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Rock Texting - How to & best practices
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Rock Texting - How-to & Best Practices

How to setup texting within Rock, stay carrier compliant, and use best practices for higher engagement and deliverability.
Michael
Michael
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COO / Co-founder
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Back to basics: Saddleback Blog Card
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Back to Basics: How a Megachurch Uses Texting to Keep a Small-Church Feel

We sat down for a Q&A with Aaron Hamby, former Worship Director at Saddleback Anaheim, to get an inside perspective on how Saddleback handled/continues to handle their communication at the megachurch level.
Emily
Emily
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Customer Success Manager
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Texting during VBS
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Texting During VBS 2023

Texting software, like Clearstream, helps simplify VBS communication by giving you the best response rates when collecting registrations, recruiting volunteers, and sending parent announcements.
Emily
Emily
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Customer Success Manager
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Tips for Texting Students
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Tips for Texting Students

Texting is the number one medium for developing deep, intentional relationships with teens. Why? They're always on their phones, and we don't see this trend faltering in the slightest. Here are a few tips to get your student texting strategy started.
Emily
Emily
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Customer Success Manager
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Texting at Easter

This blog post will help you utilize the tools you already have with Clearstream for your Easter services: video texting, email, polls, and first-time guest workflows.
Lizzie
Lizzie
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Customer Success
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How to Use Texting During Online Services

Texting is a practical way to connect with your community when doing church online. In this post, we're going to look at some ways to follow-up with guests, send out online service reminders, receive salvation decisions, and encourage prayer - all through texting.
Michael
Michael
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COO / Co-founder
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Phone mock-up of texting the keyword "join" and receiving a digital connect card
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Choosing the Right Texting Service for Your Church

In order to help you choose the best texting service for your church, we created this post to highlight the key features and functionalities crucial to churches interested in communicating with their volunteers, members, staff, and first-time guests via text message.
Michael
Michael
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COO / Co-founder
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How to Use Texting for First-Time Guest Follow Up

A common challenge many churches face is getting first-time visitors plugged in. Even with a welcome team or a next steps area, a new family drops in one Sunday, never to be seen again. Sure, a connections pastor may have gotten info and uploaded it to your church management software. But often, this is as far as it gets. Coming up with and implementing some type of automated connection process is a daunting task. There’s no magic bullet, but texting is one of the best tools you can use. Texting has the highest open rates (text open rate is about 97%, email is only 25%), and it’s the fastest medium you can use. So if you're looking for some some strategy inspo, we’ve got a few ideas.
Michael
Michael
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COO / Co-founder
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