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How online content connects people to the local Church

October 18, 2017October 17, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments content, online, social media

People are attending Church less and less. Those are what the stats are saying. However, while they are not attending

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How Snapchat’s Context Cards can benefit your Church

October 16, 2017October 15, 2017 Tom Pounder 3 Comments snapchat, social media, yelp

It seems that social media networks are constantly changing. Just as you get familiar with them, the algorithms with change

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Why Personal Invites still matter

October 9, 2017October 8, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments invitation, invite, social media

I’m an Online Pastor who loves to use social media and other digital tools to reach more people for Christ.

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What is “The Social Christian” all about?

September 20, 2017September 19, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments christian, social media

We live in a social media world and there is no turning back. It will keep on evolving and changing

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How to deal with Trolls and Negativity on Social Media

September 6, 2017September 27, 2017 Tom Pounder 2 Comments negativity, online, social media, trolls

Internet trolls and negativity are all over social media. You can’t help but run into it unless you have a

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How Ministers can use Hashtags Effectively

August 28, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder hashtag, outreach, social media, twitter

Just last week, the Hashtag, that funny little pound (#) symbol on your keyboard just celebrated it’s 10th birthday. In

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Don’t just “get by” on Social Media

August 14, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments engagement, facebook, Instagram, social media, twitter

By now most Churches have some sort of social media presence. At least I hope most churches have at least

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4 Photos your Church should be Posting to increase Engagement

July 17, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 2 Comments engagement, hope, photography, photos, social media

I love posting images on social media. It always gets more engagement than regular text and it just looks cleaner

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Parenting Teens in a [insert Social Media Platform] World Notes

April 28, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 1 Comment chap clark, development, family, social media, student ministry, Teens

Chap Clark is a Student Ministry veteran of many, many years and has written a ton of books about teens

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How Privatized Social Media can benefit your Ministry

April 24, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments family ministry, online, snapchat, social media, student ministry

I have a love/hate relationship with change. I LOVE it but also take my time to SLOWLY adapt to it.

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