For readers who prefer video to slides, a video series on the Top 10 Answers on Social Media Marketing will be produced. This is the first in the series – a 2-minute clip which compares social media compliance to that of email and lays out key highlights from FINRA. Social media compliance [1 min 58s] – [...]
Social media marketing guide – Top 10 Answers
On March 31, 2013,
in accounting social media marketing, financial social media marketing, insurance social media marketing, real estate social media marketing,
by InvestmentPal
How can I do more with less? How does SEO fit in? Is there a ROI? A previous post laid out the top 10 social media marketing questions for professionals in financial advisory, insurance, accounting & real estate. Drawing from content on this blog & newly available data, here’s a visual social media marketing [...]
How 15 post titles attract readers & search engines
On February 28, 2013,
in accounting social media marketing, financial social media marketing, insurance social media marketing, real estate social media marketing,
by InvestmentPal
Crafting effective post titles is important for online marketing success. Good blog post titles motivate readers to read & share your posts; and achieve higher search engine rankings and click-through rates for those posts. A well crafted post title should*: Be concise Convey reader benefits Trigger an emotional response (eg, use of words such as “need”, [...]
Marketing – Social media style [Music Video]
On January 31, 2013,
in accounting social media marketing, financial social media marketing, insurance social media marketing, real estate social media marketing,
by InvestmentPal
This is a music video on the use of social media style marketing to engage clients and win prospects. It is inspired by the creative marketing efforts we’ve seen from professionals in financial planning, insurance, accounting and real estate. Social Media Style Marketing Do you like it? – InvestmentPal
Social media marketing – Gangnam Style
On December 30, 2012,
in accounting social media marketing, financial social media marketing, insurance social media marketing, real estate social media marketing,
by InvestmentPal
“@psy_oppa Congratulations! You made history! 1 Billion Views!” tweeted MC Hammer on Dec 21 2012 as PSY’s “Gangnam Style” Youtube video topped 1 billion views. How did PSY’s Gangnam Style video, uploaded on July 15 2012, achieve such stunning marketing success over a short span of 5 months? In a Harvard Business Review blog, marketing [...]
A picture tells a thousand words. Host to 7 billion images, Flickr alone has as many images as there are people on earth. In a study conducted by University of Minesota and 3M on the use of digital visual media in presentations, researchers arrived at three interesting conclusions. One, visuals increased the persuasiveness of a presentation by 43%. [...]
The Yin & Yang of Inbound Marketing [Infographic]
On October 30, 2012,
in accounting social media marketing, financial social media marketing, insurance social media marketing, real estate social media marketing,
by InvestmentPal
A key concept in Daoist philosophy, “Yin and Yang” (“shadow and light”) describes forces that are opposites, yet complementary. Social media and search can be described as the Yin and Yang of inbound marketing. They are opposites – while social media is powered by people conversations, search engines are powered by machine algorithms. Yet they are complementary- [...]
100 social media savvy early adopters in financial services ecosystem
On September 28, 2012,
in accounting social media marketing, financial social media marketing, insurance social media marketing, real estate social media marketing,
by InvestmentPal
According to a Bain & Company report, “early adopters are gaining real economic value from their investments in social media”. As early as 2009, Dell, a retail social media early adopter, reported sales of $6.5M through its Twitter account. In financial services, over the last year, multi-million dollar account wins by social media savvy financial [...]
Content curation is a key component of social media marketing. By pointing to quality content and providing unique commentaries and analyses, professionals who curate content can engage with clients and prospects more frequently. In today’s information-loaded web, content curation brings higher quality content to consumers while sending more traffic to curated content sites. Here’re [...]
You do not need to be “CNN Money” to be ranked on the first page of Google for a finance-related search, nor “Zillow” for a real estate query. The right keywords, coupled with off-page & on-page SEO, can land you on the first pages of search engines. Two key considerations when selecting SEO keywords are search volume [...]
