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Why Most Customers Are Now Checking into Your Online Reputation

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Whether customers are shopping for information, fashion accessories, or software, one thing is for certain: Consumers of today are savvy. They have learned the importance of learning about companies before doing business with them. Customers of today are smart shoppers – they are more demanding than ever before. Consumers of Today Consumers are more demanding […]

5 Little Known Secrets for Financial Advisors on LinkedIn

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When I speak at financial conferences I always start by asking the audience one simple question, “How many of you are on LinkedIn?” Typically almost all hands go up, however, when I ask my next question, “How many of you are effectively using this network to grow your business?” those hands are usually quickly retracted. how to […]

4 Free Resources Advisors Need to be Using to Stay on Top

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The world wide web is a hub of information just waiting to be found. As of today, it’s estimated that there are just over 15 billion indexed pages that make up the internet. Within this chaos of unorganized mess there’s actually ALOT of really useful, valuable information. And guess what. A lot of it is FREE – […]

Advisors: GenD Investors Don’t Trust You. Here’s Why.

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When I first launched Financial Social Media in 2010, there was a dark cloud of skepticism hovering around social media—especially in the financial services industry. At that time, many advisors and financial professionals I spoke with struggled to see the value in social technologies like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. 3 years later, I am You […]

What Social Financial Advisors Can Learn from Hurricane Sandy

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Hurricane Sandy has been described as a “Frankenstorm”, leaving over 8,000,000 people without power and cancelling over 15,000 flights. When it’s all said and done, Sandy will end up affecting approximately 60 million people in one way or another. As many of us know, Hurricanes are severe, rotating tropical storms with heavy rains and cyclonic […]

Top Financial Calculators-Why All Money Related Blogs Should Include Them

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All money related blogs should include a look at some of the top financial calculators available. Why? Well, in general terms, to help consumers find the road to financial health and stay there. And to help consumers understand their finances more thoroughly. Any money related blog should be providing that kind of assistance to it’s […]

4 Ways to Manage Crisis Situations with Social Media

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Last week, some 7.5 million people in the UK faced the alarming reality that they had lack of access to their earnings. The breaking news story was that NatWest had (and is still having) technical “glitches” and consequentially cannot transfer money or pay wages. As a result of this glitch, people cannot pay bills, get […]

Facebook Made Easy: New Change Brings Admin Levels and Post Scheduling

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Here’s a question for Facebook administrators – what role do you play on your Page? The newest change Facebook introduced last week allows each administrator to bring their own level of expertise to the Page. Now Facebook business users have the option to assign five different roles for their administrators: Managers, Content Creator, Moderator, Advertiser […]

What I Believe In Financial Social Media

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Last month Mack Collier wrote a brilliant post outlining his beliefs on social media that was an inspiration. If you haven”t already seen it, click the link below and take some time to digest each belief. In my opinion, anyone adopting a social media strategy should print the list and keep it close to remind themselves […]