Compliant Social Media Marketing Solutions for Financial Advisors
Add-up planners, advisors, money managers, agents, and sales representatives and you have more than 1,000,000 people marketing financial advice, services, and products to the public. This has to be the most competitive industry in America. Not only is the industry intensely competitive, it is also based on Wall Street’s conceptual sales practices. This explains why advisors […]
When Morgan Stanley Smith Barney announced in May that it will allow its 17,800 financial advisers to use Twitter in October, I said it was a breakthrough. Here was a major Wall Street wirehouse recognizing that the social media revolution was real and that it had to be part of it. I took a few arrows for […]
The following study was published by Pew Internet, and offers a pretty good idea of who is using search engines (*spoiler*: everyone!) If you look at the bottom of the chart, you will notice something interesting. Those with a household income of $75,000+ are the highest users of search engines among all income levels. It’s true […]
There’s usually one in every company. The cowboy. He’s got a swagger in his walk and a smirk in his talk. He gives lip-service to the rules because he’s smarter than the rest of us. He’s too full of testosterone or maybe a deep-seated desire to get daddy’s attention. Who knows what really motivates him? If you’ve got one […]
You’ve probably heard a lot about blogs. Many advisors are writing them. And why not? Blogs can be an effective way to establish thought leadership for your firm, drive traffic to your site, and in the best of all worlds, get a new client or two. You don’t have to be a professional writer to […]
Those who have grown up with Web 2.0 at their fingertips will soon be getting to the age where they are starting families and talking about getting financial advice. Do you know how you’re going to react when they show up to your doorstep or website? The Client of Tomorrow: Accessibility They are highly accessible […]
Most mid-sized securities firms are struggling to understand how to use Facebook in their business. They know that Millennials, affluent investors, and the rest of American industry are way ahead of them in its adoption. But they’re worried that examiners from FINRA or the SEC could ask questions that they don’t know how to answer, resulting in disciplinary […]
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