How I Lead as a Digital Missionary | An Interview with Clint Argyle

Clint Argyle has served in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints since his youth, in several quorum presidencies. He served a
mission in Calgary, Canada, and more recently he and his wife
served as full-time senior missionaries and director at the Oakland
California Temple Visitors' Center. He has also served as first
counselor in a stake presidency, on stake high council, as a
bishop, and scoutmaster/NYLT leader. Clint received his associates
degree from Utah Valley University, bachelors from Brigham Young
University's Marriot School of Business, and is a humanitarian,
investor, and entrepreneur, and enjoys doing good. He and his wife
have four children and seven grandchildren and enjoy spending time
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YouTube Read the TRANSCRIPT of this podcast Highlights 3:15 Clint’s
background and his senior mission in Oakland, California. He and
his wife served as visitor center directors for the Oakland temple.
7:00 The responsibilities of a visitors center director. Be full
time missionaries Keep the operation running Train other
missionaries Promote and market the visitors center to the local
community 7:40 Clint has a background in business and marketing
that he was able to use to help him know how to market the visitor
center. He also got help from a friend to do digital marketing. He
worked on creating a digital presence for the center. 12:00 When
covid hit they went home and focused solely on digital marketing.
They figured out how to do virtual tours on Zoom and were able to
do 900 virtual tours. People were still able to have a spiritual
experience online. 14:00 You can be a digital missionary wherever
you are. 14:40 Something that is important to consider is that
people are always looking for reviews. The three main places people
look are Google Reviews, Yelp, and Trip Advisor. As members we can
leave reviews for the temple, church building, and visitors center.
They asked everyone who visited the visitors center to leave a
review. 19:00 There are so many ways to do missionary work without
having to awkwardly go talk to your neighbor. You never know if
just leaving a review can help someone. 19:00 It’s powerful when
members and missionaries work together as digital missionaries. The
Idaho Falls and Oakland Visitors' Centers took off thanks to
reviews. 22:30 If you go to a church history site on vacation you
can leave a review and that is your digital missionary work. Where
else could you post about your experience? 26:30 Temple open houses
are great opportunities for missionary work. Even before it’s
dedicated you can help the google algorithm by driving over to the
site using maps. Take pictures and upload them. 30:30 Does digital
missionary work and marketing really work? Clint shares some of the
results they have seen from just leaving reviews on Tripadvisor and
Google. 35:50 Rules on creating websites and doing digital
marketing. It has to be in conjunction with the church. 37:20 As a
leader you can influence those you lead to leave reviews. You don’t
have to limit yourself to one. You can be a light online. 38:40
Clint’s final thoughts on leadership The Leading Saints Podcast is
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