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title: 474 – Promotion Time
description: "On WELSTech this week, Professor Bill Pekrul from Martin Luther College joins the show to talk about ways to promote your church and school through social media and other digital channels. Sallie shares a list of favorite digital tools, while Martin drops his cell phone…on purpose. The interview and discussion: Promotion planning – Martin and […]"
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# [474 – Promotion Time](https://welstech.wels.org/2016/12/06/474-promotion-time)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Dec 6, 2016 8:11:46 PM

On WELSTech this week, Professor Bill Pekrul from Martin Luther College joins the show to talk about ways to promote your church and school through social media and other digital channels. Sallie shares a list of favorite digital tools, while Martin drops his cell phone…on purpose.

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_474.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_474.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_474.mp3) (Duration: 56:14 — 51.5MB)

### The interview and discussion:

<https://welstech.wels.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/474.jpg>Promotion planning – Martin and Sallie talk with Professor Bill Pekrul, Director of Public Relations at [Martin Luther College](http://mlc-wels.edu), about promoting church and school. Bill stresses the key to great promotions is adopting realistic, effective, and sustainable plans.

- [Websites and Missions eBook](https://welstech.wels.net/websites-missions-ebook/)
- [Promoting Your School with the Technology of Today](http://bit.ly/WLSTC2015-Tech-Promote)
- [Building Church Websites: A Top Ten List](http://bit.ly/building-perfect-websites)
- [Sample Content Schedule](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IKmKTPD9BewsNlxPBDUOLp3CqTijiIIiYIQfdZvjGZY)
- Stock Imagery: 
    - Pixabay
    - [Morguefile](https://morguefile.com/)
    - [iStock Photos](http://www.istockphoto.com/)
    - [Lightstock](https://www.lightstock.com/)

### News in tech:

[Netflix Adds Offline Viewing](https://www.wired.com/2016/11/netflix-offline-viewing/)

### WELS now:

Tune in for the [Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Christmas Concert live stream](https://livestream.com/WLSLive) on Sunday, December 11 at 3 and 7 pm Central

### Picks of the week:

- [The 50 Free Apps We’re Most Thankful For](http://lifehacker.com/the-50-free-apps-were-most-thankful-for-5962588)
- Ballistic Cases

### Ministry resources:

[Check out the 30-day free trial of Proclaim 2.0](https://proclaimonline.com/)

### Featured video:

Replay the Martin Luther College live streamed Christmas Concert.

### Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 475 – Martin and Sallie share listener feedback! Release date: Wednesday, December 14

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