Nils talks with Ruthi Dworak-Crockett from CBC Online Church about a different kind of mission field: online. Ruthi disproves the idea that online ministry is for young individuals. Ruthi goes through the essentials of church online ministry and building impactful relationships across continents online. Tune in to the podcast and let us know what you think by using the hashtag #SMCpodcast.
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Nils and Jay have Holly Tate from Vanderbloemen Search Group on to talk about inbound marketing and the church. Holly is the Director of Business Development at Vanderbloemen. The church has the best content. The church should be a leader in creating content and thinking creatively about reaching people in their cities. They talk about practical ideas your church can implement to your church.
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Where do you start with Facebook Live? Jay talks with Aaron Magnuson about how he has been doing Facebook Live at his church and using it in birthday shoutouts. Aaron gives three simple starter steps for you to leverage Facebook Live at your church. They also discuss sports and a few other tangents.
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Scott Hagan is the author of “The Language of Influence: 500 Insights for Life and Leading” and is on the show this week to talk about social media, his 100,000 liked Facebook Page Note 2 Leaders, church planting, and much more. Scott is the senior pastor of Real Life Church in Sacramento and shares how social media is really just what good teachers have been doing for a long time. Check it out and share any questions/feedback by using the #SMCpodcast.
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Instagram and Snapchat are two hot apps these days. In this podcast, Jay and Nils review and comment on the latest updates for these apps. Changes always ensue varied consumer reactions. Will these updates make us like these apps better or like them less? One sure thing, though, is that change is always aimed at improvement. Join the show and tell us what you think!
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Tesla announced their mass marked model on 3/31/16 live online. Nils and Jay talk about the event, how it is important for the world, and why Nils was one of the first 100,000 that pre-ordered the car.
Nils and Jay are huge fans of online ads. In this podcast, they talk about the various ways and opportunities for marketing churches online. They discuss practical steps for churches to take in order to take advantage of online ads and become more strategic in reaching more people to bring the Gospel to the world more efficiently.
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Jay is the Online Campus Pastor of Saddleback Church. He shares what he does as a leader of the online extension of the church. Nils Smith is the Innovation Pastor of Community Bible Church and his work involves everything online--the websites, social media, online church and the church mobile app. In this podcast, Jay and Nils talk through the nature of forming relationships in small groups online and offline--and the things that happen in between.
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Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon Mackenzie
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Small Groups on Purpose by Steve Gladen
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How has been your experience with Facebook Live? Jay and Nils share their thoughts on this new live video sharing platform. Nils shares his experience in last week’s VaynerMedia event and comments on how VR technology can help churches. Lastly, Jay and Nils review the pros and cons in using Social Automation in social media platforms.
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TV App technology for your church
Oculus Rift Store, Google Oculus Cardboard
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The Social Media Church Podcast has expanded--we are now on TV App! Jay and Nils share tips for churches on video recording, editing and sharing video online live. What’s more? The hosts share their thoughts on how to approach the politics on social media.
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Media Social Platform, Church Online Platform, Libsyn
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Nils and Jay discuss Facebook reactions and talk about the pros and cons to these new reactions. They share updates on The Church Online Platform, TV Apps and talk about Kevin Spacey. They also discuss how online training platform technology changes the game for on-demand training and more!
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Nils and Jay discuss social networks, Peach App and Snapchat. Learn more about this fun and simple app that can help you grow your network and reach out to your community.
Nils Smith and Jay Kranda give you a 40 minute preview of session 2 of their www.socialmediachurch.university basics course. The Social Media Church Basics is their Foundations course introducing church leaders to the core social networks and how they are most effectively used for ministry. Nils and Jay don't talk theory, but practical application showing you specific examples and easy to use tools to maximize your time investment when using social media for ministry. The course includes 6 video sessions that are approximately 20 minutes each. The best part of the course is not the video training sessions though, but the interactive comment section where you can engage with Nils and Jay along with the entire Social Media Church Basics community. Purchase the video course right now at www.socialmediachurch.university!
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