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Avoid Scary Social Media Ghost Towns this Halloween

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At Financial Social Media, we see it happen all the time. A new advisor comes in, deciding to jump on the social media bandwagon, all excited about creating an online presence. We set up sparkly new social media accounts and build a website to match their brand, everything goes live, and everyone is happy! The client decides they […]

Make Your Original Blog Content Worth Your While

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  Now that you have written optimized, relevant, original content for your audience (15-Point Blog Optimization Checklist), today I want to help you not only maximize the reach and exposure of this content, but also learn how to stretch this content as much as possible to benefit and grow your business. There are 2 crucial […]

3 Tips for Hosting a Successful Financial Advisor Conference: Lessons from #FPABE

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  Having spoken at hundreds of conferences on the topics of social media and digital marketing, I’ve seen the gamut of good, bad, and ugly when it comes to hosting an event. It’s not easy. A lot of planning and prep goes into hosting a successful financial advisor conference. I recently returned from FPA BE […]

Social Media Advertising for Your Financial Firm: A Necessary Tool

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  Last fall, Twitter finally went public and solidified that all the major social networks are now publicly traded entities. With all the hype around the release of their IPO’s, some forgot to consider how this would affect their users and the interface that they had grown to know and love. Because of increasing pressure […]

15-Point Blog Optimization Checklist for Maximum Impact

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  Utilizing blogging as a tool to grow your business through increased awareness, website traffic and leads can be hard work. Success isn’t going to happen overnight. So how do you know if you are on the right track? Is there anything else you can be doing to help boost your blog views? We have […]

Should Financial Advisors Start Using New, Trending Social Media Platforms?

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  In this ‘Back to Basics’ series, I have already covered how to connect with your current contacts online, best practices for the 3 big social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter), and what type of content to share on these networks. Because there are so many different social platforms, I am going to take this […]

Back To Basics: An Advisor’s Best Practices for Content Creation

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  Now that you have created your networks, connected online with your current contacts, and learned best practices for advisors on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn as a financial firm, it is time to discuss the content that goes on these social platforms. You’ve all heard the saying, “Content is King,” and in today’s digital age, that […]

Back To Basics: Best Practices for Advisors on Facebook

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As you may know, we are taking the month of August to get back to the basics. Last week we went over how to begin building your targeted audiences on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter with your current clients and ideal prospects. This week will will be talking Facebook. Now that you have created a Facebook […]

How to Build Your Firm’s Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn Audiences From Scratch

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  It’s that time of year again. The school year is just around the corner and everywhere you look you see ‘Back To School’ specials and sales, so that kids everywhere can start the year with a fresh, new look! So we thought, why not jump on the bandwagon. We wanted to take this time to go […]

6 Ways Financial Advisors Can Use LinkedIn To Grow Their Business

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    For financial advisors, Linkedin can be a powerful tool. In an earlier guest post, The Importance of LinkedIn for Financial Service Providers, it is stated that 70% of the buyers surveyed listed LinkedIn as the social media platform they are most likely to turn to when gathering information on service providers. Not only […]