Did you know that right now there are 64,800 single Catholic women* age 18 – 30 on Facebook, and many of them are wondering if God is calling them to religious life?
What if – amid the graduation pictures and photos of their friends on Facebook – these young ladies saw a photo of smiling sisters of your community with the words “Test your call”?
What if they took a 15-question quiz, and many of them said they’d be interested in going on your next Come & See retreat? Wouldn’t that be great?
I’m sure that as a member of the CMSWR or IRL, you are likely looking to grow your community with faith-filled young Catholic women. You may have visited young people’s conventions, like the FOCUS conference pictured above, in Chicago this year.
But I’m sure you’ll admit, you cannot wait for the next big conference, or spend all your time on the road. Why not recruit young ladies with Facebook advertising?
It works.
We ran the “Test the Waters” campaign for a large men’s community last week, and the vocation director got two retreat signups out of it.
At a discernment retreat held by one of our Midwest women’s communities this spring, seven out of 16 retreat registrants, or 44%, came from our Facebook ads. This community also uses our followup newsletter program.
We also four that, among 121 women respondents from one community, 18% said they would like to pursue a vocation as a religious sister. That means 21 young women were looking for a religious community to join. Sixty-four percent from the survey said “maybe.”
I want that to happen for your community.
Special “Test the Waters” Vocations Ad Offer
Now, I know that you might not know me, or my experience in finding such candidates since 2012 with our Come & See Vocation Promotion Program. That’s why I’m making a special “Test the Waters” Offer, so that you can get qualified persons who are good vocation prospects on a small scale.
This is an inexpensive ad campaign. We think we can get 25 or more vocation candidates for your community. We can do this in a couple of weeks. (Disclaimer: the number of candidates is dependent on the quality of the photos you send us, your type of community, and other factors.)
Two or three weeks from now, do you want to have all these new contacts on your list?
This offer is for a limited time only – it will end on May 26, 2018. So contact us at the number on the top of this page, or use our contact page.
Cost of “Test the Waters” vocations ad program
We can run this limited campaign for only $350. What’s so good is that we are waiving our $100 setup fee. Your fee also covers all of the ad spend (funds sent to Facebook).
You would be hard pressed to find a deal like this.
While there’s no obligation to use our ongoing Vocation Lead Generation Program, or our Come & See Vocation Program (which includes a regular newsletter), we think you’ll like the results you get and sign up for one of our monthly vocation promotion services.
What we need from you
We will work with you to write a customized vocations quiz of 15 questions, with your photo at the top. We will design and run ads for your vocation retreat, or for weekend visits. You typically need to begin to run your ads at least two months before your retreat.
We also need about a dozen good photos of your community for the ads, and access to your Facebook page.
The names of these prospects, along with the quiz responses, are sent in an email to you as soon as these people take your quiz. Thus, you can see how their prayer life is, whether they have thought about religious life, and so on. (Contact us for a sample quiz.)
You are expected to promptly follow up with the qualified prospects with text, email, or a phone call. Quick followup is the best way to begin a relationship with them. Contacting them within 24 hours is the best.
Vocation ads offer is only until May 26, 2018
Act now, because our vocation promotion offer is only good until May 26, 2018. So contact us at the number on the top of this page, or use our contact page.
*This number is from our proprietary Facebook list of devout Catholic single women.
