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Financial Social Media’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2011

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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 […]

10 Tips for the "Social" Financial Professional When Creating Your LinkedIn Profile

As a financial professional, you spend a lot of time looking for new customers. Your daily routine is consumed by a numbers game where more prospects translate to more clients. The allure of social media is great. But how do you simultaneously navigate social media sites like LinkedIn andcompliance regulations—and still make social media work for […]

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

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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 […]

Financial Advisors: Why You Need Your Site to be Search Engine Friendly

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The following study was published by Pew Internet, and offers a pretty good idea of who is using search engines (*spoiler*: everyone!) If you look at the bottom of the chart, you will notice something interesting. Those with a household income of $75,000+ are the highest users of search engines among all income levels. It’s true […]

You Don’t Have to Be a Great Writer to Write a Great Blog: 21 Quick and Easy Tips for Becoming a Successful Blogger – Part II

In our last blog, we posted the first installment of our guidelines for helping you write a blog for your firm (shown in gray below). Now, here’s the second installment to finish up the series. Remember, these guidelines are designed to help you write the best blog possible, while spending less time and effort doing […]

You Don't Have to Be a Great Writer to Write a Great Blog: 21 Quick and Easy Tips for Becoming a Successful Blogger - Part I

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You’ve probably heard a lot about blogs. Many advisors are writing them. And why not? Blogs can be an effective way to establish thought leadership for your firm, drive traffic to your site, and in the best of all worlds, get a new client or two. You don’t have to be a professional writer to […]

Google Analytics 102: Mapping a Path from Prospect to Client

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In my last post, we discussed some basic features of Google Analytics and how advisors can utilize these SEO capabilities to your advantage. This time around, I would like to focus on how you can use some of these analytics tools to track the common paths prospects/visitors take through your website, and to identify the […]

The Importance of Web Analytics

One of the most important features and pieces of information you can get from having a website as a financial advisor, is access to website statistics and analytics. Ultimately, this information should provide you with a very good idea of how your websites visitors are using your website, how may visitors you are getting and […]

Search Engine Optimization - Part 3: Links

Years of SEO collaboration with financial services professionals has taught me one thing: Link building has to be the most challenging part of internet marketing plans for financial advisors. Not only is it an intricate mechanism to understand but also an even harder thing to do effectively. Unlike creating content for websites, researching keywords, defining […]