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Financial professionals get social, regardless of policy

Financial professionals get social, regardless of policy

A recent survey by financial marketing firm LederMark Communications found that most financial services professionals – 85% of those under age 50; 50% of those who are older – are using social media. And many of them – up to 40% — say it’s helping them build their business. Why? LinkedIn and Facebook, the preferred [...]

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 [...]

Are you a social networking two-face?

Are you a social networking two-face?

We get this question all the time: “How do I separate personal activity from business activity on Facebook or Twitter?” The bottom line? You don’t. Here’s why. The lines between personal and business are inextricably linked. Who knows if that high school buddy you reconnected with on Facebook might be looking for a financial advisor? [...]

Center for Due Diligence Interview

In preparation for the CFDD’s New Age Marketing Advisor Conference I did a short interview which you can hear below. // Some of the topics discussed were: – Implications and questions of FINRA Notice 10-06 for financial advisors. – Whether or not financial advisors will get value out of social networks. – How you should [...]

Surprise! Consumers use social networks for financial decisions

Surprise! Consumers use social networks for financial decisions

Spectrem, a financial research firm and consultant, surveyed 500 financial decision-makers in households with $50,000+ in annual income who spend at least two hours a week on the internet. “Two hours” means that this could be anyone from the recent college grad to your grandfather – in short, virtually anyone. The “Social Media and the [...]

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 [...]

The slow death of email; see you on Facebook

The slow death of email; see you on Facebook

Last month, Morgan Stanley’s Mary Meeker and associates gave their annual insights on Internet trends. In short, social networks continue to grow leaps and bound, and we haven’t seen anything yet. Online users want to get information on their own terms. In the past, that meant email – consumers set their email preferences and institutions [...]

LinkedIn Compliance Self-Assessment – Are you at Risk?

LinkedIn Compliance Self-Assessment – Are you at Risk?

In the last few months we’ve heard a common refrain from financial industry professionals regarding LinkedIn. Things like: “We aren’t allowed to use social networks but we can use LinkedIn” “Our firm allows us to use LinkedIn but the activity isn’t monitored” “LinkedIn doesn’t fall under Notice 10-06” “We prohibit use, and our employees follow [...]

Smarsh and Socialware Partner

Smarsh and Socialware Partner

We are very excited to announce a new partnership with Smarsh, a managed-service leader in email archiving and compliance solutions. Together with Socialware, Smarsh can now offer an integrated solution for messaging and social media compliance. Some of you reading this may wonder, what does email archiving have to do with social media? As it [...]

Webinar: Social Media, Can Advisors Afford to Miss It?

Much has been discussed in the industry around Financial Advisor’s use of social media. Should they use it? Is it valuable? What are the risks? What are the compliance issues? Can we afford to wait? Join us June 2nd at 11am EST as we participate in an interactive roundtable panel with other industry experts from [...]