The 25 most valuable Blogs in the US – 2011: http://bit.ly/t2KAlJ
Social Media — 4 Trends To Watch in 2012: http://huff.to/uIiBoS
How Investors Select Financial Advisors: http://bit.ly/vVKi5w
6 Reasons Most Infographics Don’t Cut It: http://rww.to/voBYCR
SEC Releases New Draft on EDGAR Filing Manual: http://ir4.me/tBSwZ
Eye-Tracking Study Finds iPhone, iPad Draw More Attention Than Android Devices: http://t.co/5x8Dak71
Social Media Monitoring: You re Doing It Wrong: http://bit.ly/sXAu7q
TMX board recommends Maple Group takeover bid: http://tgam.ca/DC4R
Groupon’s IPO: What you need to know: http://on.mash.to/vHASB3
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The Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth recently released updated findings that expand its prior research on the usage of social media amongst the F500. This time around, the study also includes information on the number of Facebook fans a company has as well as the number of Twitter followers.
The methodology and complete findings of the study can be accessed here: http://www.umassd.edu/cmr/studiesandresearch/2011fortune500/.
Here’s some highlights from the latest findings:
Blogs in the 2011 F500

114 (23%) of the primary corporations listed on the 2011 F500 have a public-facing corporate …

Social media has made the sharing of ideas and information easy.  Sometimes you may see a tweet that catches your eye  – but if you’re not fast enough it’s already been replaced with something else.  Add to that, the fact that sometimes there are not enough hours in the day to read everything.
That’s why we’ve decided to put together a list of some interesting things we’ve been reading and subsequently sharing with our followers for the week of July 18, 2011:
Is the SEC redefining Insider Trading: http://t.co/XMYHB2B
Google+, Investor Relations and …

Last week I had the opportunity to moderate a panel on the rising use of financial blogs and the impact they are having on the financial landscape. We also discussed best practices for investor relation professionals – specifically: how to raise awareness with bloggers to get “covered” and how to respond to incorrect or undesirable posts. Panelists included. Howard Lindzon, co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits®. Zack Miller, a professional investor and blogger at Tradestreaming.com and Mick Weinstein, Head of Editorial at Covestor.
Outside of some technical problems I had with the laptop, I think the session …

“Readers will still have access to the same great content they have come to expect from our blog“, said Darrell Heaps co-founder and CEO of Q4 Web Systems, “with a continued overarching objective of striving to have the blog serve as a key resource to IR professionals – which is currently accomplished by staying apprised of and sharing news relevant to IROs such a changes in the regulatory environment and online IR best practices“.
We will continue to share findings from our active research into IR website and social media best …

For the last three and a half years, Dell has taken the lead amongst public companies that use social media by being one of the first to have an IR-dedicated blog and YouTube to provide more context and background on their quarterly financial results.
In February of this year, Dominic Jones of IR Web Report did a great post that detailed how Dell ‘leveraged an impressive array of popular social media services, including Twitter, YouTube, SlideShare, and its own investor relations blog’, for their Q4 and year-end results.
Recently, Darrell Heaps, co-Founder …

The discussion during #irchat this week was based on Microsoft’s move to website disclosure which was reported on by @irwebreport: http://irwr.net/aZ17bK and @irmagazine: http://bit.ly/c4Hvjh.  Click here to read the full transcript.
As it is earnings season there was a very low turnout.  In spite of this, I had a good conversation with @trevorheisler. Thanks also goes out to @fredmcclimans for joining us near the end.
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I missed this week’s #irchat.  As I was reading through the transcript (which can be accessed here), I thought I would transcribe the discussion for the benefit of everyone.
Typically, three or four questions are asked.  But this week, the first question dominated the hour-long session. @meetthestreet asked:
Q1: Institutional Investor recently wrote about social media’s role in equity research: http://bit.ly/94w06K. Do you think this has legs?
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Bolstered by the low cost of online publishing and the rising popularity of blogs, discussion forums and commenting, a growing …

In a press release issued earlier this week, Newport Digital Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NPDT) announced the “formal launch of its Digital Strategy and Social Media program”.  The program was developed by the company’s Digital Strategy team “to leverage the ever-evolving social business networks, bringing NPDT brand awareness to shareholders, investors, potential clients, and industry partners.”
Newport is a technology solutions driven company organized to focus on serving five of the fastest-emerging businesses in the technology space – RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification), WiMax, eLearning, and LED Digital Signage and LED Lighting …

Polycom has whole-heartedly jumped into the social media pool.  They incorporate Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Blogs and LinkedIn into their communications strategy and have several accounts for each channel.  The company prominently displays this information on their website via a dedicated “Connect with Polycom using Social Media” in the newsroom section.

A review of how Polycom uses each channel revealed consistent messaging and current and up-to date information.  Some of the senior management team also regularly tweet and are active bloggers providing additional commentary on an industry-related topic or company specific news. …