The SEC release supporting social media has created many opinions from our industry regarding the validity of using social media for disclosure purposes. The overall response being that social media is now one of a number of channels that companies may use to announce material news to the market.
For companies looking to use social media as a channel of disclosure we are happy to announce our new Social Media archiving feature in Q4 Web: 3.8.2. Now, all social media published through Q4 Web will be archived along with our industry …

As part of our latest Q4 Web release we are pleased to announce many significant features and upgrades that are now available for free to all Q4 Web clients. Our main goal with the new additions to our platform is to ensure that our clients are getting the easiest and most comprehensive user experience. We continue to strive to create a well-rounded platform that can be used by any user with limited technical experience easily and effectively. We also want to offer the opportunity to provide tools and short cuts …

The third and final social stream we are going to talk about is Cytori Therapeutics. Cytori’s website also has a lot of custom functionality. So I’m also going to showcase some of the other cool features that our Implementations team worked hard to help make a reality.
Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. ($CYTX) is a global leader in regenerative medicine, discovering, developing, manufacturing, and commercializing innovative, high-quality health care technologies and products, which provide real-time, point-of-care access to clinical grade regenerative cells.
Cytori’s social media widget is accessible from the IR landing page (shown …

Last week, we shared the highlights from Safeguard’s new mega social stream.  This week, we are going to review some of the key features from Great Panther’s new social scene.
Great Panther Silver Limited is a profitable, primary silver mining and exploration company focused on the mining of precious metals from its two wholly-owned operating mines in Mexico.
In April 2012, Rhonda Bennetto took over the corporate communications function at Great Panther Silver. For those of you who don’t know, prior to this, Rhonda was the Executive Director Investor Communications at TVI …

We pride ourselves on listening to what our clients want to achieve with their website and the flexibility of our platform (among other things) allows us to help meet (and often exceed) their needs. We strive to continually raise the bar and we wanted to share some client sites that have chosen to integrate our social stream feature (that we launched at the 2012 NIRI conference).  First up in the series of three, is Safeguard Scientifics. Safeguard ($SFE) provides growth capital for entrepreneurial and innovative life sciences and technology companies. …

As part of the latest Q4 Web release rolling out to all clients over the coming weeks, we are thrilled to announce the launch of Q4 Analytics. This new feature brings together Google website analytics with financial content and stock analytics to provide a unique view into how a companies website traffic, news, events (like earnings calls) are behaving alongside the company’s stock.

The chart is fully interactive allowing for various date ranges and selecting which data to overlay on the primary website traffic chart.  In a future release we’ll be …

Next generation HTML5-based apps available via any modern browser, or Apple/Android App Store
Designed for today’s smart devices, like the popular iPad, the new app has been created using the latest mobile technology ‘HTML5’ and is fully integrated with Q4’s web and social media products. Using HTML5 the new app is available as both a web app (available through a web browser) and as a native app downloaded from the Apple or Android App Store.
“Our first generation apps, launched earlier this year were intended to provide an initial entry for …

As part of our latest Q4 Web release we are pleased to announce two significant features that are now available for free to all Q4 Web clients: One-Step SlideShare Publishing and Interactive XBRL Financials.
One-Step SlideShare Publishing
Investor presentations (slides) are a key element of IR websites and today many IROs are publishing their slides to SlideShare. We’re excited to announce that any presentation uploaded to a Q4 IR website can now be simultaneously published to the company’s SlideShare account.

Clients simply add their SlideShare credentials to the social media dashboard and then …

Last fall we conducted a client wide survey, speaking to users and getting their feedback. We asked what it is like to work with Q4 Web to manage your corporate and investor websites. The feedback we heard during those sessions has gone into the improvements we are announcing today.  In total this release includes over 15 improvements. We’re confident that you’ll find Q4 Web visibly faster the first time you log in.  The most noticeable new features are listed below.
New HTML Content Editor
The HTML editor is used throughout Q4 Web, …

Last week I blogged about why we’ve decided to launch with iOS (iPad/iPhone) versions of our mobile application solutions first.   According to Nielsen, Apple made substantial gains over Q4 2011 while Android declined.  Apple’s net gain was somewhere around 36%.  I’m sure the 4S had something to do with that and I don’t know how many new Android devices launched, but at last count it was about 65 across the major US carriers.
Taking into account 85% of our mobile traffic across a sampling of our clients sites comes from …