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Why Regulation FD shouldn’t keep you from Seeking Alpha
THERE are many reasons why investor relations officers and company executives avoid participating in new media such as blogs and social networks, but often the grounds they give are more misconceptions than real barriers.
Take Regulation FD, for example. In my discussions with companies and other consultants, it’s the main reason given for companies taking a [...]
How to get started on Seeking Alpha
IN MY previous post, I called attention to the outstanding readership profile of Seeking Alpha, an increasingly popular web service that offers public company representatives an unprecedented opportunity to connect with a highly qualified audience of investors and analysts.
In this post, I’ll explore different ways that investor relations departments can use Seeking Alpha to raise [...]
For investor relations, Seeking Alpha may be the ideal social network
BY now you have probably heard the sales pitches from various pundits and salespeople about how your company should be using social media in its investor relations program because investors are increasingly using new media.
And to a large extent, the pundits are right. Investors are using the web and various social media more today than [...]
Why full-text press releases are now your enemy
UPDATE: Limelight Networks has responded to this article in the comments below.
US INVESTOR relations departments that continue to issue full-text press releases are not only wasting their shareholders’ money, they’re also shooting themselves in the foot by ensuring that their websites will fail to meet “recognized channel” status under the SEC’s new guidance for company [...]
What to do about slumping IR traffic
By Dominic Jones
LET’S just assume that the Alexa trends I reported earlier this week are reasonably accurate and investors are deserting cookie-cutter IR websites in droves.
That might not be such a stretch given that no one has stepped forward to dispute Alexa’s numbers with their own figures.
If it is true, and I personally can’t imagine [...]
Traffic to Thomson IR websites slumps
By Dominic Jones
IN WHAT may be an indication that U.S. IR websites are no longer able to attract and hold the interest of investors, traffic to IR websites hosted by Thomson Financial has slumped to all-time lows, according to the Alexa website information company.
Alexa, owned by Amazon.com, measures traffic only of people who have the [...]
Why blog network's "open CEO interviews" are a hit
By Dominic Jones
SOME readers might be wondering if I’ve gone completely mad by saying this week’s three-day CEO open interview hosted by blog network Seeking Alpha represents the future of IR.
You might be wondering why I am advocating that you put your CEO in front of a group of hardened investors, analysts and finance bloggers [...]
Transcripts a sign of transparency
WHY don’t more companies provide transcripts of their earnings conference calls and investor presentations on their websites?
Of the 525 large-cap companies whose websites we review, only 12% are currently providing transcripts of their earnings calls on their investor relations websites.
It’s NOT because investors don’t want them.
There wouldn’t be a transcript industry if there wasn’t demand [...]
Hey Google, Where's the YouTube Video of Your Earnings Call?
By Dominic Jones
I’M HAVING a bit of fun here, but shouldn’t the quintessential Web company be just a little more hip to using new technologies in its communications with investors?
Google Inc. — which just acquired web video sensation YouTube for $1.65 billion — webcasted it earnings call yesterday using investor relations website outsourcing service Shareholder.com, [...]
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