Comments on: 5 Startup Tips for Social Media Ministry Planning (and Planting)

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Inspiring Design Links for Creatives for 2009-04-24 | This Inspires Me — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:25:28 +0000

[...] 5 Startup Tips for Social Media Ministry Planning (and Planting) [...]

By: David

David — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:30:32 +0000

You are right, most churches don't plan it t all and then it fails. One of the big reasons I have seen church social media attempts fail is that they do not appoint a "leader". If someone is not responsible for starting and maintaining the "community" within a given social media platform, it will ultimately die because no one is leading the conversation and moving it forward.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:17:47 +0000

i've been thinking about this stuff after listening to Potential Podcast w/Ben Arment

By: human3rror

human3rror — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:06:04 +0000

thanks daniel!

By: Daniel_Berman

Daniel_Berman — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:53:17 +0000

Good advice, even with ministries that aren't 100% social media; many of the same questions are still valuable to ask like you said.

By: Phillip Gibb

Phillip Gibb — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:12:27 +0000

brilliant, I have already forwarded this to stake holders in the re branding and relaunching of our church.

By: human3rror

human3rror — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:37:05 +0000

thanks josh!

pass it around!

By: Josh Wagner

Josh Wagner — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:30:56 +0000

Great stuff here. Very valuable for starting up anything, if you ask me.

By: human3rror

human3rror — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:12:06 +0000

Dewitt,

Love it. we need to look at every potential avenue… thanks for bringing that up.

By: Dewitt

Dewitt — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:44:27 +0000

Great ideas! It is so easy to get in the mindset of just doing social media because many ministries are incorporating it into their marketing efforts.

Here's another thought…Nearly every ministry that I've seen is using social media to connect with adults as opposed to how they might use SM to enhance their chidren's ministry, youth ministry, marriage minitrry, etc.