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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 […]

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 […]

The Impact of Blogging for Financial Advisors on their Website Traffic

Blogging may seem time consuming, or maybe you worry you don’t have enough to write about. Now you might need to worry if you don’t have a blog. A recent study by HubSpot found that small companies with a blog get 55% more traffic to their website. They also get 97% more inbound links and […]