Since the pandemic, the digital and in-person church experiences have continued to overlap, and church leaders are finding lots of opportunities to create hybrid experiences. We created Apollos Tap to help with engagement in church.

Some of these help develop spiritual habits throughout the week. Others, like Tap, are good for Sunday service engagement and similar in-person events. It removes friction points and encourages people to easily sign up, give, and take similar actions without needing to create accounts or download apps.

But what does the Apollos Tap experience look like for you? What can your church IT team expect as you set up, deploy, and oversee Apollos Tap in your larger church engagement strategy? Let’s take a closer look. 

Apollos Tap: A Step-By-Step Guide on What to Expect

When you add Apollos Tap to your church engagement platform, there are several physical and digital elements that you’ll be able to use. Here’s what to expect:

Setting Up Your Tags

We’ll start by getting you set up with your physical Tap tags. These are adhesive tags with copper NFC antennas. (We go with the bigger, stronger antennas for more frictionless connections.)

You’ll be able to put your church brand, ministry logo, and any other white-label elements you want directly onto your physical tags. So, while Apollos is busy behind the scenes, all your guests will see is your church’s branding.

Deploying Your Tags

Once you’ve designed your tags and have them in hand, you can deploy them in your sanctuary or other spaces. This is another area where we’ve done everything we can to accommodate the church experience, making it as easy for your team to manage the tags as it is for people to engage with them. For instance:

• All tags are numbered, so you can get deeper heat map analytics.

• You can use the admin panel to reprogram tags if you pick up and put down chairs.

• You can reprogram the action each tag leads to (giving, volunteer sign-up, resources, etc.) based on your evolving needs. 

Using Your Tags

Once they’re set up, your attendees can start using your tags. When they hold their phone near a tag (within a couple of inches, no need to directly touch it), instead of sending a tiny push notification that leads to a website, it will trigger a half-screen takeover. 

This allows people to access whatever action you’ve set up without installing an app or setting up an account. If they want to sign up for an event, you can have the sign-up form right there. If they want to donate, they can use their digital wallet without needing to type in a string of credit card numbers. Smooth. Easy. Frictionless.

Review Your Analytics

As you use your Tap tags over time, you’ll start to get more data. 

Who is giving through tags? Who is signing up using Tap? Where is activity coming from in your auditorium? This can inform mission and guide how you use your tags in the future.

Apollos Tap: Church Technology to Strengthen Your In-Person Experiences

Apollos Tap is more than another NFC experience. It isn’t a glorified QR code that drives traffic to a church website. 

We developed Tap with hybrid digital and in-person church experiences in mind. If you want to learn more about tap technology and the impact it’s having on the modern church experience, reach out. Our team of church technology experts can talk through your situation and explore how our in-person/digital technology can help you reduce friction, minimize abandonment, and help people connect better when they visit your church.