More About this Episode
There is no better way to learn than to live as a fly on the wall as others talk about their successes and failures. While there are certain names we all know in church marketing and communication, there is one set of individuals that you have yet to hear from… our listeners. The Awesome Communicator Episode is all about highlighting the successes of our community for the benefit of our community. This is the first of two episodes where we talk with Church Marketing Podcast listeners about their 2014 experiences.
About Our Guests
Kristy Henry is the “social media marketing person” at Christ’s Church Federal Way. As a full time volunteer Kristy is responsible for the digital footprint for her church in Washington which has a weekly attendance between 500 and 600 people. After hitting a plateau in Facebook traffic, Kristy launched an Advent effort and has seen reach increase of 100% over this time in 2013 and finally seen an increase in page likes and website traffic after an extended period of leveled off growth.
Meiko Seymour is the communications director at Evangel Temple in Columbus, Ga. December 2014 is Meiko’s 1-year anniversary at Evangel Temple. One of his top priorities for 2014 was to eliminate excessive Sunday morning verbal announcements. The culture Meiko arrived in was including as many as five verbal announcements in one Sunday service. Meiko has led his church to narrowing that selection down to approximately two per service in hopes of communicating more effectively from the platform. Evangel Temple has a weekly attendance of approximately 1,200-1,300 and as a growing church the communication needs continue to become more complex.
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Show Notes
- Kristy Henry – Twitter, Pinterest
- Christ’s Church – Website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
- Example FB Posts
- Social Spreadsheet
- Advent Blog
- Meiko Seymour – Twitter, Website
- Evangel Temple – Website, Facebook, Twitter
- Dave Shrein – Twitter, The Communicator’s List
- Review on iTunes
Bethany
January 15, 2015
Really great episode, but some of the links are wonky. :)
Dave Shrein
January 16, 2015
Thanks for the heads up Bethany. I just corrected those errors! Glad you liked the episode. What was your favorite section?
Bethany
January 20, 2015
Dave–I really enjoyed Kristy’s interview. I actually went back and listened to it a second time to make sure I caught it all. Coming from a smaller church I was able to relate well, and got some ideas for our Facebook usage and Easter campaign. I have the second Awesome Communicator in my queue for today!
Dave Shrein
January 22, 2015
Bethany, that’s awesome! Kristy is great and I really learned a lot from listening to her as well! Thanks for sharing!
Stephen Morrissey
January 23, 2015
Great episode Dave! Finally catching up and I had to press pause and write down some ideas. Expect an article coming of mine coming soon that references the experiences of being a new visitor to a church. Thanks for the podcast and thank you for the inspiration for some new content. You and the site are a blessing to the entire church communications community.
S Petersen
November 25, 2015
I know this post is a year old, but I just wanted to send kudos to Kristy. I’m working on updating our church website, right now, and have been researching good ones and yours is BEAUTIFUL! This site has been a huge help to me as I’ve stepped into the church office manager position and am trying to keep up with all our marketing! Thanks so much!