Web presence is a communication tool. If you have good information, good products or good services that people need or want which can be delivered effectively online, being online will be a plus for your efforts. The operative word is “good.” And with all the competition for people’s attention online, it probably needs to be very good.
Category: social media
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What Do Seminarians Need to Learn about Social Media Ministry?
At the end of June, I will be giving a half-day presentation to seminarians from St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia on Social Media for the Center for the Study of Church Management, Villanova University. These seminarians are in their acolyte year, which they spend interning in parishes. The program takes place one day a week for 6 weeks. The other topics to be covered are: Spirituality of Administration, Civil Law, Church…
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Teens, Facebook, and Ministry
Facebook is still an important social network for teens, but their use of Facebook, (as well as Google+ and Twitter) has declined over the past few years according to a recently released report by investment bank Piper Jaffray.
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Using the Parish Website for Adult Faith Formation
Websites are essential communication platforms for all organizations, institutions, communities and ministries. Using them effectively to carry out one’s mission takes thought and care.
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More Facebook Changes
“The only thing that is constant is change…” is a famous quote from Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher who lived around 500 B.C. This is certainly true about Social Media. Google+, Twitter, and Facebook have made changes from their beginnings and they continue to do so. I think the newest changes to the Facebook pages can make our Facebook experience more fun and give us more control over what we see…
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Tools to Create Picture Graphics
Did you know that Facebook gives posts with photos a higher “Edgerank”? That means they are more likely to be seen by your followers. Readers pay more attention to posts with pictures and FB can include ads with them. Posts with photos appear on more Timelines than posts which do not have pictures. (That’s right. Not everyone who follows or likes you, sees all of your posts.)