Finding Prospects with Social Media?

[meenamaesa]

Hi,

I'm interested in hearing whether people use social media for finding prospects, and what approaches you've tried. I've spoken to a few people who use Facebook and linked-in quite successfully, so I wanted to know if anyone else had tried this.
What are your opinions?

 

[shawnadam]

Prospecting is the lifeblood of financial advisors and there’s no more talked-about Internet tool for turning leads into hot prospects right now than social media. Plenty of financial advisors or their firms are already on one network or another, sometimes even two or more, but it turns out that not all social media networks are equal.Audiences are fractured and the “top five” social media sites Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and Google+ have their respective strengths when it comes to communicating with audiences about financial needs.

 

[ResearchSmith]

Pinpointed searches should help, especially looking at sites like Twitter.