The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) provisions allowing general solicitation and general advertising in private offerings (JOBS Act Marketing Provisions), upon becoming effective, will profoundly change how hedge fund managers can market their funds.  Before taking advantage of the JOBS Act Marketing Provisions, however, hedge fund managers should be aware of a number of potential pitfalls.  First, hedge fund managers may be prohibited from engaging in general solicitation and general advertising if they rely on exemptions from registration under certain Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules, or under certain state and federal investment adviser laws.  Second, hedge fund managers that are able to take advantage of the provisions need to be aware of several potential compliance issues under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, including issues that arise when using social media, publicly available websites and publicly advertised performance history.  In a guest article, Adam Gale, a Member in the New York office of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., identifies potential regulatory pitfalls associated with reliance on the JOBS Act Marketing Provisions and provides some recommendations to address compliance issues in connection with reliance on the JOBS Act Marketing Provisions.