The number of people who have become “fans” of 3ABN’s Facebook page reached 300 last Monday, the 14th. Activity has been a little slow, because — frankly — I am the only person maintaining that page. I’ve been adding news about major upcoming events, but other than that I haven’t really had any great inspiration for what our page visitors would like to see. A page like this gains value as more people become fans of it, so the future looks good.
Our ASI event on Facebook has taken on a life of its own, with other people inviting friends, beyond my circle of friends that I personally invited. Although the number of people who have indicated their intent to attend is relatively small, it is still good to see regular additions to the numbers just about every week. A frustrating aspect of Facebook is that you can’t simply invite fans to an event (or so it seems); the most you can do is send an update to the fans, and invite your personal friends.
Until yesterday, I had more friends on Facebook than 3ABN’s Facebook page had fans. Now I can no longer say I am more popular than 3ABN. (Ha ha.) Of course, one look at my modest number of friends, and you will clearly see that this is not because I am a popular person, but because 3ABN’s page had a late start and has had a low trajectory due to inadequate promotion, which are we working to improve.
If you’d like to help promote 3ABN, one way you can do that is by joining our Facebook Cause. This requires you to add the Causes application to your Facebook account, which is a very popular and well-behaved application. With no further action on your part, its presence on your profile simply tells other people that you support the organization(s) of your choice. I’ve added several causes to my Facebook profile, and many of my friends have them too. Of course, you can go further, and easily invite all YOUR friends to add your favorite causes. In this way you become an evangelist for your favorite causes. And, what’s most important, you can donate through the Causes application. As you may know, 3ABN is a donation-supported ministry, and most of our donations are from individuals such as yourself. We receive no income from the various outlets that carry 3ABN, such as DISH Network, local stations, or cable networks. The support of our viewers and listeners is what enables 3ABN to keep reaching more people with the truths for this time.
I recently created a page for 3ABN on Facebook. I needed something for the picture, so after a little brainstorming and experimentation, I created this:
It was created with a combination of SketchUp, Swift 3D, and Photoshop.
One trick was to create a picture in which 3ABN’s logo would look OK, once automatically scaled down and cropped by Facebook’s software. This was part of the inspiration for having a screen with the logo in the center, surrounded by other screens. To be cropped correctly, the logo must fit within a space defined by a perfect square with a width and height less than the smallest dimension of the image.
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