Social media / social networking websites have become important resource across all industries. The social web offers opportunities to discuss your ideas promote your content or analyse the opinion of your target market. Social media has become vital to complement any ongoing Search engine optimisation or Internet marketing campaign.

This is a list of some of the top social media websites / social networks that focus on finance. These websites offer investors and those interested in finance or investing with an opportunity to contribute as well as learn from others.

If you are interested in finance, investing, business or financial planning the following social media websites offer an excellent opportunity to network and share information with others with similar interest. Only those finance websites that focus on user generated content have been listed here.

1. Tip’d

URL: www.tipd.com

Tip’d is one of the most popular social media news website related to finance and has a large user-base.
If you are used to social bookmarking sites such as Digg or Reddit, then Tip’d will offer a familiar usability and feel. It is similar to Digg in many ways except that the primary focus is on business, economy and finance. It is a community for sharing financial tips and information with others.

Key Features:

• Registration and login required
• Post stories with links, title, and description
• Comment on articles with links allowed in comments

2. Feed The Bull

URL: www.feedthebull.com

Feed The Bull is a useful resource to find information and content on the stock market and the financial economy. It also offers authors with an opportunity and exposure by allowing them to present their content to the community for review.

The 4 main sections on the site are Articles, Q & A, Videos and Top sites. Feed the bull encourages participation from users by awarding points for submitting content, voting, rating content or commenting on content. Feed the bull has a clean, user-friendly design which makes it easy to use.

Key Features:

• Registration and login required
• Users can submit content to Articles, Q & A and Videos section.
• Q & A section is quite unique where members can post a question for others to answer.

3. Value Investing News

URL: www.valueinvestingnews.com

This website offers news and information related to the stock market or investing. The content is generated by users. Main topics include bonds, stock analysis, funds, investing and behavioural finance. Members receive a share of the Adsense revenue although this is not likely to be substantial.

Key Features:

• Registration and login required
• Post stories with links, title, and description
• Comment on articles with links allowed in comments
• Stock screener – Which offers a simulation to test your investment in stocks before actually investing
• Forum and videos section

4. PF Buzz

URL: www.pfbuzz.com

PF Buzz is another social media site that focuses primarily on user submitted news and stories. The news is related to money and finance and the main categories include business, credit & debt, financial planning, taxes, economy and investing.

The site encourages users to participate by submitting stories and commenting on items. The site features a ‘Top Users’ and ‘Recent Comments’ feature on the side-bar to promote users. . But we love their “Top Users” feature on the sidebar.

Key Features:

• Registration and login required
• Post stories with links, title, and description
• Comment on articles with links allowed in comments
• Add you Blog – A unique feature called planet which is a feed aggregator that collects news and articles directly from your feed.

5. Social Picks

URL: www.socialpicks.com

Social Picks is different to other websites listed here. It is not a social bookmarking website and is not a place for authors to share content or articles with others. It is a website that targets stock market investors. It is a place to share investment ideas, exchange market analysis, and track peers’ investment performance. Users also have the opportunity to join select investor groups.

Key Features:

• Groups – You can join established investment groups or even start your own
• Discussion Wall – A discussion wall to share an important issue or receive expert advice from others (Not for links)
• Stock market research and investing tools
• My Alerts section to subscribe to top experts or friends

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