership with VisitorReach does not require the exclusion of other marketing partners — both can be used in tandem. VisitorReach focuses on reaching seekers, bringing guests and ongoing assimilation efforts. Your partners may perform other tasks that VisitorReach does not provide, like website management, social media management, brand management, direct mail, and more.

There is a substantial ad spend per client. The VisitorReach platform uses a variable format that analyzes SEO, Google Search, Facebook and Instagram in an intelligent way to determine an optimal combination of ad spending per platform, per client. Keep in mind, the focus of our ads is not ‘likes,’ on posts, but bringing actual visitors through your church doors. Our services go beyond ad marketing. We offer a seamless approach to engage and assimilate new guests through our Journey and Nurturepoint™ process available in our proprietary VisitorReach App.

Probably not. Our goal is to increase the number of engaged members of your church, not increase the amount of engagements you see on social media.

We use AI to empower pastors to streamline their responses and promptly respond to questions.  Seekers that request more information can receive automated messages pre-approved by your church. Pastors can engage seekers with 1:1 conversation and utilize other in-app resources, such as Quick Replies and AI responses, to help craft responses, but at all times your team is managing the conversation. The goal is to save time without compromising the personal touch. This is an intentional choice to increase authenticity and seeker engagement.

VisitorReach focuses on local SEO to help churches improve their online visibility. VisitorReach specializes in tools like Voice Search Optimization, Google Maps visibility, and Local Listings Management to ensure your church is easy to find where local searches happen. We do not offer an extended set of SEO services like website speed and optimization, keyword searches, and on-page website SEO.

Traditional SEO focuses on improving a website’s ranking globally, while local SEO is specifically focused on boosting visibility within a specific geographic area. For churches, local SEO is key because it connects you with people in your community who are looking for a church nearby. VisitorReach specializes in tools and strategies tailored to this kind of local engagement and gets laser focused to make sure that happens.