Why care about Instagram hashtags? Starting an account on Instagram can be tough especially if you’re just finding your way in. Seeing ‘zero’ as the number of followers and posts is stressful. Who wouldn’t want a massive following streak on their social media accounts, right? One solution that probably most people know and is commonly […]
Using Social Media to Grow Your Church
There are 2 times every year where I get excited about new challenges and goals. The first is in the fall when schools start back up. And the second is in January. Both of these times represent a new year and new ambitions and goals to strive for. With the new year upon us, what […]
Propel Conference 2017 for Church Growth and Leadership Development
My friends at Ministry Pass recently did a study on leadership development and they found that 70% of pastors go to conference to grow as a leader. What they also noticed is 81% of church leaders want to do more for themselves and their team but the expense is too costly. If you are at […]
[VIDEO] 20 Social Media Tools for 2017
WHAT DO THE LEADING CHURCH COMMUNICATORS USE? This week, I published a super duper infographic featuring suggestions from 20 church communicators. Here’s where you can view or download the whole thing. 2 MINUTES SUMMARY (VIDEO VERSION) Today, I’m sharing a video version of that list of top social media tools you should know about for 2017. […]
Why Is Your Church Ignoring The 3 Most Important Social Media Networks?
Social media is B.I.G. big. There’s now a bunch of networks and platforms that boast over 100,000,000 active users. One of the things I’ve been really reflecting upon recently is how people are using the social web today vs just recently. Things have changed overnight. Or at least so much in the last 12, 24, […]
The 20 Best Social Media Tools for 2017
The social media marketing communications landscape changes so rapidly. So fast that you can almost talk in dog years! Doesn’t it feel like Instagram Stories has been around since it all began? Or doesn’t Facebook Live feel so natural that it’s hard to believe it is a relatively a new-fangled concept to broadcast live over […]
Church Butler “Done For You” Social Media Service Overview
Our team has been working hard for the past couple of months building out a social media support service for church communicators. We’ve had great responses to a pastor’s survey we put out to help refine what we’re going to offer your church team. Here’s an update and brief overview of what the service will […]
Epic List of 137 Free Stock Photo Websites
List last updated May 2021 Looking for the right image on stock photography sites for your social media posts could sometimes be insanely difficult. What’s worse is when you go through the effort add images to your post, and then after publishing it, you see the same image everywhere. . . because everyone knows about […]
Church Communication: When You Don’t Know Where to Start
I recently had the opportunity to run into Barbara Carneiro at a conference. She runs the Church Communications Strategies Group over on Facebook among other things. I asked her to help with a question that I get more often than you might think: where do you start? Like literally – what do you do to […]