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Creating and Using a Social Media Content Calendar

By Rev. Daniel Ross | Apr 24, 2018 9:00:00 AM

My sixth-grade homeroom teacher stood over my desk.

“Daniel, you didn’t get your agenda signed again.” Sigh. “Minus five points. You know this is worth five percent of your grade, right?” The question of incredulity quickly following the sigh of disappointment.

Of course, what she did not seem to understand was my view. It was worth only five percent of a grade that did not matter. Harvard was not going to be checking my sixth-grade report card to see how I did. So what was the point of filling out the agenda every single day and getting it signed by my parents over the weekend? It was not like there was never enough time to finish assignments in class.

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6 Steps to a Comprehensive Easter Communications Plan

By Peter Frank | Feb 6, 2018 2:00:00 PM

Ash Wednesday is just about a week away, which means there are less than two months until Easter. Have you started planning your Easter communications yet? I realize for some churches, this started happening before Christmas, but for many of our readers, Ash Wednesday is the day the clock starts ticking.

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Easy Social Media for Christmas Week

By Peter Frank | Dec 19, 2017 9:00:00 AM

We’re less than one week away from Christmas—is your social media ready?

While Christmas provides some great opportunities for your church to share the Gospel with your community, it can be a challenge to get everything done on time and still be creative. Here are three quick ways to leverage social media during the busiest time of the year.

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Using Custom Snapchat Filters for Your Ministry

By Hannah Hansen | Nov 28, 2017 9:00:00 AM

If your ministry is on Snapchat, I applaud you! Snapchat is, in my opinion, one of the hardest social media platforms to manage and create content for, especially for churches. So the fact that you even have a Snapchat means you’re going in the right direction.

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Topics: Social Media

Using IFTTT for Social Media Automation

By Seth Hinz | Oct 17, 2017 9:00:00 AM

IFTTT is a dream come true and can save an entire weekend of your time in a single click. I use this tool to automate portions of the social media marketing efforts in Michigan, and I’m always seeking out new ways to expand our reach and reduce the time we have to spend on busywork.

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Topics: Social Media

Maintaining Facebook Privacy as a Church Worker

By Peter Frank | Sep 19, 2017 2:10:25 PM

Last week, I explained several reasons why your church Facebook page should not replace your church website. The last reason I mentioned was that despite Facebook having a huge number of users (more than 2 billion!), not everyone is on Facebook. One group that can be very hesitant to join Facebook is church workers.

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Top 100 Social Media Post Ideas for Churches

By Concordia Technology Solutions | Aug 10, 2017 12:00:00 AM

Do you ever feel like your church's social media accounts are stuck in a rut? Looking for new ways to inspire and engage your members online? Here are 100 of our top social media post ideas to help inform, encourage, and inspire your congregation.

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Topics: Social Media

How to Automate Your Church Social Media

By Seth Hinz | Jul 11, 2017 2:00:00 PM

This post is an excerpt from Seth Hinz's ebook Social Media Automation for Churches.


Social media automation tools will help you scale your social media marketing efforts. You’ll discover how to schedule out and recycle content indefinitely, find and engage in conversations you’ve been missing, expand your follower base, and reduce the time you spend on repetitive tasks. All of this will turn you into a lean and mean marketing machine. One stop short of full-on robot.

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Setting Your Social Media Response Strategy

By Kimberly Myers | Apr 13, 2017 9:30:00 AM

 

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Social Media Roundup - Posts Churches Can Try

By Seth Hinz | Mar 28, 2017 9:02:04 AM

If you oversee scheduling social media posts for your church, you may sometimes feel like you’re staring at a blank canvas each week. Either that or the canvas has so much paint on it you don’t know what you’re looking at anymore. If this is you and you’re looking for a refresh, here are some ideas for your social media calendar. 

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