Once taboo, now normal

I hosted my third webinar today and I’m happy to say it was the best one yet. I had a lot of fun doing this one and interacting with the amount of questions that came through. We decided to be a little more loose and it made it much more fun and interactive.

One thing I wanted to do was encourage more interaction from the audience and asked people to tweet me after the webinar if they had any follow-up questions. I’ve interacted with a few people and had a laugh when I realized that I’m meeting strangers on the internet.

I grew up in the era where the internet was still new and meeting people on the internet was seen as taboo, if not outright creepy. Nowadays in the day of social media and openness, people meet business connections, friends, and life partners online all the time.

Clients like to tell us all the time that they think it’s taboo to talk about finances or their equity with their companies. In a few years, companies like Secfi will make it normal place to talk about your options and planning around your financial future.

People who don’t plan around their options are losing out on a big piece of their equity pie. The crafty companies and individuals will figure this out and use it to their advantage for recruiting and retention. The future looks bright and today’s webinar was a step in the right direction.