Grow without social media

This week — do these three (free)

Google search: Confirm the site is indexed (Search Console if you have it). People already type “mass times brooklyn / hawaii.”
One parish you know: Email the secretary with the template below — ask for a bulletin line or QR by the door.
Print 10 flyers: Open flyer.html, print, leave at places that already welcome community resources (with permission).

Track visits: /analytics · UTM links below show which channel worked.

Free Already built

People search these phrases. We already have landing pages aimed at them:

Mass times near me
Mass times NYC · Brooklyn · Manhattan · Queens
Mass times Hawaiʻi · Sunday Mass NYC
Live Mass in your language (new product — link from SEO pages over time)

What only you can do

Google Search Console → property church.analogarcade.net → submit sitemap: https://church.analogarcade.net/sitemap.xml
Request indexing for top 5 URLs if “URL is not on Google.”
Optional later: Google Ads on “mass times brooklyn” — costs money; only if you want paid search.

SEO is slow (weeks) but compounds without chats or posts.

Free You send

One email to a real person beats 100 social posts. Templates: parish-outreach.html

Who to email (people you know or public contact forms)

Your own parish secretary / bulletin editor
2–3 neighboring Catholic parishes (public “contact us” only)
Hotel / visitor-center chaplaincies in Hawaiʻi (if you have a contact)
Campus Newman Center public email (NYC colleges)
Diocesan “new parishioners / resources” only if they accept community listings

Ask for one of these (pick one)

One line in the Sunday bulletin
QR code on the vestibule board
Link on the parish website “resources” page
Correct Mass times for their listing (they help you; you help them)

Subject: Free Mass map for visitors — Local Mass Finder

Dear [Name / Parish staff],

Local Mass Finder is a free phone map for Mass times in NYC and Hawaiʻi (also other houses of worship). No app store.

https://church.analogarcade.net/?faith=catholic&utm_source=parish&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=outreach

Would you consider a short bulletin line or a QR near the doors for visitors who ask “what time is Mass nearby?” We list only public schedules and always say to verify with the parish.

Happy to correct your listing if anything is outdated — just reply with your bulletin or schedule link.

Thank you for your ministry.

Free / ~$5 ink

QR opens:

https://church.analogarcade.net/?utm_source=qr&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=flyer

Open printable flyer →

Print flyer at home. Ask before leaving stacks (parish, library community board, hotel lobby only if allowed).

Where print works (no chat rooms)

Your parish vestibule / bulletin board (permission)
Library community boards (public notice rules)
Laundromat corkboard near shop (if you own/know the place)
Personal: hand a flyer to a neighbor who asked about Mass

Free

Text or email one person who just moved, is visiting, or asked “what time is Mass?” — not a broadcast list.

Hey — free map for Mass times in NYC & Hawaii (works on your phone, no app):

https://church.analogarcade.net/?utm_source=personal&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=friend

Also has “hear Mass in your language” if you can’t get to church.

Free You submit once

These are not social feeds — submit once, then SEO/referrals drip in:

Place	What to do	Cost
Google Search Console	Verify domain + sitemap	$0
Product Hunt / similar	Skip for now — social-ish	—
Catholic / local “resource lists”	Only public “suggest a resource” forms for dioceses/colleges you trust	$0
Your other sites	Footer link from Analog Arcade / Kitchen / AnalogQuant (already partly done)	$0
Hotel / visitor PDF packs	One-pager for front desk (Hawaiʻi) — email manager if you have a relationship	$0

Free Stack you own

analogarcade.net — products / family
kitchen.analogarcade.net
analogquant.com
Any laundry / local business site you run — “Community: free Mass map”

One quiet footer link is advertising without social.

Not required. Confirm before spending.

Channel	Rough cost	Note
Google Ads (“mass times brooklyn”)	~$1–3 / click; $5–20/day test	Measurable; pause anytime. Card on Google Ads.
Print at FedEx / Staples	~$10–25 for 50 color flyers	Use flyer.html PDF print
Meta / TikTok / X ads	—	Skip — social, out of this plan

Same site — different UTM so analytics can show what worked.

Parish email

https://church.analogarcade.net/?faith=catholic&utm_source=parish&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=outreach

Bulletin / print QR

https://church.analogarcade.net/?utm_source=bulletin&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=parish

Live Mass (language path)

https://church.analogarcade.net/live-mass?utm_source=parish&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=live

Hawaiʻi SEO landing

https://church.analogarcade.net/hawaii.html?utm_source=seo&utm_medium=landing&utm_campaign=hawaii

Brooklyn SEO

https://church.analogarcade.net/mass-times-brooklyn.html?utm_source=seo&utm_medium=landing&utm_campaign=brooklyn

Need Mass times nearby? Free phone map for NYC & Hawaiʻi: church.analogarcade.net — verify times with our parish office.

Hear Mass in your language (Spanish, Korean, and more) when you cannot attend in person: church.analogarcade.net/live-mass — free, no app store.

Search Console / sitemap submitted 1 parish email sent (someone I know) Flyer printed (flyer.html) Permission asked before posting paper Footer link on my other websites Check /analytics in 7 days for utm_source=parish or qr

This week — do these three (free)

1 · Be found on Google (no social needed)

What only you can do

2 · Parishes & ministries (highest trust)

Who to email (people you know or public contact forms)

Ask for one of these (pick one)

3 · Print & QR (offline advertising)

Where print works (no chat rooms)

4 · Personal 1-to-1 (not group chats)

5 · Directories & “official” free listings

6 · Cross-promote your own properties

7 · Paid options (only if you want)

Tracked links (copy these)

Bulletin one-liners (print-ready)

Checklist