Thanks to everyone who has created a profile on Mormon.org to “let [their] light so shine before men” (Matthew 5:16).
The Mormon.org media initiative has two components:
1. An ongoing Internet and social media campaign that has generated:
- millions of first-time visitors to Mormon.org
- tens of millions of page views on the site
- over 1 million chats the past 12 months on Mormon.org
2. A television and outdoor advertising campaign in selected U.S. cities and Brisbane, Australia, that has also produced exciting results. During the first month:
- new visitors to Mormon.org are up 170%
- page views are up 240%
- chats are up 25%
- over 50 news stories have been done about the campaign in the media markets
How You Can Help
Share Your Mormon.org Profile
Many members are finding it helpful to write the URL (web address) to their profile on the back of Mormon.org pass-along cards. To find your profile’s URL, go to Mormon.org/profile, log in, and then click “View This Published Profile.” When your profile appears, simply write down the address found at the top of your browser.
Some members have been creative. For example, some have printed stickers with the URL and then attached them to the back of pass-along cards. Other members have included their profile’s URL on their Facebook page and Twitter account. Others have included it as their signature on personal e-mail accounts.
You can also place a button on your blog or website to link to your profile. There are various great images available at mormon.org/profile under “Share Your Profile.” After you sign in and create your own profile to share with the world, click on the left tab titled “Share your Profile,” select your button and then add it to your blog or website.
Using Social Media
Many members are using social media to share the media initiative with family and friends:
- On Facebook, if you Like the page facebook.com/mormon, whenever something new is posted to the page (several times a week), it will appear in your news feed. You then have the option to Like what has been posted and Share it. This will enable all of your friends to also see the post.
- On Twitter, if you follow twitter.com/mormonorg, whenever Mormon.org posts a new tweet, you will see it in your feed. You can then simply retweet which will enable those following you to see the tweet.
- On YouTube, if you Subscribe to the youtube.com/mormon page, you can Like the videos and receive notifications when new portraits are posted and you will have a variety of options to share them.
- On Google+, you can add the page plus.google.com/+Mormon to your circles to see posts from Mormon.org. You can then choose to +1 them or share them so that others will see them as well.
Contact Them
Mormon.org would love to hear from you. Please e-mail experiences you are having and ideas for sharing the campaign with others to ideas@mormon.org.
Rich Hedderich used to live here in Sparks, NV- but moved years ago to Utah and currently resides in Lehi – but he had one of the most amazing conversion stories I’ve ever heard; and I’ve heard many. My idea is that he be contacted and interviewed- it could be a wonderful story to add to mormon.org.- Simply, years ago, Rich was an avid hang glider, who dodged his LDS wife’s imploring to join the Church. He had a terrible accident leaving him w/serious fractures. The docs needed to operate but couldn’t get his vitals to stabalize long enough to put him under. He was given a priesthood blessing- and things ameliorated instantly. He was operated on and the first thing he asked for when he awoke was a Book of Mormon. He really hadn’t been too conscious of things before the operation (including the blessing). He read the book quickly, had the discussions while in the hospital and was baptized shortly afterward- still encased in casts. He needed to be wrapped in plastic to keep them from getting soggy.- This was abt 25 years ago. He has been active ever since- and is a wonderful father, husband and now grandfather. I think it would be worth your while to check w/him. It really is much more compelling than this short, thumbnail sketch. I told the story to Eugene England when he was putting his book re conversions together- but his work was already too far along to add it. Anyway, for what it’s worth; let me know if you have questions or I can be of further assistance. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Jeff Olsen