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Webinar Series: Four Steps to LinkedIn Success
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Social Media for RIAs in Massachusetts: The Fourth Castle
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It’s Not Just Social Media: You Want Social CONNECTION
January 20, 2012 12:01 -
How CIOs and Other IT Leaders Can Enable Social Business
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Financial Professionals Must Work Social Media To See Real Results
January 17, 2012 12:01
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SocialTurns
Archive for the ‘News’ Category
IIROC Updates Social Media Guidelines
2011 has been a busy year for the regulators. Our neighbor to the North has just issued Notice-0349, which outlines Guidelines for the Review of Advertisements, Sales Literature and Correspondence. This update from the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) replaces Notice MR0281 and is effective immediately.
Proposed FINRA Rule Changes Delayed
While firms aren’t delaying their move to social in anticipation of these rule changes, it appears we will have to wait to get the official SEC stamp of approval.
Massachusetts scrutinizes advisers and social media
The Securities Division of The Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth released a new survey on social media use by investment advisers doing business within the Commonwealth.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney announces move to Social Business
MarketWatch shared the news that, “Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisers soon will be allowed to make pre-approved status updates and tweets…”
Why I Joined Socialware
Social media will never be this new again. Socialware is solving a huge problem for a very important industry that provides very important services to all of us. We all use financial services. And most of us, soon to be nearly all, use social media on a day to day basis. Within a few weeks of first reading about the company I had made the decision to join Socialware as their Social Business Strategist and my wife and I were starting the process of moving our family from Boston to Austin.
The Wild West meets Wall Street
Today is a huge landmark in the world of social networking and in business. LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, and one of our partners, has gone public. They are now one of the first billion-dollar web 2.0 exits since YouTube.
Announcing the Launch of Socialware Voices
Last week we made one of the most significant announcements in the company’s history, the launch of Socialware Voices. If you missed the news, Voices is the first measurable social business solution designed specifically for the financial services industry.
2011- A busy start to the year
The first quarter of 2011 marked more exciting, fast paced updates for the Socialware team and our customers. As we shared a few weeks ago, we had another record quarter as additional financial services firms came on board to leverage the Socialware platform to realize social business opportunities.
American Century releases new social media study
According to the new American Century Investments’ 2011 Financial Professionals Social Media Adoption Study, the number of financial professionals who said regulatory or compliance concerns were a barrier to their social media use dropped to 38% from 47% in last year’s survey.
Why LinkedIn should be your new homepage
LinkedIn recently announced their new social news platform for professionals, called LinkedIn Today. This platform is essentially a daily digest of all the information that your network, your peers or your industry is reading right now.