Comments on: An IR lesson from bailout crisis: Main Street matters http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/2008/09/26/an-ir-lesson-from-bailout-crisis-main-street-matters/ | Investor Relations Web Best Practices, Trends and News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:26:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Agoracom: Small Cap Investment http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/2008/09/26/an-ir-lesson-from-bailout-crisis-main-street-matters/#comment-866 Agoracom: Small Cap Investment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:27:04 +0000 http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/?p=712#comment-866 [...] couple of days ago he posted a must read article about the the single most important lesson we all can learn from the current crisis: Main Street [...] [...] couple of days ago he posted a must read article about the the single most important lesson we all can learn from the current crisis: Main Street [...]

]]> By: Dominic Jones http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/2008/09/26/an-ir-lesson-from-bailout-crisis-main-street-matters/#comment-865 Dominic Jones Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:16:52 +0000 http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/?p=712#comment-865 @ Agoracom-George, thanks for keeping me updated via Twitter about all the developments. :) @ Onealees, perhaps in a future post I can discuss some metrics. There are many, and most are better than the "number of investor meetings" metric many IR departments use for their institutional IR. As if that matters now ... @ Denis, yeah, even though they can't move the stock, they have the same number of votes in an election as any portfolio manager. And there of many more retail investors than portfolio managers. @ Agoracom-George, thanks for keeping me updated via Twitter about all the developments. :)

@ Onealees, perhaps in a future post I can discuss some metrics. There are many, and most are better than the “number of investor meetings” metric many IR departments use for their institutional IR. As if that matters now …

@ Denis, yeah, even though they can’t move the stock, they have the same number of votes in an election as any portfolio manager. And there of many more retail investors than portfolio managers.

]]> By: Denis Connors http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/2008/09/26/an-ir-lesson-from-bailout-crisis-main-street-matters/#comment-864 Denis Connors Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:54:40 +0000 http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/?p=712#comment-864 Dominic, It blows my mind how the CEO's don't understand the importance of communicating with the individual investor.When the institutions and hedge funds head for the exit sign at the same time we all know what happens but it is too late to build a shareholder base at that time! As you implied it's nice to have the large investors coming in but not so nice when they leave.Good Main Street communicating is the only answer. Dominic, It blows my mind how the CEO’s don’t understand the importance of communicating with the individual investor.When the institutions and hedge funds head for the exit sign at the same time we all know what happens but it is too late to build a shareholder base at that time! As you implied it’s nice to have the large investors coming in but not so nice when they leave.Good Main Street communicating is the only answer.

]]> By: Onealees http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/2008/09/26/an-ir-lesson-from-bailout-crisis-main-street-matters/#comment-863 Onealees Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:26:04 +0000 http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/?p=712#comment-863 Dominic, Interesting article that has prompted me to ask one important question: How do you measure the success of a retail outreach program? My CFO is very metric oriented... Dominic,

Interesting article that has prompted me to ask one important question:

How do you measure the success of a retail outreach program? My CFO is very metric oriented…

]]> By: Agoracom - George http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/2008/09/26/an-ir-lesson-from-bailout-crisis-main-street-matters/#comment-862 Agoracom - George Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:41:25 +0000 http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/?p=712#comment-862 Well said, Dominic. I was wondering about your absence over the past 2-3 weeks. You came back with a vengeance - and I am forwarding this post to a Canadian financial institution that is evaluating our solution for this very reason. As such, despite the fact your conclusion is an accurate reflection of this moment, there is hope. All it takes is one company to pave the way. Regards, George Well said, Dominic. I was wondering about your absence over the past 2-3 weeks.

You came back with a vengeance – and I am forwarding this post to a Canadian financial institution that is evaluating our solution for this very reason.

As such, despite the fact your conclusion is an accurate reflection of this moment, there is hope. All it takes is one company to pave the way.

Regards,
George

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