How the LDS Church Uses Facebook
In the video below, Elisa Scharton, Jesse Stay, and Fernando Camilo discuss the features of Facebook and how the Church is using it. In this video, you can: Find posts about various content across LDS.org, Mormon Channel, and other Church websites. See Facebook pages...Video: Ins and Outs of Social Media
In the video below, Elisa Scharton and Jared Covington discuss what Social Media is and ways we can use social media for good. They also talk about how the Church is using social media.
Graphics for Facebook, Google+, Blogs
In Sunday’s broadcast “The Work of Salvation,” Elder L. Tom Perry explained that missionaries will use “Mormon.org, Facebook, blogs, email, … text messages” and other platforms to reach out to people. “The Church must adapt to a changing world,” he...
30 Ways to Promote Your Blog Posts
Wondering what to do after you write a blog post? Here are 30 ways to promote your blog posts and to drive more traffic to your blog. You don’t have to do all of them, just pick several you find to be most helpful and do them consistently. The infographic is...Online Etiquette
The video below addresses online etiquette. How do you tell your friend that he or she is sharing way too much on social media? When is and isn’t it appropriate to use your smartphone? Is it ok to text your boss? Whether you are using Facebook, Twitter,...How the Church Uses Social Media
In the video below, Elisa Scharton, Shalyn Back, and Fernando Camilo talk about how the Church is using several of the Social Media platforms. Editor’s note (January 2, 2025): The Mormon Channel has been renamed Saints Channel.) Learn how to Share content from...Strong Marriages Have Transparency in Social Media
In the last LDS General Conference, Elder L. Whitney Clayton reminded us that “there are no secrets about relevant matters in marriages based on mutual respect and transparency. Husbands and wives make…decisions…together, and both have access to all information.” He...
Uchtdorf: Using Technology to Share the Gospel
In the April 2011 LDS General Conference, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf reminded us of the benefits of using social media and other technology to share the Gospel: “With so many social media resources and a multitude of more or less useful gadgets at our...
Ballard: Using Technology to Share the Gospel
In December 2007, Elder M. Russell Ballard gave a commencement address at BYU-Hawaii in which he encouraged members to use the Internet to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with their friends and others around the world. That talk was then adapted and published in...
Andersen: Using Technology to Share the Gospel
In the April 2013 LDS General Conference, Elder Neil L. Andersen talked about miracles in preaching the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ to the uttermost parts of the earth. He recounted how our day is “a remarkable time of miracles.” Although we have a...
Connected: LDS General Conference
This weekend Mormons and friends from around the world used the Internet to watch LDS General Conference and to connect with each other. Just how connected are they? Although they may not be the most connected people on the web, they have clearly embraced it as a...Don’t be Stupid Online
USA Today has published a story “Twitter at 7: Smart or stupid, we are what we tweet,” which shares some good ideas about being responsible online. Here are a few nuggets from that story: Social media can bring out the very best in us–and the very...
Social Media User Demographics: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram
The Pew Research Center recently updated their annual report on who is using social media. Here are a few key findings and an infographic: 16% of U.S. Internet users are active on Twitter, which is more popular with black and Hispanic users, adults aged 18-29, and...
Are Mormon Mommy Bloggers Fulfillment of Prophecy?
In 1979, President Spencer W. Kimball said, “Much of the major growth that is coming to the Church in the last days will come because many of the good women of the world (in whom there is often such an inner sense of spirituality) will be drawn to the Church in large...Follow on social media