Social Media Trends for 2017 with Travis Walser

The SundayU Podcast

Welcome in to That Church Podcast where we help Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. Today’s episode is with a new friend of ours, Travis Walser. In the church world you may have heard of people being Reformers. Well Travis is actually just a Former. Specifically, he is a former website project manager, a former marketing director. A former worship leader, a former youth pastor, and a former media coordinator. Hw is now a graphic designer for a huge southeastern church, Olive Baptist and a blogger on creative church communication and marketing strategies over on his website traviswalser.com Before we jump into our time with Travis, can I just take a sec to say thank you to all of you that are downloading this podcast? We are especially thankful for the reviews that we get. If you have a second, you should check out the only 4 Star Review we’ve ever gotten. It’s the only non 5 Star Review. While you’re there, maybe take a second to leave your review and tell folks why our content helps us help more digital communicators tell the best story the Church has to tell. Speaking of which... Be sure and check out our Chicago Intensive Workshop, April 25th https://thatcc.com/conference/chicago. We’re going to be at Soul City Church with a room full of church communications folks doing what we do best, Helping Digital Communicators Tell The Best Story The Church Has To Tell. It’s a one day Intensive Workshop. Our Speakers are Mark McDonald - Church Brand Strategist, Be Known For Something - Ways to Know Whether Your Church Brand will Succeed. And How to Fix It. LAUREN MCALLISTER - Social Media Manager, First Baptist Jacksonville - Down the Rabbit Hole - Turning Negative Social Conversations into Positive Ones Ben Stapley - Creative Arts Pastor, Liquid Church - Processing Church Communication Requests DANNY DE LOS REYES - Media Pastor, Northplace Church - Creating and sustaining a thriving volunteer culture in your department We will be broadcasting the entire day via Livestream on thatcc.com brought to by our friends at Tithly, the innovators in church giving. Be sure and check them out at http://get.tithe.ly. The cost for the Live Stream is $149. You and your entire team can watch and soak in what our speakers will be delivering in the room. If you’re wanting to join us in person, be sure and grab your ticket soon. What's coming after Chicago? Nashville Workshop- July 14th at Cross Point Church https://thatcc.com/conference/nashville Atlanta Conference- Sept 26 and 27 https://thatcc.com/conference Where should we go in 2018? Tweet at us @thatchurchconf and we’ll DM you a discount code to use with either the workshop or the Live Stream. So be and sure and check all that out today. Speaking of today, our guest is Travis Walser. I’m sure so many of you will identify with the “swiss army knife” of tools that Travis has in his communications toolbox. He’s done a little bit of everything in the church comm world which makes it super easy to talk to him about most anything digital related. He wrote a blog post earlier this year, actually it’s a video which is so appealing to my ADD, he vlogged about Social Media Trends For Churches In 2017. So we spent our time catching up with Travis and talking about the trends to look out for this year. So sit up, don’t relax and get ready to learn from our buddy Travis Walser. SHOW NOTES Travis Walser - https://twitter.com/traviswalser http://www.traviswalser.com http://www.traviswalser.com/social-media-trends-for-churches-in-2017/ Olive Baptist - https://twitter.com/olivebaptist http://www.olivebaptist.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sundayu/message