by Kevin Banet | May 5, 2017 | Ad programs, Attracting vocations, Come & See Program
Catholic vocation advertising was once a simple affair. A religious community merely placed a display ad in the Catholic diocesan newspaper, or in a religious magazine. Then the responses came in. Today, it’s a whole new ball game. With the advent of internet...
by Kevin Banet | Apr 22, 2017 | Ad programs, Attracting vocations, Come & See Program, Testimonials
The Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker in Walton, KY talk about how they have attracted good candidates for their upcoming discernment retreat using our Come & See Vocation Promotion Program. Sr. Patricia Jean, at left, is the vocation director, and Mother Christina...
by Kevin Banet | Sep 10, 2014 | Ad programs, Facebook
Just yesterday on the radio I heard a former Muslim soldier explain that the only way to stop terrorists was with the use of force. Guns, rockets and bullets. That may work in the short term. But we know the best answer. The best answer is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ...
by Kevin Banet | Sep 1, 2014 | Ad programs, Facebook
Um, what was I thinking? I tend to be a penny pincher. But yesterday I was getting frustrated. By 2 pm, we had spent only $23 in ad costs that day for a women’s religious community that we serve. I was boosting their Facebook fan base. In other words, these are...
by Kevin Banet | Aug 23, 2014 | Ad programs, Attracting vocations
Mercedarian Sisters draw fans through Facebook ads There are only 90 characters in the ad you see. And yet it takes less than 9 seconds for one of the 40,000 young Catholic single women who will read this ad to respond to it with a “like.” Twenty of them,...
by Kevin Banet | Aug 13, 2014 | Ad programs, Attracting vocations
We had a problem. We had spent $28 in click costs to Facebook, but had only one respondent. One person who took the 16-question survey about vocations. Weren’t young men interested in joining this very attractive-looking religious community? Some experts would...