Quantcast

LinkedIn vs. Facebook: Which Road Do You Want to Take?

fb-vs-ln-new

With pressure to join the growing number of social media platforms out there, it is very easy for users to become overwhelmed. What is the difference between them all? Recently, several business representatives have come to me confused about the difference between LinkedIn and Facebook fan pages. Both allow users to connect with people, some […]

Financial Social Media’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2011

the-best-business-blogs-i-command-you-to-follow

As 2011 comes quickly to a close, I sat wondering what I’d write about for our final blog of the year. After much contemplation, I decided to compile a list of our most popular blog posts based on their share rate and reader views (thanks to ProducersWeb). It’s been quite a year for social media […]

Social Media in the Financial Industry: Top Infographics of 2011

Twitter-Marketing-Infographic1

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 […]

2 Must-Read Updates for Financial Professionals in the Social Scene

google-plus-vs-facebook

2011 has been a revolutionary year for new technologies in the social media sphere. From the launch of Google to the vast changes to the Facebook platform, social media organizations are doing everything they can to stay up-to-date and in the good graces of businesses and consumers. The past couple of weeks have been no […]

How to Increase Brand Presence on Facebook

Facebook-Subscribe-options

When Facebook launched its Subscribe button last month, many users overlooked its beneficial features, such as allowing users to follow public updates and customizing news feeds. This could not be more advantageous for financial professionals interested in getting their content and messages out on the network. How, you ask? Well, there are a few different […]

How the Recent Facebook Changes are Redefining Personal VS Professional Communication Online

It would seem that Facebook is “upping the ante” based on the launch of Google+ and their stricter method of privacy settings. Last week, Facebook unveiled their new and improved version of “Friend Lists,” lists that in the past allowed you to categorize connections into specific friend lists and then set up particular privacy settings. […]

Video: Facebook Newsfeed Optimization

Vido clip icon

Social Media Examiner just published a great video from Facebook Guru, Mari Smith to help you see how optimizing your news feed on Facebook can impact your presence on the social network and allow you to grow your market reach. For instance, did you know that as much as 90% of people of Facebook don’t […]

The Seven Deadly Social Media Sins

seven

Between Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn I’m connected with over 7,000 financial professionals and companies engaging in social media. While I’m thrilled to see so many people coming on board I’m also a bit horrified with some of the practices I’ve witnessed. Those who are doing it right are reaping the benefits, however, companies diving in too […]

How Facebook's Recent Changes Will Benefit Your Business

In addition to the major Facebook profile and Facebook pages updates that occurred in the past month, Facebook has tacked on a few more changes that you and your organization should know. The major features that will be updated and implemented include like box changes, a new messaging system, conversation history, and social inbox. By […]