Marketing and Communications
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100 best sales & marketing ideas: 9 social media tips
By Daniel Williams, Nichole MorfordIf you build a strong social media presence, will they come? Not unless you follow these best practices.
May 21, 2013
Advisors’ Tech Strategies Help Boomers but Ignore Gen X and YRIAs are making the mistake of inventing non-tech-related strategies for boomer investors at the expense of developing innovations for Gen X and Gen Y clients, says Fidelity.
May 21, 2013
FINRA Fines LPL $9M for Failing to Monitor EmailsFINRA announced Tuesday that it fined LPL for 35 separate, significant email system failures, and for making material misstatements to FINRA during its investigation.
May 20, 2013
The Price of Everything: What’s the Value of Sound Advice?The SEC Regulatory Accountability Act is yet another attempt by the securities industry to shift attention away from the consumer protections of requiring brokers to put the interests of their clients ahead of their own, by focusing solely on the costs of doing so.
May 17, 2013
Schwab Backs Off on Class-Action Ban—for NowCharles Schwab on Thursday said it would lift a ban on client class-action suits until all legal and regulatory challenges were resolved.
May 17, 2013
Make your Friday countHere are five things I do to avoid wasting the last 20 percent of the work week.
May 16, 2013
Stop Denying Investor Rights: End Forced Abitration NowFor too long, investors have been forced to "take it or leave it" by mandatory pre-dispute arbitration clauses. The time is now for this denial of investor rights to end, which is why NASAA supports the Arbitration Fairness Act.
May 16, 2013
Is Your Client a Skittish Investor? Russell Offers Calming ToolAdvisors can struggle to help clients set realistic expectations for portfolio performance and avoid obsessing over day-to-day market movements.