American Century’s recent survey for the first quarter of 2012 “Financial Professionals Social Media Adoption Study” reveals a significant increase in the number of financial advisors who are blogging since the survey was first conducted in 2010.

I think this is only going to continue to grow over time. Creating unique thought leadership content and distributing that content widely through social networks is a recipe for growing online influence!

Source: American Century Investments

Read the full survey results HERE.

Follow some great financial advisor bloggers who make up this 17% on Twitter:  Wired Advisors