Most popular posts in October
HERE’s a list of the most visited posts on this blog over the past month based on page views as recorded by Google Analytics. During the month, we passed a milestone of sorts with 500 posts since we started this blog.
October 31, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | 
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Scams, lies, conflicts, and IR website awards
HAVE you noticed an increase in the number of firms that provide investor relations website rankings and awards? I have, and I wonder how well companies know who they are dealing with or what they’re actually getting.
October 31, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 5 Comments »
Where’s IR leadership on firms who track investors?
By Dominic Jones
CLIENTS of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.’s (NASDAQ: NDAQ) Shareholder.com investor relations website hosting business have more reasons to question the wisdom of their vendor’s continued use of cookies to track and compile detailed dossiers on investors without their knowledge.
October 31, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 2 Comments »
Introducing Guest Posts on IRWebReport.com
WE ARE starting a new Guest Posts program on IRWebReport.com where you can have your original articles published here for the information and education of our readers.The first Guest Post is “Lights! Camera! Missed Opportunity,” an article by Luanne Wing that explores the opportunities for small-cap companies to use video in their communications with investors. It’s based on original research she and her colleagues did at the University of Dallas.
October 30, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Lights! Camera! Missed opportunity?
Guest Post by Luanne M. Wing
October 29, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 6 Comments »
“Deretailization” and your IR strategy
By Dominic Jones
AS STOCK ownership becomes increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few big institutions, what implications does that have for investor relations strategy?
October 29, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News, e-proxy | No Comments »
More e-proxy sadness — but not from me
By Dominic Jones
I KNOW I’ve been ranting, and venting, and tilting at windmills, and proclaiming “told you so.” And, yes, I do take this stuff far too seriously.
October 28, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations, e-proxy | No Comments »
Thomson wants to pimp your website
By Dominic Jones
THOMSON FINANCIAL is on a publicity push to drum up new business for its giant corporate services business as it launches new investor relations website and corporate video production services.
October 25, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 4 Comments »
Participation plummets in e-proxy votes
By Dominic Jones
BROADRIDGE Financial Solutions has released preliminary figures showing sharply lower participation rates by retail shareholders in annual meetings of companies using the new “notice-and-access” model.
October 23, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations, e-proxy | 3 Comments »
A mock "notice-and-access" earnings release
FOLLOWING up on my earlier post about a “notice-and-access” concept for disclosure news releases as a way to cut costs for issuers, I thought it would be interesting to put together a mock release based on an actual company’s quarterly results.Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK), the pharmaceutical giant, reported Q3 2007 earnings earlier today in a traditional earnings news release sent out via a PR wire service. The original wire release is about 4,200 words, which likely costs in the range of $5,000 for U.S. circuit distribution.
October 22, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 5 Comments »