10 ways that Q4 WEB aids your online IR communications
Being an on-demand software company we are committed to providing the tools and services that help our clients achieve their goals as they relate to their web sites, disclosure and compliance. Having said that, Q4 WEB provides a long list of benefits for issuers outside of its ability to help clients reduce compliance risk. Here is a list of top 10 non-compliance benefits:
1. Complete flexibility
Q4 WEB provides the ability to easily manage all aspects of your web site. This includes easily updating how information is presented on your site, where it is displayed and replicated throughout your site. Because of how the system is designed there is a complete separation between the presentation (what the user sees) and the rest of the system. This means that you are never tied into a design or layout. As your needs change you can easily implement these changes through Q4 WEB. No matter how you are thinking about improving your site – design, content, layout, features – you can use Q4 WEB to easily achieve it.
2. Automated work flow
Built into Q4 WEB is a powerful workflow engine that helps to move content through drafting, reviewing and approval stages. Email notifications with actionable detail and comments are sent to appropriate individuals to respond. This helps in getting content approved and onto the site faster than through standard methods. Also feedback and comments are maintained over time so that conversations regarding changes are evident and easily accessible.
3. Manage multiple web sites
Does your company maintain more than one site? Using Q4 WEB you have the ability to easily manage all sites from the same system. These sites can exist on different domain names and have completely different designs. Also, content can be shared across multiple sites. For example content such as management bios, press releases or events can be managed in one location and easily distributed across all of your sites.
4. Integrated multiple languages
Q4 WEB gives you the ability to easily manage multiple languages on your site. There is no restriction on the type of languages, Q4 WEB works with all of them. It also provides the ability for content to be mirrored or separate. Meaning the exact content is available in different languages or completely separate and independent. AND by using the workflow aspects of Q4 WEB your translator can be instantly notified when new content is available for translation – helping you get more done in less time.
5. Seamless integration with various data feeds
Most clients of Q4 WEB utilize data feeds to speed the posting of key information such as press releases, regulatory filings and performance data. Q4 WEB integrates all data feeds available in the market. Whether you obtain feeds from a large company, from Q4 or from a small vendor Q4 WEB easily consumes, maintains records and displays this information in whatever format you determine is most effective for your audience.
6. Easily create mini-sites for M&A activity or similar events
Do you need to create a special deal site for a corporate action taking place? Do you need to create it quickly without disclosing any information to the public? Using Q4 WEB these sites can be easily created and managed with only your internal resources. This means more control and confidentiality for your company. Using our tool, this entire site can then be timed to go live with other related events – such as a press release.
7. Full site preview
When previewing changes in Q4 WEB you are taken to a “preview site” that is a fully functioning staging site that includes all changes that are currently pending. When previewing in competitive systems what you are presented with is a constricted view – or just the content on the page you are working on. Using Q4 WEB, you are able to make an unlimited number of changes to content, layout, design, etc and to preview all of them without impacting the live site. AND you can share this preview with others to receive feedback prior to publishing anything to the live site.
8. Integrated email alerts and subscriber management
Q4 WEB allows you to segment and manage email subscriber lists according to a variety of variables. You have the ability to create segmented lists and to send both email alerts and manual email newsletters to any of those lists. In multilingual sites, users can also specify language preferences for the information they want to receive (for example as a press release is uploaded in the second language, it would then be distributed to subscribers who had requested alerts for this language). Email alerts can easily be configured against any type of content in the system. Clients typically choose to enable alerts for items such as press releases, reports, events, presentations, etc..
9. On-Demand service and architecture
Also known as software as a service, On-Demand means that Q4 WEB is delivered through the web as a subscription model. All IT related activities and costs are included in the service delivery. This includes: enterprise class redundant web site hosting, SAS 70 Type II certification, 24/7 extensive monitoring and alerting, 24/7 customer support, scheduled back-ups and disaster recovery, regular code maintenance and application performance upgrades.
10. A focused and committed technology partner
Q4 is a software company 100% focused on increasing efficiency in helping you communicate better while providing you with the tools that you need to consistently improve your communication with shareholders. Since our inception in 2005 we have continued to expand our services to help our clients achieve more by using our software to automate manual tasks and provide the flexibility to adapt to changing market conditions. Q4 gives you the tools and the service that you can rely on.
In addition to the list above there are many additional benefits that Q4 WEB provides for companies that exist in specific industries including natural resources and financial services. But we’ll leave that for another post.
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The main point here is that our product provides a framework, created specifically for the needs of publicly-traded companies. Q4 WEB has the core IR technology components ready to go right out of the gate. This ready technology allows us to work with strategic consultants and designers to map our product to their recommendations. Our framework is feature rich, highly flexible and supported by a level of security recommended by regulators – SAS 70 Type II. My understanding is that this same level of security would cost clients upwards of $5,000 per month to replicate. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Cost/benefit analysis should be a future post.