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Comment on US firms love e-proxy savings, but at what cost? by Intel first to offer live Internet voting at annual meeting | IR Web Report

Intel first to offer live Internet voting at annual meeting | IR Web Report — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:14:49 +0000

[...] downside of the notice-and-access model has been dramatically lower retail shareholder voting, to the point that SEC commissioners have called for the system to be fixed or [...]

Comment on Writing for IR websites by Why online user experience matters | IR Web Report

Why online user experience matters | IR Web Report — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:08:34 +0000

[...] The biggest problem with IR websites, and all websites for that matter, is poor writing. Communicators are still writing as if their words will be read on paper when in fact they are almost always read on a computer screen. This is a significant problem because people read differently from a screen than they do from paper. In fact, they don’t read, they scan. By learning how to write for online scanners, you will also improve your writing for print. Even the most skilled and experienced writers would benefit from an online writing course, or at least boning up on the basic techniques of online writing. [...]

Comment on 10 reasons to avoid image-based annual reports by IR Web Report study finds online annual reports in bad shape | IR Web Report

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:01:37 +0000

[...] Image-based reports are bad, in part because they waste people’s time with poor navigation and pages that don’t help or inform, like this gratuitous full-page picture. They also pose reputation risks for companies because they aren’t accessible to screen reading software for sight-impaired users. See 10 Reasons to Avoid Image-Based Reports. [...]

Comment on 10 reasons to avoid image-based annual reports by Big companies snub small shareholders | IR Web Report

Big companies snub small shareholders | IR Web Report — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:42:34 +0000

[...] in grainy images that cannot be resized or repurposed into spreadsheet or word processing software. Image-based annual reports are indicative of companies doing what’s convenient for them, but not for their [...]

Comment on PDF blobs on investor relations websites must die by Big companies snub small shareholders | IR Web Report

Big companies snub small shareholders | IR Web Report — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:40:32 +0000

[...] norm thus far has been PDF blobs of annual reports and 10-Ks. As I wrote in December, PDF blobs are an insult to loyal shareholders who have signed up for electronic delivery. In return for saving their companies money in printing [...]

Comment on If tweets had disclaimers by AMH in Ohio

AMH in Ohio — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:02:22 +0000

Tweeting is always going to be light on detail. It’s the difference between sending a text and actually making the phone call.

Comment on Come on IR website vendors, put some push in your feeds by “Feed” Your Investors Information « Investor Relations & New Media

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:40:31 +0000

[...] 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment After reading IR Web Report’s post on February 10th regarding IR website vendors not implementing a “push on their clients’ RSS [...]

Comment on A mock "notice-and-access" earnings release by rob stangroom

rob stangroom — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:58:20 +0000

Hi Dominic – companies in sub-Saharan Africa particularly Kenya (new legislation) and Zimbabwe are ignoring legislation when it comes to distribution of hard-copy shareholder proxy information and annual reports. The regulators are asleep. Investors ignorant. And companies are not even making the information available online in any form.

Given the environment we find ourselves in in Zimbabwe we will be adopting your suggestions as a means for our clients to mitigate systemic risk of not communicating effectively with the investment community – there will be tears one day – when that one shareholder (or group of shareholders) that counts, doesn’t get the documents they need.

How to get the message across from our perspective is the key thing in my life at the moment because everyone is too busy, until one day when they have to pay attention.

Sorry, small rant from Africa!!

Comment on If tweets had disclaimers by Kommenterat av Stenbeck – 10-02-18 — Next Generation Internet

Kommenterat av Stenbeck – 10-02-18 — Next Generation Internet — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:24:46 +0000

[...] If tweets had disclaimers | IR Web Report [...]

Comment on Did TVI Pacific’s new website miss a big opportunity? No, and here’s why by AGORACOM - George

AGORACOM - George — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:18:24 +0000

Dominic, great article. Rhonda has done an amazing job and is such a breath of fresh air for guys like me that have been waiting for more people to enter the space and prove the effectiveness of online investor relations.

I will disagree with you on one comment you made:

“If TVI Pacific had indeed offered a discussion forum on its own website, or even on a third-party service that it paid for, I bet few if any investors would have participated out of concern that the company had too much control over the forum.”

AGORACOM has proven that investor participation is extremely high on third-party discussion forums. In fact, they especially like the fact that companies are sponsoring them and keeping them clean of nonsense typically found on free forums.

You are correct, however, that “too much control” turns investors away. As long as a company is willing to accept and discuss constructive criticism, it will do very well on any platform, whether 3rd party or on its own site. Why? Investors want to connect.

Best,
George