This document provides 30 tips for using Twitter and Facebook to promote ministry. Some key tips include using hashtags for live interaction during worship services, posting questions to engage followers and research sermons, and using images and videos to amplify posts and share content from events and sermons. It also recommends monitoring hashtags for ministry opportunities, and using tools to schedule posts, find the best times to post, and recruit top social media engagers to help manage accounts.

1. 30 Twitter & Facebook Tips
Hacks To Help You Get The Most
Out Of Your Social Networks

2. Twitter Advanced Search
twitter.com/search-advanced

3. Special Project URL
…in your TW & FB profile.

4. Devotional Videos
Record using iPhone or mini-recorder
& put on FB
(and link on TW)

5. Message Clips
Cut message video
recordings into shorter
clips to post to FB & TW.

6. Photos
Capture photos of every
event and ministry meeting and
put them on TW & FB

7. Over & Unsplash
Use Over app to add
scripture verses to
unsplash.com photos

8. Research
Ask questions on
FB or TW to research
for next week’s sermon.

9. Hashtags In Service
Use TW hashtags for
live interaction in the
worship services.

10. Hashtag Ministry Opps
Monitor trending TW hashtags for
ministry opportunities (hint: write a
blog post or address in a message).

11. Follow Up
Ask follow-up discussion
questions from the
weekend sermon.

12. Facebook Images
Use images to amplify
FB status updates.

13. YouTube AND Facebook
Post videos directly to
Facebook (alongside
Vimeo or YouTube).

14. Worship Videos
Post links to videos for
your upcoming (or previous
week’s) worship set.

15. #AskThePastor
Do a daily, quick
#askthepastor or
#askthestaff Q&A
podcast.

16. Pay The Monster
Don’t be afraid to spend a
little money to boost your
Facebook posts.

17. Customer Support
Provide customer
support on Facebook
and Twitter.

18. Throwback Thursday
Post #TBT photos of
your staff as children.

19. How To’s
Post how-to’s on
Twitter and Facebook.

20. Resources
Post links to resources on
Twitter and Facebook.

21. Tweetadder
Use Tweetadder to search
people’s profiles then engage
with their interests.

22. ClickToTweet
Use ClickToTweet.com to
make it easy for people
to post about you on Twitter.
www.TweetAtChuck.com

23. It’s Social, Bro
Use SocialBro to find optimum
post times based on when
your followers are online.

24. Sorry to see you go, bro
Use SocialBro to find out
who unfollowed you and send
them a graceful goodbye.

25. Cover Image
Leverage your
Facebook cover image.

26. Tagboard
Create a Tagboard with
a Twitter hashtag.

27. Multiple Choice
People respond best on Facebook
when you ask a question then
offer multiple choice answers.

28. Build A Team
Recruit your top
retweeters and sharers
to help manage the
church’s social media.

29. 5 Min After
Schedule your updates
to post just before or
after the hour.

30. #1 Mistake
Don’t make the number
one Twitter mistake.
csblog.us/twittermistake

31. Dark Posts
Look into FB Dark Posts
(Unpublished Posts) and
Retargeting Ads