It’s been a quiet week in tech-related news, with only two stories hitting my screens worthy of Bits and Bytes features. So quickly go through this week’s stories of interest and get a head start on your weekend.
Is Your “Focus Long-Term” Message To Clients Footnoted? from Blueleaf.com
My latest post for Blueleaf questions whether the quarterly performance reports you send clients conflict with the long-term focus you communicate.
MyFinancialAdvice Founders Launch Social Media Site for Advisors from AdvisorOne.com
[Ron and Kevin are good friends and are putting together a social media toolkit to help convert traffic from social websites into live advice sessions (likely administrated through the MyFinancialAdvice.com platform).] The founders of MyFinancialAdvice.com, a site designed to enable financial planners to offer advice online to middle-income Americans, launched on Oct. 12 OnlineAdvisorCentral.com, which is designed to promote use of social media by advisors.
And in other news, though it’s not related to the benefits or value-add of any technology, interest in Mark Spangler’s connection with Tamarac, Inc. has caused some buzz, so make sure you read the good update from RIABiz on the subject, Tamarac CEO: Mark Spangler’s big trouble with the feds won’t harm Tamarac.