Creating Internet Buzz for Your Cause or Mission
One of the main tenets of Catholic Web Solutions is that we can use the Internet and social media to advance our mission and raise awareness about our causes in ways that we could not do before they...
View ArticleOrganizing Your Web Content: A Simple Outline
Once you know the goals of your website; what your owners/stakeholders want to communicate and what your intended visitors need and want, you are ready to start organizing your content. This can be...
View ArticleAnswer this Survey for a Chance to Win a Prize
It’s the beginning of a new year and a good time to think about which topics would be most helpful to you, the reader, in 2013. If you take the brief survey below, you will have a chance to win a $100...
View Article@Pontifex Twitter Account Suspended For Now
We have no Pope. The Chair of St. Peter is empty. On February 28, Pope Benedict XVI concluded his ministry as our Holy Father. He left his position of power and responsibility with humility and grace....
View ArticleYoung Adults ARE on Facebook
Statistics tell us that about 24% of adult Catholics attend Sunday Mass and we see with our eyes that fewer and fewer among these are young adults. Many dioceses and a few parishes have outreach...
View ArticleReaders Are Engaged on the Internet and with Social Media
Last week’s readers’ survey on desired next steps to improve Internet presence and use of social media for ministry reveal a readership that is aware of the importance of an effective online presence....
View ArticleDriving Traffic to Your Website Part I: Expectations
Whether we manage a website for a parish, diocese, religious community or Catholic organization, one of our biggest concerns is how to get people to visit it. Just because we built it does not mean...
View ArticleThere is a Social Media Etiquette
As more and more ministry people turn to social media to connect with their communities, it is important to realize that each social media platform has it own etiquette. When we don’t follow the...
View ArticlePope Francis in Three Words
The Pastoral Visit of Pope Francis to the United States on September 22-27 was nothing short of amazing. He gave U.S. Catholics a new pride in the Church and inspired all to greater love of neighbor...
View ArticleFacebook after Death
If you are like me, you have some Facebook friends who have died, but their Facebook pages live on. We receive birthday notices and their profile photos show up when we visit sites that we both liked....
View Article12 Best Practices for Celebrate-Christmas-with-Us Videos
Part of our preparation for Christmas is putting the welcome message and the Mass schedule out in as many places as possible. Today that includes the Internet and social media. We are a little more...
View ArticleJubilee of Mercy Begins Today
On December 8, 2015, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the 50th Anniversary of the close of the 2nd Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pope Francis opens the Extraordinary...
View ArticleDoes the Twitter Election Have a Message for Ministry?
Even if you are barely paying attention to the presidential primaries, you have heard Twitter mentioned multiple times. Candidates are making announcements, responding to supporters and critics,...
View ArticleSocial Media Ministry Engagement
We hear over and over again that an engaging and welcoming online presence is essential if we want to connect with and influence our members both current and potential. This means we need a quality...
View ArticleSnapChat Explained to Adults
Every once in a while someone asks me about SnapChat. It is a mobile app that is very popular with teenagers. Its most intriguing feature is that messages disappear 10 seconds after being read and...
View ArticleVideos with a Purpose
Videos are becoming more popular on websites and social media every day. What about ministry sites? How can we use videos to inspire, educate, invite our followers to grow in their faith, participate...
View ArticleDo You Have a Picture?
The old saying that “A picture is worth a thousand words.” holds true in our social media and internet age. Perhaps even more so than in the past. If we are doing social media for our parish, diocese...
View ArticlePhotos that You Post
Photos, good photos, draw people into your website and your social media posts. They are essential to effective online ministry. I hesitate to say this, because it sounds like I am adding one more...
View ArticlePlanning End-of-the Year Social Media Ministry
November and December are full of opportunities to use websites and social media to evangelize and catechize, to uplift and inspire our viewers and followers. If we plan our website and social media...
View ArticleMobile Devices, Video and Millennials
The recent announcement of the proposed merger of AT&T and Time Warner is generating conversations in the media about the growth of mobile usage, the growing amount of video content being produced...
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