Last week I shared information on how to set up a personal Instagram profile. If you did not set up your account yet, you may want to go back and read last week’s blog. Here are the basics that I have gathered in my study of Instagram thus far. You can set up a personal Instagram account or a business account. You can convert your personal account to a business…
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What is Instagram?
A few readers have asked me to help them get started on Instagram. Even though I have been posting on my own Instagram accounts and those of my parish clients for a few years, I am still pretty much of a beginner myself. When I think about it, my minimal use of Instagram probably has a lot to do with the fact that Instagram is a mobile platform and I…
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Instagram Revisited
If you are a longtime reader of my blog, you may remember that I have been reluctant to use Instagram for ministry, both for my own and for my ministry clients. Instagram features what the name implies instant images/photos or videos that share a message. It is a mobile platform requiring use of a mobile device. Usually the user takes a photo or video on the device and then shares…
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Connect with Your Audiences on Social Media
Social media ministers use social media platforms to communicate with and minister to their desired audiences. If we serve more than one audience we may use more than one platform to reach them. Facebook is the social media platform used by most U.S. adults of all ages and is also used by teens. Thus it makes sense to have a ministry Facebook Page. However, if we have a special interest…
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Roads and Country Lanes: Preparing Your Holy Week Posts
Palm Sunday is this coming weekend and it is time to make sure that we have included meaningful and helpful online posts as part of our communications for all the events that will take place during Holy Week. This means preparing posts for the website and any social media sites your parish has. The first thing we have to take care of is answering the questions people have when they…
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Social Media Sites That Serve Our Audiences
These past few weeks, I have been writing in some detail my answer to the question “how to convince ministry leadership to use social media”. “Getting on social media” cannot be the main goal. Our goal is bigger than that. Our goal is to share our good news with the audiences we serve using every means at our disposal. Today social media is one of those means.