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Announcing the launch of SocialTurns.com

Announcing the launch of SocialTurns.com

I am excited to announce the launch of a new community, called SocialTurns.com. The site is designed for financial professionals to discuss social media issues, best practices and news.

Ignoring social networks won’t work

Ignoring social networks won’t work

As all types of businesses evolve on the social web one thing is true, everything has changed. IT is no longer in control, decisions are made on a department-by-department basis. In the world of financial services this can also mean individual advisors are making their own decisions, regardless of corporate policy.

New Survey Published on Advisor’s Use of Social Media

New Survey Published on Advisor’s Use of Social Media

Last week we unveiled the results of our 2010 Advisor Survey – An Examination of Social Media Use by Financial Advisors across North America. As part of this survey we set out to answer the following questions: What percentage of advisors use social media for business purposes? Are firms taking the necessary steps to support [...]

Webcast: FINRA Conference Recap on Social Media

Webcast: FINRA Conference Recap on Social Media

Last week FINRA held their Annual Conference in Baltimore. One of the most heavily attended sessions was the discussion on social media and Notice 10-06. Here is how FINRA described the session: “This session addresses supervision of social media, including third-party networks, firm sponsored communities and blogs. Industry panelists discuss FINRA Regulatory Notice 10-06, what [...]

When will we learn? Enterprises are getting social.

When will we learn? Enterprises are getting social.

Access to social media at work continues to be a hot topic. A recent article – like many others – underscores the challenges and victories that can come from blurring the lines between personal and business. “It’s the dumbest policy in the world to block your employees from going to social media sites,” said Mark [...]

FINRA Annual Conference & Socialware/Smarsh Cocktail Party

FINRA Annual Conference & Socialware/Smarsh Cocktail Party

The Socialware team is going to be in attendance at FINRA’s Annual Conference May 26th-May 28th.  Following the release of FINRA’s Notice 10-06, Socialware has been the leading voice for driving compliant adoption of social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter in the financial sector. Social Media compliance is a hot issue this year.  We’ve [...]

Top social media myths in the financial industry

Top social media myths in the financial industry

Financial Marketing and Communications firm Ledermark, recently released a survey on financial services professionals use of Social Media to network and gain business. The findings are interesting and I will quote many of them here. The more interesting part is that it got me thinking about all the social media myths floating around out there [...]

Latest Social Networking Tools: GPS and a Helmet

Latest Social Networking Tools: GPS and a Helmet

Explaining business software can often be a challenge. You will typically see descriptions like this: “Our new collaboration cloud is the latest SaaS-based app to enable new levels of engagement, uncovering real-time influencers that gets translated into a listening grid so you can better automate outreach, nurture leads and convert high-value traffic.” While this is [...]

10 reasons you should use social networks for business

10 reasons you should use social networks for business

A while back The Harvard Business Review posted an article titled The Uber-Connected Organization: A Mandate for 2010. In the article they shared details about companies that are still blocking access to social media sites and those that have started to embrace the value these sites can offer. We’ve already shared some stats around companies [...]

Fans are great, connections are better

Fans are great, connections are better

79% of the largest fortune 500 firms “use Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or corporate blogs to communicate with customers and other stakeholders”, according to a study done by PR firm Burson-Marsteller. That number is only increasing. As many companies start to embrace social networking a common first step is to create a Facebook “Fan page” (54% [...]