




Can a pastor or a Diocese looking to promote a Church event do so by using Facebook? That’s a question you might be asking as the holiday season is just around the corner and you look to find creative – and free – ways to promote your Church’s events using Facebook. The answer is an […] The post Promoting Events on Facebook: A Diocesan Case Study appeared first on VMR. Promoting Events on Facebook: A Diocesan Case Study was first posted on July 27, 2011 at 9:05 pm.©2015 "VMR". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at hugh@vmrcommunications.com
Can a pastor or a Diocese looking to promote a Church event do so by using Facebook?
That’s a question you might be asking as the holiday season is just around the corner and you look to find creative – and free – ways to promote your Church’s events using Facebook. The answer is an emphatic yes!
The Diocese of Bridgeport made use of Facebook Pages to promote a vocational discernment event for young people.
The event was named “Summer Vocation Days.”
According to the event’s website page:
The diocese created a Facebook Page specifically for the event, which you can view here and a somewhat impressive 112 people had become a fan of the page as of the writing of this post. (The total may have been higher or lower immediately prior to the event.)
The landing page for the Facebook Page prompted visitors to “Like this page to get updates.” And below that call to action was a brief message with nicely done graphics encouraging visitors to also click on another link in order to register. That link then connected to an online registration page.
According to the Diocesan website approximately 60 young people participated in the event.
One Facebook application the Diocese did not appear to employ was the Facebook Event application which allows Facebook users to indicate whether they plan to attend a particular event. An online registration page would still be necessary to record additional details and to collect payments from registrants, but using the Event app is a very smart idea because of the positive peer pressure that results. And every online registration form related to a Facebook Page can prompt the registrants to share the fact that they are attending on Facebook and encourage them to send an invite to their friends.
As for the Facebook Event application, if Jane Smith clicks on the “I’m attending” button within the Facebook Event page, all of her friends see that she will be attending. This, of course, can be an encouraging sign to Jane’s friends who may otherwise avoid attending the event if they do not know who else is going.
Photo Credit: Christ be our light by Dave Ceasar Dela Cruz
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