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Webinar Series: Four Steps to LinkedIn Success
January 31, 2012 07:01 -
Social Media for RIAs in Massachusetts: The Fourth Castle
January 24, 2012 11:01 -
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
January 19, 2012 12:01 -
Financial Professionals Must Work Social Media To See Real Results
January 17, 2012 12:01
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Just Released: Facebook Social Networking Guide
By now we all know that Facebook’s growth is off the charts. They are getting ready to announce that they have reached they half a billion mark. That’s right, 500,000,000 users. That is almost twice the size of the population of the United States.
Do people actually read LinkedIn Status Updates?
An interesting experiment was conducted recently by a gentleman named Blair Joss. With a network of 403 connections on LinkedIn, Joss posed the question of whether people actually read LinkedIn Status Updates. Within 3 days, over 350 people had commented on his status update and over 1,700 people said they “liked” his update. The numbers [...]
6.5 things you may have missed about LinkedIn
The social network we all know and love, LinkedIn, has been busy making improvements lately. They have quietly grown to over 70 million users and it appears that steady slow growth we are used to is accelerating. If you haven’t been following all the news here are 6 things you may have missed, plus a [...]
Twitter beats out Facebook for business
In April, the Edison Research and Arbitron released “Twitter Usage In America: 2010,” presenting three years of tracking data from more than 1,700 Americans. The research uncovered some interesting findings about social networks, and about Twitter in particular. Twitter awareness rivals Facebook. Awareness of Twitter has exploded from 5% of Americans 12+ in 2008 to [...]
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 [...]
Find your Financial Advisor on Facebook
Yet another study of financial professionals – this one by American Century Investments – finds that advisors are using and benefiting from social media for their business. 44% of advisors who use social media for business or business and personal use agree that social media is an emerging trend with significant potential for businesses like [...]
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 [...]
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? [...]
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
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 [...]