Comments on: A Closer Look At Financial Advisors Who Use Twitter http://www.advisortweets.com/blog/advisor-tweets-by-the-numbers-a-closer-look-at-financial-advisors-who-use-twitter Behind the scenes of AdvisorTweets.com Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jeremy http://www.advisortweets.com/blog/advisor-tweets-by-the-numbers-a-closer-look-at-financial-advisors-who-use-twitter/comment-page-1#comment-857 Jeremy Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:01:58 +0000 http://www.advisortweets.com/blog/?p=180#comment-857 I'm still a little skeptical of Twitter in many markets. There are some where it fits like a glove (restaurants, hair salons, etc). But financial advisers? When it comes to my money, my retirement, my future, I don't really want to get a "tweet" about it. I want a real person on the phone or a face-to-face meeting. I run several lead gen sites for financial planners/advisers and none of them has embraced Twitter. Sure, they have accounts, but they don't really use them. Maybe I'm missing something? If I am, I'm quick to adapt and get on board. I’m still a little skeptical of Twitter in many markets. There are some where it fits like a glove (restaurants, hair salons, etc). But financial advisers? When it comes to my money, my retirement, my future, I don’t really want to get a “tweet” about it. I want a real person on the phone or a face-to-face meeting. I run several lead gen sites for financial planners/advisers and none of them has embraced Twitter. Sure, they have accounts, but they don’t really use them. Maybe I’m missing something? If I am, I’m quick to adapt and get on board.

]]> By: Bill Winterberg http://www.advisortweets.com/blog/advisor-tweets-by-the-numbers-a-closer-look-at-financial-advisors-who-use-twitter/comment-page-1#comment-17 Bill Winterberg Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:54:32 +0000 http://www.advisortweets.com/blog/?p=180#comment-17 Oh, how Twitter Lists changes things! For example, look at the top 10 most followed advisors in AdvisorTweets' list. Go to a random profile on Twitter and then click the "listed" count. Some of these advisors with 10,000+ followers have minimal list counts (e.g. 2 or 3). Then examine how other Twitter users categorize the advisors in Lists. Are they known by just geography (Portland local), for social media marketing, or for being the most lovable on Twitter? I want to follow advisors who are ranked by others as influential in the financial planning and wealth management space. The independent categorization of Lists makes follower counts practically obsolete. Bill <a href="http://fppad.com" rel="nofollow">FPPad.com</a> Oh, how Twitter Lists changes things!

For example, look at the top 10 most followed advisors in AdvisorTweets’ list. Go to a random profile on Twitter and then click the “listed” count.

Some of these advisors with 10,000+ followers have minimal list counts (e.g. 2 or 3).

Then examine how other Twitter users categorize the advisors in Lists. Are they known by just geography (Portland local), for social media marketing, or for being the most lovable on Twitter?

I want to follow advisors who are ranked by others as influential in the financial planning and wealth management space.

The independent categorization of Lists makes follower counts practically obsolete.

Bill
FPPad.com

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