Summer Joy Boone is Director of Assimilation and Social Media at Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, Florida. We had such a fun conversation for this episode of Social Media Church podcast, covering all kinds of topics, including: going from social business marketing to church communications, fostering transparency, why having a social media policy is important, using a winning combo of Instagram + Twitter + Facebook, value of the call to action, only posting content worthy of sharing, weaving together the online with the offline, giving people something to talk about, managing time usage on social media, what’s great about a church that’s social, and so much more!
Apologies for the less-than-optimal sound quality tarnished by ambient background noise on my side and the occasional artifacts from internet bandwidth hiccups of a cross-country conversation spanning 3,000+ miles. And, please forgive me for misspeaking the name of the church during this episode.
Show Notes
Connect with Summer Boone @summerjoy on Twitter and her blog summerjoyboone.com
#news Instagram saw 5M videos uploaded in the first 24 hours after debut (Gigaom 6/21/13)
#oped Let the Instagram vs. Vine Video Battle Begin (Greg Jarboe @ Search Engine Watch 6/25/13)
#oped Instagram Video vs. Vine – Head-to-Head Comparison (Tom Richardson @ Redmond Pie 6/23/13)
#oped Instagram vs. Vine: Battle of the short-form video-sharing apps (Jaymar Cabebe @ CNET 6/20/13)
#video My thoughts on Vine vs. Instagram Video (Gary Vaynerchuk 6/20/13)
#utility Auphonic – audio post production web service
Social Media Church podcast celebrates its 50th episode with a special guest, Jia Jiang, in Austin, Texas. Jia has a viral video with over 5 million views and is an active lay church leader. This episode is a lively conversation reviewing the first year of Social Media Church podcasting, a recent article listing the top 5 social media churches, and things befitting of a milestone. Would love your feedback for the next 50! Add a comment below.
Show Notes
Connect with Jia Jiang on Twitter @JiaJiang + his blog entresting.com
#video Rejection Therapy Day 3 – Ask for Olympic Symbol Doughnuts. Jackie at Krispy Kreme Delivers!
#backstory about Jia’s 100 Days of Rejection Therapy
Jia Jiang’s TEDx talks: Surprising Insights from 100 Days of Rejection (TEDxAustin), Rejection or regret? Your choice (TEDxYouth@Austin),What is inspiration? (TEDxDuke)
#article Top 5 Churches That Use Social Media Best: CP’s List of Places of Worship That Have a Successful Digital Strategy (The Christian Post 6/07/13)
Top 5 list of social media churches, in alphabetical order:
[++ denotes multiple locations, aka a multisite church]
#article Church leaders need viral social media #chsocm
#oldviralvideos funny jesus videos 1-4 via Vintage21.com
The featured guest on this episode of Social Media Church is Bryan Baker, Pastor of Big Timber Evangelical Church in Montana. He’s a pastor of a normal-sized church in a small town somewhere in Big Sky country, and we chat about how he introduced his church to social media – including website, Facebook page, and Facebook Ads.
Show Notes
Connect with Bryan Baker on Twitter @BryanBaker_ and his blog ministrylogistics.com
Like the Big Timber Evangelical Church’s Facebook Page facebook.com/bigtimberchurch