Google+ sounds like Google’s best effort yet at social media. But advisors need be in no rush to jump in.   I’ve not myself used Google+, but based on facts presented by Personal Tech columnist David Pogue in The New York Times earlier this week, the promising system has some “glitches.”   Beyond fixing the glitches, however, Google faces a far more formidable task: Facebook is not standing still.   To be clear, the software bugs and usability challenges Pogue mentions are real problems for Google. But they’re the kind of problems that can be f

Spoke with two advisors yesterday who were making fundamental mistakes in writing their blog entries. Here’s what they were doing wrong and how to do it right.   One advisor called to ask permission to re-post a blog that was written by Josh Patrick, one of our bloggers here on A4A. The post offered ideas for business owners.   The advisor wanted to just copy and paste the post from A4A onto his blog and then give a credit to Patrick. He thought the original post was great and simply wanted to reuse it. Giving credit to Patrick.   It’s good that he called and as

Divorce lawyers are mining information on social networks to reveal cases of infidelity, hidden assets, and other "secret" aspects of a person's life.   They're finding useful information for legal cases on Facebook and Twitter, reports Technology Review.

A4A member Dan Lohmar took our advice and created his own video studio, and it came out great. Lohmar sent us an email this morning that is gratifying. 

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