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FACEBOOK FOR MINISTRY

Facebook Fanpage Tip: Reach More People With The News Feed

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Here is another video in our series dedicated to helping your virtually led movement, Christian ministry, or church use Facebook more effectively. A FB fan page is a great way for your ministry to connect with lots of people, and to develop deeper relationships among those who are already involved. But cutting though the noise [...]

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Facebook Tip: Adding Apps to Your Fan Page

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  Campus Crusade for Christ is developing apps to help you engage in ministry within Facebook. Some of these apps give you, and anyone visiting your fan page, access to all of the features and functions from another website, like Starting With God. By bringing this content to your profile and fan pages, your friends [...]

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Add The Starting With God App To Your Facebook Profile

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*Edit* Since making this screen cast, Facebook has announced that they will no longer support custom tabs on personal profile pages. Custom tabs and apps for fan pages however are still supported. Keynote New Media Labs and Campus Crusade for Christ has developed the Starting With God app for Facebook. Starting With God is a [...]

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Facebook Social Plugins Pt. 4: The Like Box

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In the previous 3 parts of our series on the Facebook (FB) social plugins, we’ve shown you How to prep your Thesis themed WordPress site so that you can use all of the social plugins   How to install the Like Button on your blog   How to install Comment Boxes In this last tutorial, [...]

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Facebook Social Plugins Pt 3: Install and Customize the Comment Box

If you’ve been following our series on the Facebook Social Plugins, then your WordPress site should be rocking the Like Button. Check out part 1 and part 2 of this series if you’re just now joining us. In this post, we’ll be showing you how to install the comment box. With the Facebook (FB) comment [...]

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Installing the Facebook Like Button Part 2: Make the Button Work

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In part 1 of our series on the Facebook Social Plugins, we showed you how to prep your site for all of the FB social plugins by installing the JavaScript SDK. From here on, using the Facebook Social Plugins on your blog is pretty easy. This tutorial will show you how to make the Like [...]

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Installing The Facebook Like Button: Pt 1

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Recently, you may have seen the Facebook Like button on many of the websites and blogs that you frequent. They are a great way for your content to reach more people in a viral way by giving people the opportunity to post it on Facebook. Links to your various blog posts, or website, can now [...]

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Google Analytics for Your Facebook Fan Page

We’ve posted a few articles about Google Analytics and what it can do to help further the reach of your Christian ministry. Well, Google Analytics (GA) isn’t just for blogs and websites. The folks at Webdigi and SocialExaminer.com have figured out how to use this powerful tool with a Facebook page. When you create a [...]

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Facebook Tutorial: Creating and Promoting a Facebook Page

ChurchCrunch did a great four part series on starting and promoting a Facebook page for your Christian ministry. If you’re still asking “Why would my church and/or ministry want to be on Facebook?”, ChurchCrunch sums it up like this: “[A] Facebook Page is about community. The entire purpose for creating a Page is to engage [...]

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Custom Facebook Fan Pages

Mashable recently highlighted 5 Essential Apps for Facebook Fan Pages. Here are a few ideas for how you can use the Static FBML app to maximize engagement and community on your ministry fan page. With the Static FBML app, you can use html to customize your Fan Page. The app makes it really easy to [...]

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