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7 Social Media Myths Debunked for Financial Advisors

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Despite compliance concerns, financial service professionals are successfully using social media to gain and maintain business. The challenge for advisors has been to determine the best way to use social media, while combating common social media myths in the financial services industry. Here are the top seven social media myths debunked.   There are too […]

How Financial Advisors Can Use Social Media to Gain PR & Media Traction

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  For financial firms looking to grow their business (and who isn’t?) public relations can be a key function in your marketing mix. Not only can PR drive brand awareness and amplify your core message, it can also introduce you to new prospects and customers. However, if you are still relying on ‘old school’ press […]

9 Ways Financial Advisors Can Make Twitter Their Own

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  With over 241 million monthly active users, it can be easy to get overwhelmed with all that’s happening on a minute-by-minute basis. To help you get the most out of your Twitter feed, we’ve put together this list of 9 ways that financial services professionals can make Twitter their own.   1. DISCOVER WHAT’S […]

Financial Firms, Optimize that Facebook Fan Page!

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  Because more and more people and businesses join social media networks everyday, it is increasingly important to optimize your social profiles. In the past you have heard us talking about how to optimize your LinkedIn profile and best practices for updating your Twitter profile, so now it is Facebook’s turn! And what better time […]

What LinkedIn’s New Blogging Tool Means to Financial Professionals

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  After last week’s blog, “5 Ways Advisors Can Leverage LinkedIn’s Recent Changes,” we received a lot of feedback about one particular subject and decided to dive a little deeper. Striving to be more than a search engine for resumes, LinkedIn has just released LinkedIn Publisher, a blogging tool that you can utilize to grow […]

How Financial Professionals Can Find Which Keywords They Should Target

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By Sara Ruthnum. So you’ve been reading our blog lately, and realized that content marketing is a valuable component to your financial web marketing strategy. But even more important is to have a fresh and interesting blog to improve your SEO (search engine optimization) rankings. But what’s the next steps in optimizing your blog to rank […]

5 Ways Financial Advisors Can Leverage LinkedIn’s Recent Changes

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Social media moves so fast that it is not surprising when small changes to each platform go unnoticed to some users. Because these changes are made solely to increase the user experience, I think it is important to review the most significant changes every now and then. Here are five LinkedIn updates from the last […]

5 Blogging Mistakes To Avoid In 2014

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By William Walker. “Content is the king” and if your brand has not yet embraced the best blogging practices, then you must change your ways as soon as possible. In 2014, “content is wearing too many crowns.” Your website’s blog plays a pivotal role in building up your firm’s content marketing strategy. You will not find a […]

Promoting Your Content [PART 2] for Financial Professionals

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  Creating custom, informative, and intriguing content is critical to the successful growth of your business. Not only does this boost your website’s Search Engine Optimization, but it also helps to establish you as an experienced leader in the financial services industry. Part I of the Promoting Your Content series focused on non-paid ways to […]

Photo Copyright Laws for Financial Advisors

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  As a financial advisor marketing your business, we know that you are already worried about social media compliance, in addition to budget, promotional and operational challenges. The last thing you need is for a bill to show up at your office for a $1,000 fine as a result of a copyright violation. This is […]