Twitter Yields Intelligence For Advisors (FA Mag) - Twitter may not be great for drumming up new business, but some financial advisors are using it to glean intelligence from other advisors.

More Tweets Explained (Research Mag) - It's time to delve deeper into social marketing and related concepts. Slightly deceiving headline because it covers more than social marketing, nonetheless an excellent article on sales tactics.

Recruiting and Transitioning:

Financial Advisors Voice Interest in Independent Model, According to Charles Schwab Survey (Business Wire)

Transitioning New Recruits (Registered Rep) - Over the past year, branch managers have kicked their recruiting efforts into high gear as more financial advisors looked for new homes. But successful recruiting also requires making sure that new hires do a good job once they take their seats.

Numerology: Fewer Assets, More Advisors (Investment Advisor) - Total assets managed by investment advisors shrank in 2008 but the number of SEC-registered investment advisors increased by 2%.

BrokerCheck and the SEC:

Finra wins SEC approval to expand BrokerCheck (Investment News)

Disciplining Of Brokers To Stay On Record (FA Mag) - Brokers' disciplinary records will remain available to investors even after brokers leave the securities industry, under a newly approved rule amendment.

SEC told to tighten process for investigating advisers (InvestmentNews)