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  1. When Should You Re-Share Content?

    You may have heard the old saying: if you’re not paying FOR the product, you ARE the product. This is 100% true on social media. There are hundreds of incredible Catholic publishers, personalities, and ministries giving away free graphics, videos, a...
  2. 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. ...
  3. How to Edit or Delete a Post

    How to edit or delete a post you scheduling in Catholic Social Media.
  4. How to create your own posts

    How to create your own content within Catholic Social Media
  5. Scheduling in CSM vs. Facebook

    When I go to Calendar, I don’t see every post I’ve published on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram. Why is that?  Our service does not take historical data from Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and display it. When I go to Facebook/Instagram/Twitter’s s...
  6. What is the difference between Weekly, Monthly, Seasonal, and Evergreen posts?

    These are categories to help you determine your usage: Weekly: These are connected to the liturgical year and thus should often be scheduled for the day we suggest. We reference saints’ feast days, Sunday Gospels readings, and so on. Monthly: Thes...
  7. How a Catholic Social Media Trial Works

    Introduction Since its inception in 2018, Catholic Social Media has always started with a 30-day free trial that comes with no financial obligation. Over the years, thousands of North American parishes have taken advantage of this, resulting...
  8. Growing the Following - the Only Reason to Spend Any Money on Advertising

    If you’ve spent any time on the major social media platforms, you know there is a lot of pressure to spend money on advertising. There are a hundred ways to do this, but if you’re going to spend any marketing dollars on social media, don’t boost pos...
  9. Parish User Roles

    There are three types of parish users in Catholic Social Media, each with different permissions within the parish subscription. Below is a full list of each type of user and the permissions that user has. Parish Owner(s) Full rights to create...
  10. Resource Release Schedule

    The Catholic Social Media team regularly updates the Resources section of the platform for Parish Premium subscribers. Though there are exceptions, you can expect this seasonal schedule to apply broadly. We've kept to this schedule since 2019: ...