As of today, we are allowing financial advisors to sign up for early beta access to the fabeetle application. Beta invites are scheduled to go out towards the end of the year, but you can secure your participation by signing up now. We are limiting the beta program to 1500 financial advisors and have listed below why they may want to participate.

• Competitive Advantage

  Financial advisors who sign up will have an advantage over their competitors. Part of the beta membership allows FAs to invite others to contribute ratings and reviews, even before the site has gone live. Not only will this aid us in testing, but it also allows FAs to have more information and reviews shown on their profiles before their competitors. In addition, a higher amount of ratings may result in higher search rankings on the fabeetle site.

• Free Membership

  fabeetle will be offering both standard and premium memberships to our site. The standard membership is free of charge and the premium membership will come at a reasonable monthly cost. FAs who participate in the beta program will have access to both standard and premium features at no cost for the duration of the beta period and for six months after the public launch. In addition, FAs will have the ability to invite other FAs to the fabeetle beta; for each invitation you send that results in a beta signup, you receive three additional months of free usage. This is limited to a maximum of 24 months of free standard and premium use, including the initial six months following the public launch.

• Community-Driven Site

  This site is for FAs as much as it for clients and the general public. fabeetle is meant to promote relevant and appropriate connections between educated clients and capable advisors. We value tremendously the feedback provided by our users, and since we are providing early access to 1500 FAs, they have a significant role in shaping the end product. Unlike other services that all but extort FAs for a favorable profile (the likes of which have received recent press for their tactics), we instead see far more value in forming a community shaped equally and fairly by financial advisors, firms, and clients.

To sign up for the beta, use the newly-expanded signup form provided at http://www.fabeetle.com. Financial advisors will be asked for more information. All we ask of FAs who are accepted into the beta program is to use the beta site and provide any feedback you may have.

In the coming weeks we will be posting blogs that discuss various features of fabeetle, how they work, and they are relevant. Please feel free to leave your comments, questions, and thoughts, either by posting comments on our blog, our GetSatisfaction forum, or by e-mail at feedback@fabeetle.com

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Listen to Russ Thornton in our latest blogcast discussing with fabeetle CEO Brandon Gadoci what fabeetle is, why it was formed, why it is important, and what's in store for the future.