Social Media

The diocese is active across a range of social media platforms. Do ‘like’ us, ‘follow’ us and definitely interact with us.

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A step-by-step guide to online & onsite services

The national Church has created a section called A step-by-step guide to online and onsite services. With June 21 drawing near and the full lifting (hopefully) of restrictions, this guide is aimed at helping you navigate your churches through.

Church of England Digital Lab blogs

Useful training and advice that covers a range of communications needs from consent and GDPR to filming, newsletters and Tik Tok.

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Tik Tok essential safety tips

Tik Tok shares its essential safety tips

Facebook launches creator studio for mobiles with easy editing and scheduling

The national church has provided this guide.

Learn how to animate your Instagram and Facebook stories with these apps

The Church of England have produced this guide.

Understanding your audiences on social media

When looking at what social action projects to run, a church tends to look at how best they can serve the local community. If there are lots of young families, maybe a toddler group would be sensible, if there is high deprivation, perhaps a foodbank would be useful. Knowing your audience allows you to best serve people. Resource from the Church of England.

Understanding Facebook Insights

If you look after the Facebook page for your church, you might have seen the analytics Facebook provides with each post and may be not sure what it was telling you. You might have also explored Facebook’s insights section and been overwhelmed by the data it was providing. If you want to run a successful Facebook page, it’s important to pay attention to the analytics the site offers you. Resource from the Church of England.

Social Media Policy Template

This resource is from CharityComms.org.uk

Social Media Infographics

Resource from SUMALL.com

Making the most of Instagram stories

Over the past year, the Instagram Stories feature has become more important than the Instagram feed to those looking to strengthen their relationship with their followers and reach a younger audience. Resource from the Church of England.

How to use Instagram Live

Instagram Live is a feature that allows you to broadcast live to your followers, but how and when can you use it? Resource from the Church of England.

How to create a free Instagram profile and business profile

An Instagram business profile offers great benefits for churches who are using the platform to communicate with their community. Resource from the Church of England Digital Champion

How to boost a Facebook post

Boosting a post on Facebook is an easy way to take a post on your page and turn it into an advert.

Facebook for non-profit organisations

We hope this will give you an understanding of how your organisation can use Facebook to find new supporters and stay connected with them. Resource from Facebook.

Facebook: Pages Vs Profiles Vs Groups

Do you know the difference between a page, a profile and a group on Facebook? Which is the right one to use for your church? If you’re not sure, keep reading to find out more about the different kinds of accounts you can have on Facebook. Resource from the Church of England Comms team.

Facebook for beginners

A guide to setting up a facebook account.

An Introduction to Instagram

It can sometimes feel like it’s hard to keep up with the latest digital trends and the platforms being used by young people.
Many church’s digital presence – websites and social media – are run entirely by volunteers who don’t have time to do any more than they already are. So it is really necessary to be on all the popular social channels? No!

A Checklist for setting up social media accounts

It’s important when first setting up an account for your church or individually on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram that you fill in the profile information as fully as possible. The more information we provide, the more helpful we are to people visiting our accounts for the first time. Resource from the Church of England Digital Team.

Seven Social Media post ideas

As the person looking after social media for your church, there’s nothing worse than being stuck for ideas, and it's easy to fall into a routine of only posting about upcoming services and events. Resource from the Church of England Digital Labs.

How your church can make the most of A Church Near YouVisit

Promoting your service or event on social media – before, during and afterVisit

Parish Communicators Group

Are you a parish communicator? We have a private Parish Communications Group which aims to provide a forum for all those people who are involved in any communications function for any Anglican church within the Diocese of Truro. The hope is to provide some support, encouragement, information, flag up training opportunities, and create a place for us to be in touch with one another. This should, for example, be an excellent place for us to ask one another whether we can recommend experts in design, social media, printing, marketing, making videos, setting up websites, etc.

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Instagram Best Practice Guide

Your Instagram account can tell the story of your nonprofit and help you share your mission with the world. Post images that give followers a glimpse into what your organization is all about and help individuals connect with your cause. Through your Instagram account, you can tell your story visually.

A guide to Facebook pages and ads

We hope this will give you a high-level understanding of how your organization can use Facebook to find new supporters and stay connected with them.

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