Amy McIlwain

Amy McIlwain

President, Financial Social Media

Amy McIlwain

Author, speaker, and President at Financial Social Media, Amy McIlwain shares her knowledge at events around the world ranging from audiences of 1000 to small executive boardrooms.

Amy has appeared on FOX, CBS, ABC, and NBC as a social media expert and her book, The Social Advisor: Social Media Secrets of the Financial Industry, has been featured as a best-seller in the Amazon business category and reveals cutting-edge social media secrets that are rapidly changing the marketing landscape as we know it.

Amy launched Financial Social Media in 2010 which specifically addresses the compliance issues surrounding social media and the financial industry.

Sessions

  • Wednesday, February 12, 2014 1:00pm - 2:00pm

    Social Selling

    • Dan Swift, Director of Sales, LinkedIn Sales Solutions, Financial Services, LinkedIn
    • Amy McIlwain, President, Financial Social Media
    • Martin Gagnon, Senior Vice President, Intermediary Business Solutions, National Bank of Canada
    • John Flannery, VP, Online Marketing & Communications, XL Group plc

    One of the biggest missed opportunities in business today is not leveraging LinkedIn on a corporate basis to differentiate you and your financial institution from the competition.  In this sixty-minute workshop, experts from LinkedIn Sales Solutions and senior leaders from leading financial institutions will share their innovative approaches to using LinkedIn to help support sales efforts.  You will learn about the opportunity your institution is missing by not engaging, how to build great profiles that attract prospects to your financial institution whilst deepening relationships with existing clients, how to leverage company connections to eliminate cold calls, and how to stay on top of market movements. Most importantly, you will learn about how to increase sales and reduce redundant and wasted effort by your revenue producers.