466: Social Media for Ministry: Pinterest

WELSTech is back with episode 466, a look at the social media platform Pinterest and how it can be used to spread the good news of Jesus Christ. It’s installment two of our year-long look at social media for ministry. We also bring you news of Christmas outreach resources, a free online conference, and an easy way to design verse images.

The discussion:

Pinning away – The Social Media for Ministry series is back, and this month’s focus is the media rich bookmarking app Pinterest (Martin’s favorite). View the full-size Pinterest for Ministry infographic, and check out the links below for more details.

• Pinterest.com
• Use Pinterest to share the Christian good news
• 10 amazingly easy ways to live out your faith on Pinterest
• Sample churches, schools and organizations on Pinterest:
  • St. Paul’s, North Hollywood, CA
  • Time of Grace Ministry
  • WELSTech
• Pinterest browser extensions for Chrome:
  • The Pin It Button
  • Shareaholic
  • Just Pin It
  • Pinterest Tab
• Get the Pinterest mobile app
• Pinterest for Business
  • Getting Started and How-to pins from Pinterest for Business
• Scheduling posts to Pinterest:
  • IFTTT recipie ideas
  • Tailwind for Pinterest from Hootsuite
  • The 12 Best Free WordPress Pinterest Plugins
• Pinterest Image Optimization

WELS now:

• My Son, My Savior available this Advent
• The Gospel Outreach with Media online conference is live

Picks of the week:

• Best Sites for Quote Graphics
  • ReciteThis.com
• Intel Compute Stick – Shop

Ministry resources:

Christmas 2016 outreach postcards – Order by October 26

Featured video:

This week we’ve added What’s Pinterest?, just one of the many helpful videos on the Pinterest YouTube channel, to the WELSTech Product Demo playlist.

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 467 – It’s Community Feedback week! Tune in because there’s always something new and helpful to explore. Release date: Wednesday, October 19.

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