Promote FORMED

Digital Promotion

Use high-quality resources:

The promotional assets on the Leader’s Site are professionally crafted and compelling.


Clear Call-to-Actions (CTAs):

Use prominent buttons or links with clear, action-oriented text like "Learn More," "Contact Me," or “Need Help?” Make sure your call-to-action buttons stand out visually on websites and on social media and Flocknote posts.


Make it personal:

A website does not need to be impersonal. Identify who in your parish can answer questions about Formed, encourage its use, or is using Formed in small groups, religious education, or faith formation settings. Use pictures of your parish’s Formed “power users” to encourage their identification and discussions with them.

Collect Testimonials:

Nothing speaks louder about the value of a product than having it recommended by someone a potential user knows and respects! You could honor parishioners who use Formed often and well by naming a “Formed User of the Month” and announcing them in Flocknote!


Make headlines hard to miss:

Use headlines to clearly and powerfully announce when parish Formed programs start and how and when to attend or subscribe. Assume that the first announcement of any content or program on Formed will provide over 80% of your users.


Follow-up:

Follow up on your Formed posts with additional content or updates to further inform or engage your audience. This demonstrates ongoing commitment and keeps Formed at the top of your parishioners minds in your parish.

Website Best Practices

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Website Best Practices

Use these best practices to promote Formed on your parish website!

Parish Homepage

A Formed link is ideally included in the main navigation bar on the parish homepage.  

Download Formed Logo Assets here

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Parish Homepage

Formed Page

Include a Formed webpage on your parish site with more information. Use our template to get started (see below)

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Formed Page

Ministry Pages

Include Augustine Institute programs used in parish ministries on web pages devoted to those ministries.

Videos and trailers can be found here: Trailers and Promos on Formed

First Holy Communion: Presence

First Reconciliation: Forgiven

Marriage Preparation: Beloved

OCIA: Symbolon

Baptism Preparation: Reborn

Bible Study: Lectio Bible Studies  

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Ministry Pages

Flocknote Best Practices

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Flocknote Best Practices

Use these best practices to promote Formed in your parish Flocknote communications!

How to embed a Formed video in Flocknote?

You cannot directly embed a video from Formed; however, you can follow the steps below to add a video and link it to your Flocknote.

If the video is behind the paywall, link to the trailer of the content and add a link to Formed so they can log in and watch the content.

Add a link to a website in a message

Add a video to a message

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How to embed a Formed video in Flocknote?

How do you put a picture of Formed content in your note with an embedded link?

Please watch this video. Link embedding occurs at 3:00 minutes

   

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How do you put a picture of Formed content in your note with an embedded link?

How do you share This Week on Formed (TWOF) or something similar in Flocknote?

Copy and paste either the text or image found from TWOF into your Flocknote message, similar to how you might copy and paste into the bulletin.

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How do you share This Week on Formed (TWOF) or something similar in Flocknote?

How to share tutorial videos (like how to sign up, use Roku, etc.) in Flocknote

Simply add the video to your Flocknote using these techniques:

Adding a video to a message

Formed Tutorial Videos

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How to share tutorial videos (like how to sign up, use Roku, etc.) in Flocknote

How to share videos and trailers from the Augustine Institute/Formed YouTube channel?

How to share videos and trailers from the Augustine Institute/Formed YouTube channel?

Can people sign up for Formed through Flocknote or sign up simultaneously if a parish is rolling out both?

Both sign-ups are unique...you could send out the Flocknote sign-up info and then send out the formed sign-up via Flocknote...but it is recommended that you send these sign-ups on two different weekends if possible. You can share Formed emails sent to the parish, as well. Please see the FAQ below for sharing Formed emails.

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Can people sign up for Formed through Flocknote or sign up simultaneously if a parish is rolling out both?

How to share Formed sign-up information in Flocknote?

1. Written instructions to sign up can be shared via Flocknote along with our sign-up link.

2. Another tactic: DRE's or AFF's can acquire all the parishioners' email addresses they want to sign up for Formed from Flocknote and manually sign up their parishioners on Formed one by one. The parishioner only needs to confirm via the email they receive.

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How to share Formed sign-up information in Flocknote?

Can the CSV file downloaded from the Formed Admin page be imported into Flocknote to send Flocknote emails to everyone registered for Formed?

You can import names and emails into Flocknote via CSV by following these steps: How to input data into Flocknote

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Can the CSV file downloaded from the Formed Admin page be imported into Flocknote to send Flocknote emails to everyone registered for Formed?

How to share emails sent to the parish, like for various promotions or seasons, to parishioners without it looking like a forwarded message, which often gets flagged as spam?

This is impossible without copying and pasting the content from the emails into a new note. See FAQ above for sharing TWOF.

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How to share emails sent to the parish, like for various promotions or seasons, to parishioners without it looking like a forwarded message, which often gets flagged as spam?

Do we have email templates to readily download and use?‍

At this time, we do not have ready-made templates. However, you can easily use a Flocknote template found here.

Additionally, you can make your own customizable template here: How Do I Create An Email Template?

Please utilize our toolkit for Formed Flocknote Content, coming soon!

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Do we have email templates to readily download and use?‍

How to add buttons and elements to a Flocknote

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