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You’re working hard to expand your parish’s social media presence; the easiest way is to teach your followers to ...
Know your social media genres! It can be a challenge to manage multiple social media accounts. If your Catholic ...
When's the last time you took a moment to count your blessings at the parish? We've all heard it before: an ...
Do you know social media's 80/20 rule? It's the same as the 80/20 rule in other areas of Catholic parish life. If ...
It's an age-old question: fundraising letters or emails? If you’re responsible for your church's annual ...
We are all called to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ. However, we are often at a loss as to how we can do ...
There are dozens of ways you can connect to your parishioners these days. These include e-newsletters, emails, ...
Maybe you take prayer requests at your Catholic parish, but have you ever considered taking prayer requests ...
Ever wondered how the Facebook newsfeed works? As of 2019, it takes into account millions of factors when ...
One of the most popular types of writing to come out of the Internet age is the listicle, which is a numbered list ...
Have you ever experienced headaches while selling tickets to parish events? Most parishes have 5-10 annual events ...
First impressions and profile pictures are funny things. We all know by now that first impressions matter just as ...
Do you know about the "General Social Survey" and religion? In the April edition of First Things, Mark L. ...
In recent years, Facebook has added a "vanity URL" or "username" feature to all Pages, including your parish page. ...
When it comes to standing out on social media, video is king. The next time you are promoting a special event at ...
Your parish website is likely a simple, concise variation of your church name and/or city, and therefore it is ...
Are you using Facebook Business Manager? Most parishes manage their Facebook page from the personal account of a ...
Last month we included a post about the number of people entering the Catholic Church in the United States and ...
Ever had trouble scheduling meetings at your parish? Scheduling parish council meetings, ministry activities or ...
Saint James writes in his epistle that "the fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful" (Jsa 5:13). We ...
By now, most parishes have transitioned to online forms for event sign-ups, registrations, ticket sales and ...
Hopefully it's easy for new parishioners to register at your parish. What happens after a new household ...
If you’re having a hard time keeping track of all the daily, weekly and monthly tasks required to keep your parish ...
A year after the clergy abuse crisis came to light again, news reports continue to come out that can disturb and ...
As the church in North America continues to change, many parishes are moving from organizations focused on ...
When our team conducted a national research project focused on giving trends in Catholic parishes, we asked ...
Even though it's deep winter, no doubt your calendar is already filling up with all the parish activities you're ...
The Sunday bulletin has been a staple of Catholic life in North America for more than 75 years. But as almost all ...
We are all guilty of visiting YouTube to check out a video a friend said we simply "had to see." Perhaps you ...
What are 95% of the visitors to your parish website looking for? Mass times. That's it. This was brought home to ...
Have you heard the latest - Bishop Barron meets Jordan Peterson? In the last few years, Canadian psychologist ...
Earlier this month I mentioned that 95% of your website visitors are just looking for Mass times. The same is true ...
For centuries religious institutions were some of the most trusted organizations in most cultures. But in the ...
In a previous post, I discussed the 8:1 communications rule - share eight pieces of good news for every one ...
By now, most Catholic churches have staked out their territory online and claimed a catchy web address and ...
It's a website admin's worst nightmare: old broken links that frustrate your site's visitors, but that you don't ...
St. Simon Sylites is one of the strangest saints we have. He lived on top of a pillar in the middle of a city for ...
There are just so many saints. Everyone has their patrons, their favorites, and the ones they don't understand. ...
Facebook Live is a powerful tool that parishes and schools can use to share live video from events, ceremonies, ...
December 31 is just nine short months away, and with it will come year-end giving decisions for many of your ...
If you or someone else in the parish office is doing graphic design, you know that matching colors can be ...
Catholicism isn't necessarily known for its rousing homilies (at least in this day and age), but we are blessed ...
We all have old email addresses we're not proud of. Sure, there was a time when emailing your friends from ...
If you've ever wondered why your parish's website isn't getting better search engine results, take a look at your ...
Today I’m going to share some information about a great free tool out there that we use all the time in our ...
There is an entire universe of priests who are active on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms. In ...
