Best Practices Part 4: Social Sharing

Social Sharing has a well-earned spot in our best practices for outreach and engagement by enabling your community to share content quickly and effectively.

Social Sharing

We’ve heard incredible stories of users sharing sermons with friends and resulting in new relationships with Christ. With the ability to share sermons, blogs, and content directly through your app, users can easily share the right resources with the right people. I know when I’m listening to a sermon or reading a blog, sometimes I’ll think “wow, this person would really enjoy this.” Rather than opening a browser, copying links, and then sharing on Facebook (or forgetting altogether), I can share directly through the app to any of my social channels, email, and text.

These sharing capabilities enable your church network to reach their individual networks with the tap of a screen. A few ways you can encourage your users to share include adding a reminder in the Sunday service announcements, at the end of your sermon audio and video, or sending a push notification reminder. Happy sharing and stay tuned for part 5! 

The Subsplash Sharing Player

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Here at Subsplash we like to do things a little bit different. When we thought through revamping social sharing through The Church App, we wanted to make a one of a kind experience that truly helped expand the reach of the ministries we serve. This new feature was built to deliver delight and put you in control!

The Subsplash Sharing player is a whole new experience that is automatically powered by the App Builder to share your audio and video! Now when your community gets excited about your media and wants to share it with the world, they can easily post it to Twitter and Facebook with a special web link and sharing page for that specific existing media item that automatically populates with your artwork, files, and meta data - no extra work for you! Their friends and followers can watch or listen as well as view information about your organization via this customized page. The new Subsplash Sharing Player is a great way to share your media via the web and increase your visibility for those that might not have your app...yet!

See it in action! 

Sharing your media is as easy as 1,2,3!

 1. If your audience finds a message they love, or they want to promote your church’s latest sermon, they can simply click their preferred social media outlet, and the rest is easy!!

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2. When your audience shares on Twitter, email, or Facebook, their post will include a short sharing url to a dynamic page where their friends and followers can watch and listen to your message. It's also responsive and optimized for the device it is opened on, whether your audience is tuning in via mobile, desktop, or tablet... we’ve got you covered! Visitors can also quickly and easily download the apps.

3. There is no step 3! Voilà! If you use the Subsplash Sharing Player + Dashboard your customized sharing page is beautiful and ready to be shared with the world!

Check out how Elevation Church, one of the most innovative and fastest growing churches in the country, is using the Subsplash Sharing Player here.