Why is a Consistent Online Identity Crucial for Churches?
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Families were invited to choose a time for a holiday photo shoot, enjoy brunch, and attend one of the church's Christmas services. As an added incentive and service to those in need, the first 24 families to register were also given the opportunity to shop in the church's "Holiday Shop" to choose a Christmas gift for each of their children (up to age 12 with a max of 4 children per household).
Members with professional or semi-professional photography abilities and camera equipment who could take appointments in 10-minute increments to offer each family several photo choices. *This could also be done by hiring a photographer if there are no church members with these capabilities.
Three professional backgrounds were available at each photography station for families to choose between these three options.
Brunch foods, plates, cutlery, napkins etc. for the families to enjoy between their photo appointment and the church service.
Members were called on to donate a toy for a child up to age 12 in order to stock the Holiday Shop.
Funds for a Facebook ad campaign.
Staff to manage the appointment list and direct people on where to go.
A professional designed registration page with calendars where people could reserve a photo session time.
A bulletin insert advertising the event with a QR code for people to sign up.
Social posts on Instagram and Facebook to advertise the event.
A full Facebook Ads campaign to promote the event in the community, specifically targeting NEW interests rather than members of already-known contacts.
Monitoring of sign-ups in order to remove the Holiday Shop offer once capacity was reached.
Email reminders letting people know of their appointment times.
Email announcement to those who qualified to shop in the store with instructions on where to go and what the offer included.
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*During the short time this campaign ran, there were also 7 registrations from "direct traffic," showing that people who clicked the ads were also sharing the link with friends or family.
We decided to partner with Rethinking Evangelism because we don’t have staff who are professional marketers and can think through a strategy around our public-facing identity.
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