Ever since Pope Saint John Paul II coined the phrase, the Church has been laser-focused on the New Evangelization. ...
We use emails for everything. We use email to ask questions, to delegate tasks, to confirm plans and to provide ...
Your pastor is busy. Your committee chairs have day jobs. Your volunteers are being pulled in a million different ...
The CSM team often works with pastors and staff that say, “We wish parishioners would increase their financial ...
Every year we are drawing closer to the moment when every man, woman, and child has an internet-enabled device on ...
You're getting bombarded with new programs every week - ministry programs that claim to lead hundreds into RCIA, ...
Did you know the first email was sent 48 years ago? Every year we work with dozens of parishes that appear to be ...
Not all fundraising activities are created equal. All parish and school fundraising opportunities are unique and ...
Facebook is always adding new types of posts that can help you increase your reach and engagement. One type that ...
Do you ever walk out of a meeting and find yourself thinking, “Did we actually accomplish anything in there?” ...
Ever spotted one of those "Birthday Fundraisers" on Facebook? You know, your friend Helen says she'd like people ...
How many times has a parishioner or visitor asked you to pray for them or someone they love? I bet you get prayer ...
Every now and again, someone will wander onto your parish's Facebook page, disparaging the Church or people of ...
The dream scenario for any parish is that when people type its name into Google, the parish website is the first ...
Do you find it challenging to keep up with the activity on your parish Facebook page? Has your parish Twitter page ...
In the past, I've touched on the importance of bullet points and numbered lists. But even more effective than good ...
Ever wonder about that new family two pews down from you? They have been attending Mass regularly, but you never ...
People receive around 100 emails per day, a mind-bending mix of work-related communications, solicitations from ...
Keeping your organization’s contact information current and clean is a never-ending process. We’ve talked about it ...
Even as I typed the headline, I thought I might lose a few readers. Let’s face it, money is a difficult thing to ...
High school teachers, college professors, and even fitness program instructors have started implementing ...
If you're watching the news about the further spread of coronavirus and wondering, "What are some ways we can be ...
As we move into month six of the coronavirus pandemic, some parishes are wondering, "Should we just direct people ...
With public Masses suspended across the United States, this past spring charitable contributions were in freefall ...
If this past spring you were scrambling to move your ministries online for the foreseeable future, there are ...
As social distancing and shelter in place orders began to take effect across North America this past spring, our ...
With “shelter at home” orders issued around the country this last spring, many parishes are continuing livestream ...
Smartphones have forever changed the way we live, and more than 90% of people in North America are now carrying ...
What can continue at the parish? In short, most events and meetings on a parish calendar can continue this autumn. ...
The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to do harm to our society in a myriad of ways, but there are some reasons ...
Your eyes have likely glazed over at the number of "free offers" you're receiving right now. The pandemic's effect ...
You have learned a lot about how parishioners engage with the parish over the last several months. Social ...
Our director, John, recently had an interesting conversation with a Catholic Social Media subscriber in Nebraska. ...
This article by freelance writer Christina Capecchi got my attention a few weeks ago. The lessons Cappechi teaches ...
We have all found ourselves frustrated at some point about a web page not loading as fast as we would like. In our ...
Advent is almost upon us , which means it's time to publish your Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Mass ...
A few days ago we shared advice on how and where to update your Christmas Mass times (see here). But did you know ...
Even several months into the pandemic, some of us can abuse Facebook. After all, it's not a communications tool ...
A few weeks ago, this parish report, delivered via YouTube from a pastor in Oklahoma, caught our team's attention. ...
We are sending more emails than ever, and billions of messages crisscross the globe each day. For every legitimate ...
Christmas represents an incredible opportunity to minister to "Creasters," those nominal Catholics that only ...
Since the coronavirus pandemic hit America in February 2020, almost every parish in the country has livestreamed ...
If you've ever needed to remove a background from a photo but didn't quite know the best way to do it, we'd ...
Some years ago, it was popular to create role-based email addresses at companies and non-profits, addresses like ...
We have all had that moment - you have a pile of paper documents in front of you and you want to scan them, turn ...
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