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Facebook for your Parish. Creating and maintaining a Facebook page in 5 minutes or less!. What are you afraid of?. Where to start…. Go to www.facebook.com Scroll to the bottom of the page and click ‘create page’ Choose ‘Company, Organization, or Institution’
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Facebook for your Parish Creating and maintaining a Facebook page in 5 minutes or less!
Where to start… • Go to www.facebook.com • Scroll to the bottom of the page and click ‘create page’ • Choose ‘Company, Organization, or Institution’ • Choose ‘Church/Religious Organization’ and type in your church’s name • Log-in or create a new Facebook account using your e-mail or mobile number • Input basic information about your parish (ex: Mission statement, Mass times, Location, Contact information, and profile picture) • Now you’re ready to write your first post!
Wondering what to post? • Upcoming events • Daily Scripture reflections • My recommendations: • www.americancatholic.org • www.mycatholic.org • www.guslloyd.com • www.takefiveforfaith.com • www.catholic-prayer-life.com • www.bustedhalo.com • www.usccb.org • Shout-outs If you stop here you will still have a fantastic page! But there’s more…
Creating an event to increase outreach • Invite people who ‘like’ your page to an event and they will be able to invite their friends!
Scheduling posts • Scheduling posts when you will be out of the office/unavailable! • Allows you to repost important events without setting reminders for yourself. • Freedom!
Why have a Facebook page? FOMO: Fear of Missing Out • A recent study by www.mylife.com of adults 18 and older revealed 56% of social media users are afraid of missing out on events, news, and important status updates if they are away from it for too long. • 42% have accounts on multiple networks • 61% for those between 18-34
Social Media Myths… 5. My ministry needs to be on EVERY network. 4. Set and forget. 3. If they’re not talking to me, I don’t need to know. 2. Social media is only for broadcasting MY message. • AND… Information from: www.mashable.com
1. Maintaining a page takes too long…YOU CAN DO IT! If you have between 5-10 minutes a day, you can Create and maintain a Facebook page for your ministry. PROMOTE! PROMOTE! PROMOTE!
Want to learn more??? I will be in the demo room for the rest of the day if you’d like to begin the set-up process of your page!