Should You Use Twitter?
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What is Pintrest?
Pinterest may be the hottest new social networking site in 2012. Weekly visits are now over 11 million–40 times what they were 6 months ago. Pinterest is a visual pin board where you can collect images you find on the web and arrange them in categories with...
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Words That Describe Latter-day Saints–By Phrase
Mormon Charts has analyzed the responses from Latter-day Saint about Words That Describe Latter-day Saints using phrases rather than single words. Below is a wordle and a tagxedo they created. You can read more about it at “Phrases Used by Latter-day Saints to...Interacting Online as a Member Missionary
In the article “Interacting Online as a Member Missionary” on the LDS Tech website, Beth Kirby writes Last April, President Uchtdorf’s talk Waiting on the Road to Damascus inspired me to look for more ways to be a member missionary. In his talk, President...
Words That Describe Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ main Facebook page (facebook.com/LDS), which has more than 515,000 fans, Thursday posed the question, “What three words describe your faith as a Latter-day Saint?” Within a day, there were 500 comments–more...Church Has Strong Social Media Presence
The LDS Newsroom has just posted a blog “Church Has Strong Presence on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter,” which describes how the Church uses Facebook pages, YouTube channels, and Twitter accounts. Facebook The website AllFacebook.com lists nearly 3,000 pages...How Can I Share the Gospel via Social Media?
The Church provides many ways you can share the gospel with your friends. Here are just a few ideas. Share your favorite news story from Church News and Events on LDS.org. Fill out a Mormon.org profile. Share your testimony on your blog or record a video testimony...
LDS General Conference Weekend #ldsconf
Over the last few years, Twitter users have used the subject tag #ldsconf when tweeting information about LDS General Conference. In Twitter language, these subject tags are called hashtags. (Learn more about the #ldsconf hashtag.) Joel Dehlin’s Weblog provides...
Using Social Media for Good: Fundraising for Slain LDS Bishop
On Sunday, an LDS bishop was shot and killed in Visalia, California. He was in his office after the three-hour block of meetings when a man asked to see him. He entered the bishop’s office and shot the bishop in the foot, then pulled him into the foyer and shot him in...
What Americans Do Online
The latest Nielsen research report reveals the following: Americans spend nearly 25% of the time they’re on the Internet from their PC (about 6 hours/month), on social networking sites and blogs. The demographics of people on social networking sites is trending...
LDS Church Facebook Page: 300,000 Fans
The LDS Church’s page on Facebook just passed 300,000 people who “like” the page! Please share http://facebook.com/lds with friends and family. Learn more about the Church’s main page on Facebook and other Church pages on Facebook.
Personal and Professional Use of Social Media
Social media use is really increasing, not just among the general population but also at work for both personal and professional reasons. A recent survey found the following results: LinkedIn was the top site for professional social networking in 2009, followed by...LDS Church Page on Facebook
The LDS Church page on Facebook has a new name. You can go there directly at facebook.com/lds. There are now 281,840 people who like the Church’s page. You may want to recommend it to your friends. In yesterday’s article, I mentioned how you can help...Follow on social media