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  1.  How to Use Personalization Parameters

    Personalization parameters are a fun, easy way you can help your parishes personalization content copy without giving them extra work. Personalization parameters are phrases that are commonly used in parish social media. Currently, the follo...
  2. How Often Should You Post?

    Of all the things you could do to reach your parishioners and neighbors on social media, the most important thing is to post daily. The “big three” social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) all incentivize this – accounts that post daily...
  3. The 8:1 Nourishment Rule

    USE THE 8:1 NOURISHMENT RULE  If you remember the bad old days of parish social media, you remember this cycle:  Post about Lenten fish fry Post about Triduum and Easter Mass times Post about Christmas Mass times Repeat! And what happened ...
  4. How to Manage Your Subscription and Billing

    You can manage your subscription and billing details by logging in, clicking on your profile image, then clicking "Subscription." Once there, you can change your plan, cancel it, manage billing contacts, and update your payment methods. ...
  5. How to Accept a Pending Partnership Request in Meta

    Login to your parish Facebook page Click “Meta Business Suite” in the left-hand sidebar Click into the top left to select your business account that owns your Facebook page (be sure to click the gear icon next to it) 4. Click “Requests” 5. ...
  6. Put Social Media to Work on Holidays and Weekends

    Even in the world of social media schedulers, it can be easy to fall into old ways of thinking about when to post. If you work a typical 9-5 in the parish office, you may think that posting on weekdays during the same time will work best. However, o...
  7. How to Convert a Personal Facebook Account to a Page

    While you can't directly convert a personal Facebook account to a Page, there are best practices and steps to follow to get your parish Facebook Page set up correctly. Create a new Facebook page for your parish following these steps . Alert y...
  8. How to Create a Story (for parishes) New

    Stories are a type of post supported by Facebook and Instagram. They last 24 hours and go away. They are a great way to engage your current followers! To publish a Story through Catholic Social Media: 1. Click "Create Post" from the Planner or...
  9. How to Post to Different Social Media Accounts at Different Times

    I’d like to post to different social media accounts at slightly different times. How do I do that? Begin by clicking on the first post you want to use and then schedule it to your first platform. Then, return to the Planner page, click the post a...
  10. How to Avoid Unwanted Characters in Post Copy: HTML vs Plain Text

    To ensure your copy shows up exactly how you expect, we recommend putting it into a plain text editor like Notepad, then copy/pasting it into Catholic Social Media. Sometimes when text is copied from other sources like websites, it picks up HTML fo...