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Danielle Hartland

Danielle Hartland is the director of communications at Grace Church in Erie, Penn., where her goal is to create and foster accessible communication strategies that cut through without cutting in. You can find her fastest on Twitter: @daniellesuzanne.

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2 Comments » July 12, 2010

Facebook for Churches: Next Steps

by Danielle Hartland

For the past four weeks we’ve been exploring using Facebook for churches. Now it’s time for some final tips to help your church make the most of Facebook.

4 Comments » June 28, 2010

Facebook for Churches: Pastors on Facebook

by Danielle Hartland

Three different pastors talk about how Facebook works for them so you can show your pastor how Facebook can work for your church.

6 Comments » June 21, 2010

Facebook For Churches: How Our Church Uses Facebook

by Danielle Hartland

Now that I had the staff learning to embrace Facebook, it was time to develop communication strategies for the church as a whole.

4 Comments » June 14, 2010

Facebook for Churches: Getting Your Church Staff to Care

by Danielle Hartland

Getting social media right has been a battle. But in the end I learned how to get my staff to care about Facebook.

14 Comments » February 15, 2010

Our Marketing Budget is $0

by Danielle Hartland

This year our church made the decision to pull all of our traditional marketing dollars (phone book, newspaper, radio, etc.), and we moved it to equipping our people and staff ...

9 Comments » October 9, 2008

Overworked? Drained? Kill Five Birds With One Stone

by Danielle Hartland

At one point in the not-too-distant past, my part-time communications position (which is now full-time) got so un-part-time, that I started keeping track of my hours, determined to show my ...