Updated Articles

  1. How to Use the Analytics Section

    You can see how your social media profiles and content is performing in the Analytics section. Toggle by month, year, social media grouping, and platform to easily get a pulse on your community. To see how each individual piece of content i...
  2. Setting Up Your Instagram Business Account and Connecting it to Facebook

    In order to connect both your Facebook and Instagram to Catholic Social Media, your Instagram must be set as a business account and it must be linked to your Facebook page in the Meta Business Suite. First, to set your Instagram account to a busine...
  3. 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...
  4. How to Merge Multiple Facebook Pages

    You may have multiple Facebook pages that you wish to merge into one. Facebook makes this possible, but a few things you'll want to keep in mind before getting started... Check that the Facebook username is available if you are thinking of changin...
  5. How to Claim Ownership of a Facebook Page

    If you are not listed as an owner or admin of your parish Facebook page, you won't be able to do much with it. The first thing you need to do is figure out who the owner is. This might be Father, a past employee, or volunteer. You'll want to reach ...
  6. How to Pay with eCheck

    We support ACH transfers (eCheck) to pay for your subscription renewal. To pay with eCheck, follow these steps: Login to Catholic Social Media Click your profile image Click "Subscription" Click "Manage Payment Info" Click "Add Payment Me...
  7. 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...
  8. Inspire in the Morning, Engage in the Afternoon

    Men and women who follow their parish on social media follow the same habits and patterns as the population at large. Many of them log on and off social media throughout the day, which can make it difficult to predict the exact perfect time to publi...
  9. 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...
  10. 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 ...