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Is Twitter secure enough for investor relations?
This is a complicated post, but I know that some people in the IR profession are very interested in this right now.
First, I am on record on this blog as saying that until Twitter is more secure, investor relations departments should steer clear of using it as a news dissemination channel and use it instead [...]
If tweets had disclaimers
TWITTER is fast becoming an important channel for public companies to communicate with investors, but the platform’s 140-character limit for messages creates compliance challenges that may be preventing more companies from participating.
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 build a powerful IR monitoring dashboard using StockTwits Desktop
MONITORING what is being said about your company in the news and on the social web is something every investor relations department should be doing as a normal part of its daily activities.
There are many ways to monitor the web. Some involve big fees and offer the convenience of filtering the signal from the noise. [...]
Twitcam can make executives accessible to more investors
TWITCAM is a free new service that combines video and Twitter in a simple product that could make company executives more accessible to rank and file investors.
It offers an easy way for company executives to answer questions from individual investors, blogger-analysts and other stakeholders who typically have less access to management.
Analyst Days in the age of Twitter
INTERNET conglomerate eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) held its first analyst day in two three years yesterday — and something big happened that almost no one noticed.
For most attendees and observers, there was nothing special about the event. The analysts and journalists showed up at eBay North Townhall in San Jose, CA. The company’s executives did [...]
SEC disclaimers in the age of Twitter
SPARE a thought for eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) corporate blogger Richard Brewer-Hay.
He is the only person on the microblogging service Twitter who live-tweets his company’s quarterly earnings conference calls. That’s partly why I’ve previously called him one of the best corporate bloggers.
However, he has been doing these live-tweeting sessions for the past three quarters without [...]
The best corporate bloggers you've never heard of
THERE was a bit of a fuss last week among consultants and corporate marketers who’ve made “social media” a big part of their business. Forrester, a technology research and consulting business, released results from a survey showing that only 16% of consumers trust corporate blogs.
The news that corporate blogs are not a panacea for all [...]
SEC greenlights "notice-and-access" news releases
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new guidance for company websites gives investor relations departments an opportunity to cut their disclosure costs and boost traffic to their websites by using “notice-and-access” news releases for Regulation FD.
Although the SEC’s guidance goes so far as to say that “some companies” may not need to use wire [...]
Icahn joins blogosphere, gets blank stares
BILLIONAIRE corporate raider Carl Icahn launched his long-anticipated blog yesterday, eliciting some rather bemused reactions from some of the blogosphere’s leading writers.
By starting The Icahn Report yesterday, the world’s 46th richest man with a net worth of US$14 billion joins the ranks of guys who work long hours for ad clicks, and who get excited [...]
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