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The social web drives awareness, market share & profits
Last month, McKinsey came out with their quarterly report, “The rise of the networked enterprise: Web 2.0 finds its payday,” where they find that companies using the Web intensively gain greater market share and higher margins.
Social networks actually increase face-to-face time
Last month’s “Social Mythbusting” research by ExactTarget and CoTweet showed something rather surprising: social networks actually increase face-to-face interactions, rather than decrease them.
Exciting times at Socialware
This was an exceptional week around Socialware and it got me thinking about everything that has happened in the last few months. Here is a quick recap.
Executives embrace social. Have you?
Socialcast recently released a great infographic outlining how executives use social networks. Here is the image itself and a few of the stats I found most interesting.
New York Life “gets” social with Socialware
Today Baseline Magazine released an article on the efforts of New York Life to move from prohibition to participation in the world of social media. Recently recognized by FORTUNE as one of the world’s most admired companies in 2010, New York Life is now directing their innovation towards the social frontier.
Study shows link to social and financial advisor success
A July Pershing study helps confirm that more advisors are using social media and – more significantly – use of social media correlates to a growth in business.
Accelerate the creation of your social media policy
Adopting social media can be a daunting task for any business. If you are in a regulated industry the social media mountain is seemingly insurmountable. Many firms get stuck right out of the gates trying to answer the question of “what should our policy be?”
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.
Wealthy investors want to be engaged
A May 2010 survey by ByAllAccounts found that advisors to wealthy investors aren’t making the most of these relationships – and lack of communication is the real problem. Here are the actions advisors, and firms, can take to help best serve these (and all) clients.
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 [...]
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