It’s 2023. Basically, everyone uses the internet these days, and almost 93% of all internet users participate on social media. What does that mean for anyone planning to host a church revival? It’s a great place to promote your event!
If you want almost literally everyone to know about your next event, here are six social media marketing strategies to promote your church revival.
Post amazing eye-catching social media graphics
Not only are there billions of users on social media, but there are also millions of posts uploaded daily. That means there’s a lot of competition out there if you want to stand out (and you really do). To compete with all those content creators out there, you need to ensure all your posts are of the highest quality and can catch the eye of anyone scrolling by.
Of course, you’re busy planning a church revival that’ll bring the community together and arouse the Holy Spirit. You don’t have time to design professional-level graphics from scratch. When you’re ready to do some social media marketing, check out the free design templates at PosterMyWall.
Simply browse through the thousands of templates, choose the one that best fits your church’s style, customize the design in the easy-to-use editor, and you’re ready to post. It’s easy to create professional-level graphics without needing professional-level skills!
Create a social media event page
Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone on social media could go to a single page to learn all about your church revival and even interact with each other to ask questions and get excited about the event? Well, there is!
A Facebook event page is essentially a dedicated social media page for your church revival. You can include all the information people will need to attend and even answer questions and respond to comments right on the page.
Even better, you can include the link to your Facebook events page in all your other marketing materials. Think of it as your home base for all your social media marketing efforts.
And part of the frustrations of planning an event is that you never know how many people will actually show up. With a Facebook event page, you can ask your followers to RSVP to give you a more accurate count of how many people to expect when the day of the event rolls around.
Provide plenty of information about the revival
People don’t want to leave their houses for nothing. They want to make sure that before they mark their calendars and make plans to go to your event, they have all the information they need to make a decision. So make sure they have it!
On your event page and in your various social media posts, make sure your cover all the essential information someone might need to attend your church revival, including:
- Date and time
- Location
- Purpose and goals of the revival
- Speakers (and their backgrounds)
- Food offerings (if applicable)
The more information you provide, and the more exciting you make it seem, the more people who will want to attend your next church revival!
Engage with other social media users
You can include all the information you think people could possibly ask, but there’s always the one or two questions that slip through the cracks. As people interact with your Facebook event page and other various social posts, be sure to respond to comments and direct messages (DMs).
Not only can you directly answer people’s burning questions about your church revival, but you can also engage with them and show how friendly you are! Everyone likes going to events with friendly people, so remember to engage with other social media users at every chance you get.
Post your event to other local community groups
You’re not the only one trying to promote a worthy cause. There are hundreds of local community groups on social media platforms looking to share helpful information. Reach out to a few to see if they’d be willing to promote your church revival on their pages.
The main downside to social media marketing is that only users who follow your page will see your posts. Community groups already have their own followings. By promoting your event on their pages, you can expand your marketing reach exponentially and get your information in front of other social users who might not have seen it otherwise.
In the best case, you might even find a long-term community partner to work with for future events. It never hurts to have friends!
Hang revival flyers around town
What’s the original social media? Interacting with people in real life as they walk around town. And the original “post” is hanging flyers to promote your church revival.
Okay, hanging flyers around town might not technically count as social media, but the best part about flyers is you get a local audience. Social media posts could reach people in other countries who probably wouldn’t come to your revival anyway. Everyone who sees your flyers are guaranteed to attract people in the immediate area who can (and hopefully will) attend your event.
Similarly to your social posts, it’s easy to design eye-catching poster designs with revival flyer templates from websites like PosterMyWall. And once you have the perfect flyer designs, you can save the digital file and post them on social media to promote your church revival to even more people. Now that’s the best of both worlds!
Make this church revival the best yet
The key to a great church revival is to have plenty of attendees to celebrate and share the good news together. When it comes to spreading the word about your event, it’s hard to beat the effectiveness of social media. Be sure to post only high-quality graphics, create a social media event page, provide plenty of event information, engage with other users, connect with local community groups, and hang flyers around town.
When all your social media marketing efforts work together, your next church revival event very well could be the best one yet!