Four Reasons for Unitarian Universalists to Use Social Media
Category: Unitarian Universalism - General
John at the Pageless Book is writing a series on the use of social media to promote Unitarian Universalism, and has asked other UU bloggers to join in this worthy effort.
Here are four reasons for Unitarian Universalists to use social media (such as StumbleUpon, Digg, and Technorati)…
#1. Social media is an effective way to increase traffic to Unitarian Universalist websites. Share our message!
It’s as simple clicking a button, writing a few words about the site you’re recommending, and adding some category tags.
Then, when other users browse such categories as “religion” or “spirituality,” they’ll find the posts you recommended, pointing them to Unitarian Universalist websites!
#2. Small amount of time –> Big outcome.
I use StumbleUpon, and other than the few minutes to download the StumbleUpon toolbar, it’s taken almost no time to use, and given a nice boost to my blog readership (and hopefully to the other UU blogs that I’ve Stumbled).
#3. A few dedicated users can make a difference.
I’ve been surprised at the disproportionate impact that a few users can have when tagging content in a relatively small category, like “Unitarian Universalism.” Of course, this can be used for not-so-good ends, which is another reason it’s important for those of us who promote and celebrate Unitarian Universalism to actively participate in social media.
#4. Helps keep track of the articles and blog posts you want to remember.
This is an added benefit that has less to do with promoting Unitarian Universalism, and more to do with promoting personal sanity. I am so relieved that I do not have to remember the identifying information for every interesting blog post I come across. That’s what I use StumbleUpon for. And for UU bloggers, it’s an added bonus, since you can use it to mark content that you want to mention in a later post.
So, for those of you readers who already use social media, what other reasons would you add to the list?
P.S. Here are some StumbleUpon links:
Sign-Up for StumbleUpon
Unitarian Universalism on StumbleUpon
ShelbyMeyerhoff’s StumbleUpon Blog
January 13th, 2008 09:02
[…] In terms of support in promoting Liberal Religion Blogs, I’ve got two more allies. Shelby, whom I’ve mentioned several times before, took the initiative and wrote an entry about the four reasons why Unitarian Universalists should use social media. I highly suggest reading this inspirational piece of literature! Er, well, uhm, perhaps calling it ‘inspirational’ and ‘literature’ is a bit much - after all it is still just a blog post… Read it anyway! After all, we know the fifth reason to use social media is because John Pageless said so! […]
January 14th, 2008 13:39
[…] Shortly following the post on the four reasons UU’s should use StumbleUpon, Looking for Faith had the honor of being Stumbled by two folks (thanks John Pageless and Pimodal!). As a result of having two pages Stumbled, each once, Looking for Faith had 190 visits from StumbleUpon users over three days. And when I’ve Stumbled Looking for Faith pages myself, I’ve seen similar results. […]
January 27th, 2008 21:59
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September 20th, 2008 12:15
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