Social Media Prep for Easter: Are you using Social Media the right way?

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Free class for your Church: Social Media Plan for Easter Sunday I have recently found some new strategies for using Social Media CORRECTLY in the business world. I am working on creating several classes to help educate you, our ChurchBuzz followers, on how to take the best advantage of Facebook/Twitter and the like to REACH PEOPLE OUTSIDE YOUR CHURCH! With …

Church Website and Social Media Management Workshop (FREE with LUNCH!)

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Want MORE VISITORS? Want better COMMUNICATIONS with members? Want to use your Church Website, Social Media and Email Marketing in one cohesive Strategy? Cost: $249 Through a special arrangement with the NT Conference, this workshop is FREE! Date: August 3, 2013, Saturday, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Lunch: Bring your own lunch, Coffee, Water and Peach Tea provided Lunch will …

Church Website Webinar: The 10 Commandments of Church Websites

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I had the opportunity and pleasure to present my 10 Commandments of Church Websites to the United Methodist Church through their General Board of Discipleship office in February of 2012.  Just a quick recap, the 10 Commandments of Church Websites are: Thou shall be found (in Google) Thou shall welcome visitors Thou shall keep your website current Thou shall create …

Is your church website ready for Easter?

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Yes, yes, the Superbowl is indeed this weekend, but are you ready to welcome visitors to your Easter services?  It is just around the corner! Is ALL your Easter info on your church website? Can people find your Easter Service schedule?  Your Easter Egg Hunt schedule?  (You ARE having an Easter Egg Hunt aren’t you????) What about Ash Wednesday and …

Happy New Year! To Blog is to Love… 45 must read blog ideas

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”To Blog is to Love – 45 must read blog ideas!” Need a New Year’s Resolution?  How about starting a blog!  This powerful stuff for your church, but more importantly for the people of the World who need to FIND/READ/HEAR your message of Love, Hope and Joy! Can we love people with a blog?  I say YES! While driving to …

Facebook Pages for Churches

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Church Facebook Pages: A How To Guide If your church has a Facebook Group as its main presence on Facebook, you REALLY should change over to use a “Page” (previously known as a “Fan Page”).  Here are some of the benefits: You can’t use a GROUP for Outreach!  Facebook shows updates to your Fan Pages on the newsfeed of users …

Using LinkedIn for Churches

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Churches: Use LinkedIn to Build Trust with First Time Visitors On the Internet, building trust quickly is vitally important.  If you want visitors to learn about and then trust your staff when they visit your church website the first time, how about using a little social media.  LinkedIn is a great tool for this! One idea is to include a …

10 Commandments for Building a Church Website Ministry

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Want to take your website beyond an online billboard and turn it into a true ministry of the church?  Here are 10 ideas that should be included in your church website communication and marketing plan! Thou shalt be easy to find! Thou shalt welcome visitors – they are the future of your membership growth… Thou shalt keep your website current …