Hi writers ^_^ as the majority of the captions for our posts will now come from you, I want to challenge you to create the “voice” of our Hope Filipino Church, one that will translate our church culture and identity.
That voice is a big part how people read our posts, and how they might perceive our church.
If it were a person, I would use the following to describe the hopesgfilipino account holder:
- Godly
- Warm
- Caring
- Personable
- Pleasing personality ^_^
- Positive
- Approachable
- Relatable
- Aware of the trends/hashtags/etc
- Appropriate
Ang bait nya diba hahaha.
So for captions what that means is:
- Use first person view
- Sound “familiar” or “close” to the person reading
- Use relevant hashtags
Example:
A contemporary dance performance by TDCA Ministry about the transforming power of God’s love for us.
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This. Dance. Was. Awesome!!! Our church has so many talented people! Who knew that we could do contemporary like that? With their performance, <Name1> and <Name2> really showed what it was like to have the ups and downs of a couple. Give us a thumbs up below if you want to see more like this ^_^
Do you notice the difference in tone and delivery? When I write a caption, I read it aloud in my head, with the tone and the nuance, to see if I hit the right note that I am going for.
And since we’re in a team, that’s where editing and suggestions come in. We can watch out for each other, and make sure that we’re speaking with the one voice that we are cultivating.
Some final notes/personal preferences:
- Be aware of your exclamation pointssss. I edited the text above, it started out with way more pointssss before I realized it sounded more deranged rather than fun and bubbly
- Always check spelling and grammar. Except when you’re doing it on purpose. For fun.
- The word “indeed” is overused. Wala lang hahaha.
