Here are some facts about Facebook: * More than 500 million active users * 50% of the active users log on to Facebook in any given day * People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook * Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events * About 70% of Facebook
Cloud
Small Firms are Riding the Cloud to Better Social Media
For the time being small firms are making the most of the new social media outlets. Due to compliance policies, or the lack thereof, larger firms are unable to spread their firm’s name and/or their specific expertise through any blog posts or a ‘tweet’ here and there. So the small firms (around 25 people and
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF)
You’ve Connected – Now What?
Social networking tools are becoming necessary in gaining an advantage over the competition in today’s business world. In order to see a positive impact from your social networking tools, your company cannot only “follow,” “friend,” or “connect”. In reality that is only the first step. We here at Financial Technologies Forum have recently started to utilize and significantly
Compliance
Social Media Leads to New Compliance Issues: Is Your Firm Prepared?
While researching for our upcoming Buy-Side Compliance & Risk conference in December, I came across an interesting topic which will probably develop into a session for the event – how is social media creating new compliance issues for firms? Social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are now all the rage, even in
