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Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category
The Social Media Gospel by Meredith Gould
A practical, concise guide to social media for churches, written by church comm expert and #chsocm founder Meredith Gould.
Getting Your Church Started With Facebook
Facebook has 1 billion users. Your church should be there. But how do you get started? We'll walk you through the initial steps you need to take to get going.
Social Media Guide for Ministry by Nils Smith
A short, practical guide on all things social media that's with packed sensible ideas and real world experience. 250,000 Facebook likes in under two years: How's that for real world ...
How Our Facebook Page Grew to 250K Likes
I get asked a lot about the Online Church Facebook page and how it grew so quickly. People often expect one secret sauce solution, but it took experimentation, systematization and ...
Facebook Evangelist
The new family visiting our church came because someone kept posting exciting things about our church on Facebook. That person is our Facebook Evangelist. Your church should have one too.
Diana Butler Bass on Social Media
"With social media, you have the chance to be the Lutherans that Luther imagined."
Five Simple Ways to Get Better at Facebook
How can you do Facebook better: 1) Use lots of photos, 2) Don't paste just a URL, 3) Schedule content, 4) One-line writing and 5) Be patient.
Getting Started: Meredith Gould
We talk with Meredith Gould about budgets, strategy, fears and failures when it comes to church communication. She brings years of expertise and a focus on liturgical congregations.
Office Hours: Church Signs & Facebook
Our own Justin Wise has online office hours and takes your questions. This week he talks about effective church signs and examples of churches using Facebook.
Office Hours: Social Media & Pastoral Blogging
Our own Justin Wise has online office hours and takes your questions. This week he talks about calls to action in social media and how to get your pastor blogging.
Busy Pastors Can Say No to Social Media
OtterBox CEO Curt Richardson opted out of social media: "I believe that to be a valuable participant in social media, you must really dedicate the time."
Church Social Media Chats #chsocm
We talk with Meredith Gould, the founder of #chsocm, a weekly Twitter chat about church social media.
Office Hours: Wasting Time on Twitter & Basic Comm Strategy
Our own Justin Wise has online office hours and takes your questions. This week he talks about Twitter and comm strategy.
Power to the Pews: Create Content
Our guerrilla church marketing series continues with some practical ways the people in the pews can do church marketing.
Office Hours: Pastors and Social Media & Wasting Money
Our own Justin Wise has online office hours and takes your questions. This week he talks about social media and the uselessness of YellowPages ads.
