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10.5 Reasons to get social now

10.5 Reasons to get social now

The last few months has brought a lot of attention to the topic of social media in financial services. While demand has never been greater to deliver social business solutions for this industry, there are still plenty of companies standing on the sidelines.

Financial services marketing leaders discuss social media

Financial services marketing leaders discuss social media

We hosted a forum with more than forty of the top marketing leaders in financial services firms from across the country. We met in New York City to discuss the dynamics of using social media for this market.

Social Business Activity Cycle

Social Business Activity Cycle

A easy to understand framework for ongoing activity designed to produce profitable business results. The efficiency of the system ensures that users won’t get bogged down in minutia or be overwhelmed or frustrated.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney announces move to Social Business

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…”

The Wild West meets Wall Street

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.

Social media ≠ Social business

Social media ≠ Social business

It seems like you can’t go a day without seeing another story on social networks, social media, social marketing…the list goes on and on.

Advisers failing to communicate with clients

Advisers failing to communicate with clients

A new article from American Banker points out how Advisers are deficient in client communication. In the article they highlight findings from SEI, a provider of asset management, investment processing, and investment operations solutions for institutional and personal wealth management.

American Century releases new social media study

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

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.

SEC Swept Up by Social Media (PART 2)

SEC Swept Up by Social Media (PART 2)

For Part 2 of our discussion on the SEC social media sweeps letter I’d like to address the following questions that I suspect many of you are asking: