MAXIMIZING
CONVERSATIONS
Creating a Simple Social Media Campaign for
Your Church and Community

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Who am I?
John Deisher
AGUS Missionary to Texas A&M
DMin (Candidate), AGTS
Church & New Media
Contact me:
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Facebook.com/john.deisher
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BASICS

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The church should reflect concern with
both spiritual and social matters.
Evangelize the lost
Worship God
Disciple believers
Show compassion
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But, we have a problem.
• Decreasing religious involvement is one of the

reasons for this countries decline in the value
of relationships.
• The day has passed when the church stood in
the circle of community influence by virtue
of its position.
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What if…
…there were a public place for a church’s
voice in the community?
…there were a public place where a church
could show the love of God?
…there were a public place where a church
could present themselves to others?
…there were a public place where a church
could speak?
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• Social media is a
living, breathing conversation
people have with your church.
• Social media is the “front door"
for your church.
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Is Easter All About Eggs?
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Why have social media for events?

Conversations!
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START

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Why are we doing this event?
Whose “felt needs” are we
meeting?
What is our goal?
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What is our strategy?
What value are we providing?

Who is responsible for what?

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LISTEN

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Twitter

@xajondee

Twitter.com

@JohnDeisher

@ChiAlphaTAMU
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If we listen, we will learn.

Hootsuite.com
Free version & Pro Version ($8.99 a month)
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Twitter

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Sacred Conversations

http://www.slideshare.net/xajondee/sacred-conversations#

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EVALUATE

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Social Media Timeline
12 months
6 months

3 months
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CREATE

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Keyword searches and alerts

http://www.google.com/alerts

http://www.talkwalker.com/alerts

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Feedly

www.feedly.com

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Original content

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Evernote (evernote.com)

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SCHEDULE

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Determine posting frequency
• Twitter
• 3-5 original Tweets daily

• Also Retweets, Replies, Mentions, Direct Messages

• Facebook
• 1 time a day

• Occasional posts on other relevant Facebook pages
• Also respond to comments/requests

• 2 blog posts weekly
• Email
• Monthly to start
• Can move to bi-weekly/weekly depending on event
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Develop concepts and themes
(2-5 themes a week)
•“Fun” themed post
•Link to new blog or website content
•Post on created content
•Motivational/inspirational quote
•Infographic
•Photo
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Trello

https://trello.com/

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Calendar
• Digital

• Paper

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OUTPOSTS

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#Hashtag

www.hashtag.org

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Twitter

Twitter.com

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Facebook

Facebook.com

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Website

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YouTube

Youtube.com

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PROMOTE

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Daily - Engage in two-way conversation
• Listen and monitor for existing

conversations
• Make your event attention-worthy
• Welcome honest feedback.

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Daily Social Media Schedule
• Review your editorial calendar.

• Twitter - 15 Minutes
• Respond
• Schedule tweets
• Share (others content)

• Facebook – 15 minutes
• Respond to comments and engage
• Promote and share content and images

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Weekly Social Media Schedule

• Write new, original content
• Repopulate editorial calendar

• Check statistics on Facebook, Website and Twitter
• Number of views
• Number of interactions

• Adjust content as needed

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Best Times to Post
• Twitter 1pm-3pm
• Facebook 1pm-4pm
• Google+ 9am-11am
• Pinterest 2pm-4pm or 8pm-1am
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Test Event
6 to 8 weeks before the big event

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During the Event
• Real-time updates

• Post pics
• Follow online conversations
• Alert proper people to problems
• Using mobile apps is fine (if you are used to

them)

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Post-Event

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CONTACT

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Who am I?
John Deisher
AGUS Missionary to Texas A&M
DMin (Candidate), AGTS
Church & New Media
Contact me:
johndeisher@aggielandchialpha.com
Facebook.com/john.deisher
Twitter.com/johndeisher

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Q&A

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Editor's Notes

  • #8 When you combine the decline in the value of relationships and this decline in status, it is tempting for pastors and churches to focus on their congregations and forget community involvement.
  • #10 These are the basic things to understand.
  • #11 Social media is simple. Social media for events is simple. But, it’s just not easy.
  • #13 (Pic – social sight logos)
  • #14 (Pic – Start line)Start with some questions.
  • #15 (Picture – Big question mark)
  • #16 Strategy - a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.
  • #18 Create a Twitter account (free). Twitter is the platform that will allow you to get the biggest benefits of social media for promoting and publicizing an event. It’s the most used tool by participants and organizers to communicate and share their impressions of and comments on the sessions during an event. Make sure that your Twitter account has been customized with your brand so that visitors can identify your organization.
  • #19 See pic descriptions
  • #23 Evaluate Your Social Media Presence
  • #24 Evaluate your current social media presence and the direction of conversation.
  • #27 Create content Buckets
  • #29 What kind of key words?
  • #32 Now, where are you going to put it all?
  • #34 Create a content calendar
  • #38 Choose a calendar platform
  • #39 See pic descriptions
  • #41 Where does all this stuff you have been doing end up?
  • #42 Define a Twitter hashtag for the event. Hashtag are used to centralize messages around a specific word on Twitter. You can read more about hashtags on the Twitter support site.Try to create a hashtag with name that is unique. Because the creation and use of a Twitter hashtags are public and free, have an as unique as possible hashtag minimizes the risk that it will be used for purposes other than for your event. You can simply do a search for the hashtag in Twitter to see if it is already used by others.
  • #43 Create a Twitter account (free). Twitter is the platform that will allow you to get the biggest benefits of social media for promoting and publicizing an event. It’s the most used tool by participants and organizers to communicate and share their impressions of and comments on the sessions during an event. Make sure that your Twitter account has been customized with your brand so that visitors can identify your organization.
  • #44 This is a church page. You can build your event on a Facebook pagePost on event wall and send updatesinvite others to your Facebook event through emailInclude the event in your organizations Facebook pageShare your event on relevant Facebook pages and groupsPrompt live check-ins to your event on Facebook
  • #45 On church website, create an event pagelink to your social profiles.Include share linksTrack social media performanceEmbed a live Twitter feed, YouTube video or Facebook live stream
  • #46 Create an account on a social video platform such as YouTube or Vimeo. These online platforms allow you to store your videos and then play them in a video player which can then be inserted into your website or into a blog post.
  • #47 Promote the event on social media and in your newsletters following your content calendar.Communicate the hashtag of the event on all event marketing materials (brochures, banners, emails / confirmation emails, tickets, badges, etc.).Promote the event on all your social networks two weeks before and put the emphasis on the speakers (make links to their bios if they are on the website of the event) and on the program of event.Invite your audience to sign up for the newsletter or the event to stay informed about the practical information and other news.
  • #55 Analyze the data.