Parishes that are using Facebook and other social media platforms for mission are responding to the needs of the times.
Category: social media
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Using Social Media as Ministry
Social media use in parishes is in its very early stages. The person or people managing social media in a parish may not have an evangelizing mindset and/or may not be experienced in using social media for ministry. This explains why many parish social media sites are not engaging nor relational which is what social media sites are designed to be, nor are they evangelizing or catechizing which are the…
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Image Size Matters on Social Media
If you are posting to social media sites for your parish, religious community, organization or ministry, you know that posts with visuals are the most impactful. You also know that it is not enough to take, create or acquire a photo, graphic or video, you need to size it according to the requirements of each platform. Nothing is permanent on social media, including the preferred sizes which change from time…
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There is a Social Media Etiquette
As more and more ministry people turn to social media to connect with their communities, it is important to realize that each social media platform has it own etiquette. When we don’t follow the correct etiquette, we reflect negatively on our ministry no matter how well-intentioned we may be.
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What Do You Know About Instagram?
As of September 2014, 73% of U.S. Internet users had a social media profile. Facebook is still the leading social media site with 71% of U.S. Internet users. Instagram which is owned by Facebook has 26% of active Internet users. Why should we care about Instagram?
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How to Get More Page Likes
Page Likes is one of the key indicators of performance for a Facebook Page. If our Facebook Page continues to get more Likes, it is a positive sign. If our Likes are stagnate or declining, the opposite is true.