Tuesday, 7 January 2014

SOCIAL MEDIA AND CHURCH GROWTH!

Church Growth Through Social Media


Researching information church growth, if adequately researched you have quickly realized the strength that lies within social media. With the completion of your research you should have determined social media as venues that produce high amounts of regular traffic.  With the implementation of these FREE platforms you will begin to generate both traffic and exposure.  The major free sites to utilize to gain full advantage of social media would be:

 - Blog/website ~ every business needs to have a central point of contact, somewhere all correspondence initiates from. Through sharing your content and drawing your audience to what you have to offer will have your contact looking for your content on a regular basis. Correctly setting up your blog will allow you to share your content automatically to several social media sites at one time by simply pushing “publish”. Harvest the power of automation through syndication.

  - Facebook ~
 with the massive influx of people on Facebook it is prime territory to reach a very large number of people, by simply sharing your content, videos, motivational thoughts, etc. you will begin to create a strong on-line presence

  -  YouTube ~ video marketing and sharing has become a main source of traffic to sites. While using YouTube, it would be advisable to create your own channel which allows for some customization, but mainly, it keeps your visitors viewing your videos only until they choose to leave. (If you don’t create your own channel, once your video is finished, several other videos within the same niche will automatically pop-up, resulting in you possibly losing some of your traffic.)

    Google ~ if you are serious about marketing your church and growing it through social media, Google is the number one search engine on the internet, you definitely want to create a presence there. Google is definitely a place you want to be sharing your content. By doing your research and having your content on page one of Google, will drive a tremendous amount of visitors to your blog/website.

Church Growth Marketing

 

So once you’ve gotten all your strategies firmly in place, you must begin a consistent marketing plan for your church. Regularly post to your blog and share through all the social media outlets. By utilizing social media to create massive leads you will begin to realize church growth and an increase in your membership. Utilizing all of the free components listed above, you will begin seeing results, generating traffic and sharing your vision throughout the world.

No Limits On Church Growth

While you’re on a mission of increasing the numbers within your membership and realize church growth, don’t put limits or pre-judge anyone.  Share what you have regularly with thousands on a daily basis.  In order for there to be an adequate amount of church growth, you will need to step outside of the traditional methods of advertising and leverage the power of the internet.  Realize one important thing, a member doesn’t necessarily have to enter the “church building” to be an active member with the power of live streaming and the internet. 
Expand your church growth by enlarging your territories within social media.



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