In researching the topic “welcome on the homepage,” I came upon a blog (from 4 years ago) from Follow Bright –a website consulting firm- that advises businesses to avoid the word welcome on their homepage. They post: “Welcome to our site!” and similar greetings are nothing more than fluffy, empty, purposeless words. Fluffy text offers zero value whatsoever to your site’s visitors, and fails to engage or interest your prospects.…
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Your Parish, Community or Organization on Social Media
Part 2 of Convincing a Ministry Leader to Use Social Media Before we encourage our ministry leaders to use social media as part of our organization’s ministry, it is important that we have a good reason to pursue this. Social media is not an end in itself when it comes to ministry. Advancing the mission of the organization has to be the first priority for you, your ministry leader and…
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Convincing a Ministry Leader to Use Social Media~Part 1
Occasionally someone will ask: How can I convince the pastor, the principal, the religious superior or the communication director to put our parish, school, religious community or other Catholic ministry on social media?
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What CWS Readers Want
Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the 2018-2019 Catholic Web Solutions Survey last week. I can report that half (50%) of those responding are engaged in online ministry at the parish level; 27% are working with religious communities and 9% come from Catholic organizations, 9% have an individual ministry and nearly 5% come from dioceses.
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Living Holy Week
We entered this Holy Week with songs of Hosanna. Soon we will relive the Last Supper, the crucifixion and death of Jesus and finally we will exult in his Resurrection. It is a profound and humbling spiritual journey during which we learn again how much God love us.
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Sunday Facebook Posts
The mission of every Christian activity, including a parish Facebook Page, is to proclaim the message of Jesus Christ. If the proclamation is genuine, it is done consistently. Any number of methodologies can be used including sharing faith-based posts by various Catholic ministries, the USCCB, the Vatican, the diocese and other parishes. But if you want to make the most impact with your Page, you need to post your own…