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ReelSEO Provides Tips on How to Build Your Youtube Presence

  ReelSEO is the Online Video Marketer’s Guide – a place for news, tips, trends, tutorials and the latest information about online video publishing, video marketing, video SEO, and video advertising. ReelSEO’s Cre do my homework ator’s Tip, “How to Build a YouTube Audience with Keyword Tools”, helps video producers understand how to use YouTube [...]

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5 New Year Resolutions for Financial Professionals in the Emerging Age of Social Media

Remember the first years of the Internet Age? Those pesky dial up connections; AOL’s “you’ve got mail” tag line; the slough of what we now consider primitive websites? As of 2012, we are amidst the baby stages of a similar social media age – parallel to the initial birth of the Internet, a revolutionary shift [...]

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Social Media in the Financial Industry: Top Infographics of 2011

As 2011 comes to a close, many social media-related organizations are compiling numbers, facts and statistics about the exponential growth of social media over the past year.  They’ve put their findings in some pretty creative and engaging infographics that give you a great perspective of how much social media is growing.  We’ve picked out our [...]

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How to Generate More Leads Using Video

When it comes to website landing pages, the purpose is to capture your visitor’s attention and incentivize them to want to learn more by entering their contact information, making a purchase, or simply driving them to a different part of your website.  With video being the hot commodity in marketing right now, it’s no surprise [...]

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Get on Board with Social Media and Protect your Brand

Get on Board with Social Media and Protect your Brand

We all know the big four players of social media: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Chances are that you’re probably already engaging customers and providing them value on most, if not all, of these social websites. If you aren’t, however, now is the time to get on board with social media. A recent survey of [...]

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4 Tools for Financial Professionals on Social Media

The final blog post of our four-part series is the highly-anticipated launch of the Financial Social Media Bootcamp and Social Advisor Club.  This past Monday marked the official release of Financial Social Media's two new tools for financial professionals using social media.  Below you'll find a video explaining the benefits of enrolling in the Financial [...]

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Back to Basics: Content is King!

Back to Basics: Content is King!

Content is king!  I’m sure you’ve heard this term before, and it’s true.  Content is huge when it comes to sharing online.  It’s how your brand is represented, how you position yourself as an expert, and how you interact with other users.  What do I mean by content?  Blog posts, news, articles, videos, photos and [...]

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Back to Basics: Why Should I Use Social Media?

Back to Basics: Why Should I Use Social Media?

Social media, in its rawest form, is simply the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue.  It sounds so easy in definition-form, but social media is a complicated web of social networking platforms, content information and diverse users.  Navigating the social media labyrinth can be a daunting task, but with [...]

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What To Do When Your Firm Says No

What To Do When Your Firm Says No

So you’re a registered rep. or an advisor who wants to harness the power of social media for business purposes.  Maybe you want to raise brand awareness of your business, increase your personal profile, or perhaps start a blog to improve internet visibility and help educate your clients and potential clients.  But what do you [...]

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Start a Conversation with LinkedIn Groups

Over the past couple of weeks we have been posting videos to help advisors understand and start using all the different features available on LinkedIn. Today, you will learn how to build new relationships quickly by joining industry or shared interest groups. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5CF1FEm_oA&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Some of the takeaways from this video are: *Share relevant content by [...]

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