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Do you struggle when you sit down to design a social media post?The blank page can be intimidating. You might know what you want to say, but you don’t know how to make it look. Take some time to do a little work up-front and move forward knowing you’ll always have a design to sit […]

Social Media

December 20, 2024

How to create your own set of social media templates

Are you making the most of Facebook Events? If you’re putting on any sort of outreach event in the coming weeks, I’d encourage you to take a few minutes to set up a Facebook Event. Then, use the list below to spread the word! You might be surprised how much visibility you can gain for free (or […]

Social Media

November 8, 2024

10 places to share your Facebook event

This is valuable real estate! Everyone who visits your page sees this first. What kind of impression do you want to make? Here are 3 ideas in order of least to most effort: 1) A candid photo of your community I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again: You cannot go wrong with happy, smiling faces! Ideally, this is candid, […]

Social Media

November 1, 2024

What should your Facebook page header look like?

After reading the subject line, you may have the misconception that I mean to create your own Facebook group for your church or school. No, I’m suggesting something much simpler than that. I’m referring to the Facebook groups that already exist as local community hubs. Ex: My two closest neighborhoods in Cincinnati have a Facebook group called “Oakley/Hyde Park […]

Social Media

October 4, 2024

The power of a facebook group

Setting the stage: I am starting from a recorded livestream of the entire worship service. The video file is shared with me via Google Drive. I’m working with a MacBook Air, an iPad Pro, and a Canva Pro subscription. This is not a Canva tutorial, but a description of my workflow. Use YouTube to help you […]

Social Media

September 13, 2024

How I edit a sermon & get social media clips done in ~1 hour