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How to Position Your Brand on Social Media When Tragedy Strikes

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Where were you when the World Trade Center fell? I distinctly remember the moment. It was my sophomore year in college and I received a phone call (on a land line) from my boyfriend frantically instructing me to turn on the TV. I tried calling my family but the long distance phone lines were backed […]

The Number One Marketing Mistake

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Maribeth Kuzmeski, marketing guru and president of Red Zone Marketing, is someone we’re always happy to call a friend. Maribeth has led her firm in consulting with some of the nation’s top financial professionals and advisors. She knows her stuff. Today Maribeth shares what she identifies as the number one marketing mistake made by financial […]

eMarketing for Financial Advisors: 10 Ways to Boost Open & Click Rates

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  Many financial advisors are interested in how they can use email marketing to increase leads and grow their business. Although email marketing is a relatively simple initiative, there are many small details that can make-or-break your open and click through rates. Here are some strategies you can use right away to start engaging readers […]

Website and blog – social media hubs for financial advisors

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Blane Warrene, CEO of Arkovi – the premier financial services social media solution for archiving, compliance and monitoring – and myself co-hosted a webinar about ‘Websites and blogs, the social media hubs for financial advisors” this afternoon. The session was such a success and unfortunately maxed out our maximum attendees allowance and had to reject […]

How Advisors Can Create Some “March Madness” Around Their Business

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march-madness-work-278.jpg” alt=”” width=”278″ height=”225″ />Imagine you make it to the “Final Four” on a high-net-worth investor’s list of potential advisors. You’re all potential champions, so beating the competition and winning the assets boils down to capitalizing on the little details that set you apart. Most advisors plan to add new clients in 2012. If this […]

3 Ways Advisors Get More Business Using Google

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Local search advertising can be highly effective because it allows advisors to tailor their brand messages very precisely to fit what prospects in their area are looking for. As the Web grows, more people are submitting geographically constrained searches to sites like Google to find local businesses and filter out everything else. Typical local search […]

Becoming a ‘Purple Cow’ One Tweet at a Time

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For the marketers out there, I am sure you have heard of the ‘Purple Cow’ – author Seth Godin’s answer to success that comes from making your brand stand out against the competition. This theory, which challenges business professionals to think outside of the box and create unique and engaging ways for people to become […]

Jumping on the Social Media Bandwagon, One Advisor at a Time

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A Financial Advisor's Social Survival

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A Financial Advisor’s Social Survival As a financial advisor, I look at social media very much like anything else I do. Every decision I make is, more than likely, linked to some regulation or rule. That does not need to prevent me from doing my job. The compliance storm that is swirling about the use […]

A Financial Advisor’s Social Survival

A Financial Advisor’s Social Survival As a financial advisor, I look at social media very much like anything else I do. Every decision I make is, more than likely, linked to some regulation or rule. That does not need to prevent me from doing my job. The compliance storm that is swirling about the use […]