"I think people look much more seriously at LinkedIn as a'business' site and Facebook as a 'personal' site," Jenkin said."However, I believe that Facebook is becoming a more widelyaccepted method now to ask your personal community for help onfinding referrals, best deals or other ideas from people that youcan personally trust. Today, you are seeing more conversationsaround banking relationships being bandied about on Facebook, andyou are beginning to see more discussions on individual companiesthat are both product and stock related." Neal Frankle, a CFP for 28 years, has been on Blogspot for threeyears. He's used his blog to cement relationships with existingclients and meet new ones, and uses Twitter and Facebook torepublish his posts. "Twitter was very helpful at first to connect with the personalfinance community, but later became a huge time-waster," he said."Now that I have my community, we connect on private forums." Despite some of the skepticism he harbors for social media, Frankleviews it as an important component of the advising business. Lipo Laser Slimming Machine
Hethinks that Facebook and Twitter should "mainly be a supportapparatus rather than the main marketing focus" -- a place wherepeople can learn more about you. He focuses on his blog, ratherthan on more superficial social network interactions. The New Challenges Of course, there are darker sides to social media's intersectionwith the investing world. The capacity of such viral platforms tobe used by the unscrupulous to hype investments or spread falseinformation about companies is almost boundless. And the question of how FINRA regulations will apply on sites likeFacebook and Twitter is something that Jenkin calls "a littletricky." "The predominate number of broker dealers in this industry will notallow you in any way, shape or form to get into a discussion onspecific stocks [online], even if you have disclaimers that youdon't own them or do own them," he said. Crystal Microdermabrasion Machines Manufacturer
"They won't even let youhave discussions around specific mutual funds or ETFs." Industry regulator FINRA is having a difficult time so far dealingwith the Pandora's box social networks have opened, and compliancemanagement software hasn't caught up with the magnitude of theissues either. That leaves advisers walking a fine line. "You must be very careful as a professional not to violate strictadvertising rules governing the profession," Frankle said. "That'swhy I only use my blog to talk about general finance issues ratherthan provide investment advice." But even in erring on the side of caution, executives in corneroffices are taking part in this social media revolution. "[Chief officers] are the most engaged members of LinkedIn," Listersaid. Q-switched ND Yag Laser
"C-level investors are the most connected on LinkedIn.".
Hethinks that Facebook and Twitter should "mainly be a supportapparatus rather than the main marketing focus" -- a place wherepeople can learn more about you. He focuses on his blog, ratherthan on more superficial social network interactions. The New Challenges Of course, there are darker sides to social media's intersectionwith the investing world. The capacity of such viral platforms tobe used by the unscrupulous to hype investments or spread falseinformation about companies is almost boundless. And the question of how FINRA regulations will apply on sites likeFacebook and Twitter is something that Jenkin calls "a littletricky." "The predominate number of broker dealers in this industry will notallow you in any way, shape or form to get into a discussion onspecific stocks [online], even if you have disclaimers that youdon't own them or do own them," he said. Crystal Microdermabrasion Machines Manufacturer
"They won't even let youhave discussions around specific mutual funds or ETFs." Industry regulator FINRA is having a difficult time so far dealingwith the Pandora's box social networks have opened, and compliancemanagement software hasn't caught up with the magnitude of theissues either. That leaves advisers walking a fine line. "You must be very careful as a professional not to violate strictadvertising rules governing the profession," Frankle said. "That'swhy I only use my blog to talk about general finance issues ratherthan provide investment advice." But even in erring on the side of caution, executives in corneroffices are taking part in this social media revolution. "[Chief officers] are the most engaged members of LinkedIn," Listersaid. Q-switched ND Yag Laser
"C-level investors are the most connected on LinkedIn.".