The financial services industry’s stringent regulations initially held companies in this sector back from wholeheartedly embracing social media as a marketing channel in the same way that other industries did. But the days of apprehension are shifting into the rearviewmirror as financial services brands are more regularly dipping their toe (or even diving) into the waters of social media. In our new white paper we evaluate and analyze data from the 50 largest (by revenue) North American financial services companies on social media. Forbes divides the industry into four sectors or categories, and we evaluated these companies based on those designations, which include: Banking (JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, etc.), Consumer Services (American Express, PayPal, etc.), Insurance (Prudential, MetLife, etc.), and Investment (Berkshire Hathaway, Goldman Sachs, etc.). The resulting insights are instructive for financial services brands looking to enhance their digital … Continue reading Making Dollars and Sense of Social Media and the Financial Services Industry