The other day, I posted about a video of Kelsey and the miraculous story of her birth.  You can view the video here.  This is an amazing story, but also a great example of how taking a few minutes to setup sharing buttons on content can make a huge difference in how much your content is shared. Read more…

Social media is huge these days.  Facebook has about 600 million members (that’s nearly twice the entire US population), Twitter has somewhere around 150 million users, and some are even suggesting that search engines will eventually be replaced by social networking (we’ll see).  So, do you think the church needs to be involved in social media? Read more…

Social bookmarking can be a powerful way to attract visitors to your church website.  It’s also one of the easiest ways to market your church and a way to get everyone in your church involved.  How can you use social bookmarking most effectively with your church’s website?  Here are seven tips for using social bookmarking most effectively: Read more…

There are millions of people online at any given time. How many of those millions will ever hear about your church’s website? There are many ways for people to find out about your website and we’ve discussed many of those ways right here on the Church Marketing Online blog. Lately we’ve been looking at the social web and how your church can engage members and visitors online through interactive website features, social networking, etc., but social bookmarking is a little different. With social bookmarking you have a way to market your church through some of the most powerful marketing tools there has ever been…not social bookmarking per se…but simply the power of recommendations and the desire for people to fit in.

Does your church use this tool? Read more…