Just like any other institutions, churches got involved in using social media to significantly reach many people and make their messages across many platforms.
Instagram alone has 2 billion active users around the globe. And over 1 billion videos are watched on TikTok every day.
That’s how powerful the reach of social media is globally. And when played right, it can be so beneficial to your church and your congregation.
Videos are the most used social media content on almost all platforms. Maximizing video contents for your church will hugely impact the growth of your church.
In this article, you’ll see the 4 websites that churches must use to improve their videos on social media.
All Hashtags
Hashtags assist your discoverability on social media. Itoffers free hashtag tools that help your church generate, create and analyze top hashtags that you can use whenever you post on social media.
Adding hashtags on your video caption will help:
- Increase visibility
- Boost engagement
- Build community
- Join trends
Sermon Shots
Sermon Shots is the go-to website for repurposing your sermons into engaging short-form video clips that you can post as Instagram Reels, TikTok videos and YouTube Shorts. One of the best parts is how easy it is.
Posting short-format vertical videos of your sermons on social media can be the best way to:
- Get new viewers to your sermons
- Get new visitors that would never have seen a sermon before
- Unique messaging across different platforms
- Make use of trends
- Church exposure to those outside your local area
And with Sermon Shots, we help churches create professional looking, short-form video content from your sermons. With no software to download, no added staff or outsourcing needed, you’ll be creating Sermon Shots with our easy to use platform within minutes from your desktop.
Later.com
Having a visual content calendar is one of the best ways to improve your marketing strategy. This is helpful for churches as they will have a plan on when a certain content should be posted.
Later.com is a social media management platform and link-in bio tool for every social network. Plan, analyze, and publish content in advance so you can save time and focus more on creating engaging content for your followers.
Scheduling your posts ahead of time adds value to your social media strategy not only because it saves you time, but also because it allows you to spend more time engaging with your audience and understanding what types of posts they like to see.
Later.com also serves as a drag-and-drop scheduling tool so you don’t need to do the postings manually everyday. It also helps in driving traffic to your website and other social media platforms.
Inssist.com
Have you ever encountered the problem with Instagram’s desktop website? It only allows you to upload new posts or Reels.
With Inssist.com, you can actually do more. You can post photos, videos, Stories, Carousels and Reels on Instagram from your desktop or laptop. You can even schedule your posts to a later date and time.
Inssist.com also allows you to customize your video uploads with covers and add #hashtags that can contribute to your algorithm and searchability. And you don’t even need to download any software for Inssist.com as it’s just a Chrome extension and voila you have a mobile app-like Instagram on your desktop browser.
