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Facebook Pages and Investor Relations

By Dominic Jones on September 22, 2009

FACEBOOK, by virtue of its 300 million strong user base and built-in viral marketing features, is an appealing target for investor relations officers who want to market their companies to a wider audience.
A growing number of companies have started to use Facebook Pages for IR and PR in recent months. Most pages are corporate pages [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Facebook Inc, facebook pages, Investor Relations, Micro-blogging, public relations, social media, social networking | 4 Responses

Time to open up your earnings calls to bloggers

By Dominic Jones on February 10, 2009

AT HIS first press conference Monday night, US President Barack Obama made history at 8:52 pm ET by calling on blogger Sam Stein of the Huffington Post to be among only 14 reporters to ask a question.
The recognition of a blogger alongside mainstream media outlets such as the Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg and national television [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged bloggers, blogging, business, corporate governance, earnings calls, financial communications, Investor Relations, social media, social networking, technology | 3 Responses

Obama gives corporations one less excuse to avoid web engagement

By Dominic Jones on January 19, 2009

The example set by the Obama Presidency will put pressure on other public institutions, including public companies, to follow Obama’s lead to harness technology as a way to provide more transparency and encourage stakeholder engagement.

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged business, disclosure, engagement, Investor Relations, IR websites, social media, social networking, technology, transparency, web communications | Leave a response

How new finance websites impact investor relations

By Dominic Jones on December 7, 2008

IR professionals must recognize that the early adopters of these technologies and platforms will be followed by critical mass. The after-effects of this evolutionary process entails a shift of power to new influential individuals and online communities.

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged financial content, investment communities, Investor Relations, marketwatch, social networking, stock screening, stocks | 4 Responses

Broadridge's social network for investors launches

By Dominic Jones on October 27, 2008

BROADRIDGE Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR) last night launched The Investor Network, a social network and discussion forum open only to participation by investors whose holdings in companies can be verified via their brokerage accounts.
Details of the TheInvestorNetwork.com, which caters to a potential audience of up to 90 million investors in the United States and Canada, [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged blogs, Christopher Cox, Investor Relations, social networking | 9 Responses

Noteworthy list #9

By Dominic Jones on February 13, 2007

Notable excerpts and links to articles and reports we’ve found worthwhile reading. Some links may be intercepted by ads or may require free log-ins. Please don’t blame us for this. Publications have to make a living some way.
Regulation
S.E.C. Seeks to Curtail Investor Suits
Critics said that the moves signaled a major retrenchment from the post-Enron changes [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Britain, business, California, Cisco, Enron, Europe, facebook, Five Across Inc., Germany, Hank Paulson, law, MySpace, News Corp., San Jose, SEC, securities and exchange commission, social networking, social networking site, technology, US Treasury | Leave a response

Stockpickr: Web 2.0 social site for stock picks

By Dominic Jones on January 4, 2007

By Dominic Jones
(Note: this post has been revised to add my views on stockpickr from an individual investor perspective.)
THE news release doesn’t do this new site justice. I spent about 30 minutes looking it over and near the end I was convinced that it was worth my while to go back when I have more [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged A.R. Media, blogs, business, finance, Google Inc., Howard Lindzon, Investor Relations, James Altucher, Pfizer, Radyne Corporation, social media, social networking, social site, Stockpickr, Stockpickr.com, stocks, techcrunch, The Street, TheStreet.com, ticker symbol, Warren Buffett, yahoo | 3 Responses

News Digest for December 14, 2006

By Dominic Jones on December 14, 2006

There are 8 items … S.E.C. Eases Regulations on Business | SEC moves to ease some rules, stiffen others | SEC Aims to Fix “Hotel California” Image | Insider Trading of Derivatives Won’t Be `Tolerated’ | Tales of the unexpected under analysis | Second Life: What are the real numbers? | Designer urges writing of [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged blogs, Broadband, business, California, communications, corporate communications, Fleming, insider trading, NetRatings, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, social networking, Vancouver | Leave a response

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