Category Archive for Social Media

The 10 Rules to Follow for Financial Advisors and Social Media Marketing

Here are the 10 essential steps to for financial advisors to follow to stay compliant when getting into social media marketing.

  1. Keep a record of all tweets, posts, or online communication
  2. Apply the “Suitability Rule”…
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The Future of Financial Services and Social Media

There has been a debate for years going on about how financial firms can utilize social media to their advantage while following the guidelines laid down by the various financial regulatory bodies. The rules, as they were originally written, have been a tremendous hinderance…

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Social Media: Obsession With Measurement

We are becoming more and more obsessed with the need for precise measurement and forecasts. At least that’s what Bob Lutz believes:

Everybody signs off on that and the bean counters start going to work. They work with the product planners…

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Did Investors Over-Value Linkedin?

Yesterday, I saw a lot of tweets about $LNKD coming in that mentioned that Linkedin was overvalued. But is this the case? One tweet in particular caught my attention: “at $90, the market is…

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Linkedin's First Day Of Trading

In case you were unplugged or asleep today, Linkedin (LNKD) had its first day of trading today. This was a long anticipated event and is…

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The Importance of Posting Once Per Day on Facebook

on March 28, 2011
in Social Media

Also posted on Uhuru Network!

You often read that pages should post at least once per day on your Facebook fan page. Why and who made this rule? We hear that you should touch base with your community, but be careful of over-posting…

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Which day of the week is the best day of the week to Tweet? What day are you most likely to get clicks on your link? A six month study concluded with a relatively conclusive answer.

The setup

We used a twitter account starting with 17,000…

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