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Poll: Would you share buy and sell details of you stock trades via a social network?

I need your input on some research I am doing so please click through to this posting. It’s all about the sharing of transaction data on Social Networks, namely if you would or would not be willing to share buys/sells in the equity market on networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. After you vote, you’ll be able to see results and analysis of how different types of professionals answered the question – and I will remind you to come back in a fortnight to check out the final results.

And be sure to leave a comment if you have an opinion…

February 2nd, 2010 | Category: Financial Services, Poll, Social Media | One comment

Google says “look to your friends” for results.

When I wrote about the “Live Web” being integrated with search results the excitement was that Google was now able to serve up Twitter, Facebook and News articles in real-time as part of your search results – sort the same as a stock ticker would as trades are made. This Live Web offering was captivating because you were watching other people’s opinions pop up before your eyes as they wrote them. But Social Search is far more important because the contributions are from peers or services you know and because you control who is in and out this enhancement has so many legs to it.

February 1st, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Social Media | Leave a comment

No Facebook please…We’re in Financial Services…

If we take the concept of “elegant organisation” and apply what the ASX stats suggest (that is, more people look to the Internet and Friends/Family then Advisers) we can see how much of an impact that Social Media could have in this niche financial industry, the problem is what ASIC are reviewing does not consider the nature nor the dynamics of Peer-to-Peer networks.

January 31st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Financial Services, Social Media | 3 comments