In considering how welcoming a parish (or any other) website is, we need to look beyond including the word “Welcome” on the site which as you know, I think is important. We need to offer what visitors can legitimately expect us to provide.
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Advent on YouTube
Advent is a few short days away and it is a beautiful season to celebrate with online posts. YouTube is a great resource for seasonal videos. Using videos from time to time, your own creations or those on YouTube can enrich your websites and social…
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Happy Thanksgiving! Free Video for You!
Dear Readers, Thank you very much for your support and engagement in our mission to bring the Good News of Jesus to the world using websites and social media. Your commitment to creating and maintaining welcoming websites and meaningful social media postings is an essential…
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The Home Page Welcome: Empty Fluff or Meaningful Greeting
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…
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Instruments of Peace on Social Media
Our hearts are filled with grief for the victims of the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday (10.27.18). We grieve with their families, their community, and their city. On Sunday (10.28.18), Pope Francis said: “All of us, in reality,…
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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…