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 25, 2011:
Madoff Trustee Makes $1B Settlement With Tremont: http://bit.ly/o2g0HS
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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 …

When it comes to sharing investor-related information, IROs have many options available to them.  But generally a decision to use a particular channel is made on the basis of what fulfills disclosure requirements. However, a good online communications strategy should include having your message in multiple channels and in multiple formats.
That said, many companies are coming to realize that a balanced approach that integrates social channels and an effective IR website can help increase awareness and engage with investors in their chosen channel.
Specific case studies of companies who have seen …

A recent #irchat topic focused on ‘why it’s important for IR and PR to work together and how this can be achieved. A lively discussion ensued. Click here to read the complete transcript.
A few key ideas emerged from the conversation:
NEED FOR COLLABORATION
All participants agreed that it is extremely important for the IR and PR departments to work together.
It doesn’t matter whether the departments are separate entities or are housed in one department; there is a general consensus that all stakeholders have to be considered when crafting messages. An integrated approach …

Many public companies do little more than fulfill regulatory/exchange requirements in the content of their Investor websites. Opportunities are missed to more effectively engage and inform investors due to poor site structure, missing content and an ineffective use of technology.
Join us on Tuesday March 22 at 4:00 p.m. ET to learn some IR website best practice examples that will help optimize your web communications including how to:

Use your website more strategically
Increase and maintain user engagement
Build relationships between your management team and investors
Prime investors for more meaningful conversations
Broaden your online footprint

If …

Technology can help to effectively aid communication and engage users. We are seeing so many great things on this front that I’ve decided to do a three-part post.
Customization – IR Index Page
A ‘Customization’ feature is not as common as other emerging trends (like an ‘Investor Briefcase which we’ll discuss later in this post), but we are seeing a few companies who do this well.
For example, ENI offers the ability to customize the investor index page by using a tool to move modules around on the page:

http://www.eni.com/en_IT/investor-relation/investor_relations.shtml

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Today we are going to talk about some best practice tools that companies are using on their IR website to make themselves more accessible to investors and increase awareness about their brands.
COMMUNICATING ACCESSIBILITY
It is not uncommon to find a generic email address such as info@investors on a company’s website.  Thankfully, this is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Instead we are seeing a surge in the use of ‘Contact Us’.
Quite a few companies are using the ‘Contact Us’ feature to its fullest, and I wanted to highlight some interesting …

Over the past month I’ve been fortunate to meet with many groups about the use of social media and investor relations.  This includes events in Chicago, Dallas, Toronto, Vancouver and New York.  I really enjoy getting out on the road and meeting with people face to face, it’s also great to sit on panels with really bright people like Serena Ehrlich, David Baer, Rhonda Bennetto, Doug Chia, Broc Romanek, Michelle Leder and Eric Jackson.
To prepare for this road trip my presentation and notes focused a lot on why companies should …

Join Darrell Heaps, CEO of Q4 Web Systems on Tuesday, September 14th from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. EDT as he moderates an interactive discussion with Andrea Wentscher, Investor Relations Manager at BASF SE @BASF_IR and Caroline Japic, VP, Corporate Communications & Customer Marketing at Polycom @AllAboutPolycom as they share tips, wins and the pitfalls of using Twitter for investor relations.
Register now and reserve your spot to learn:

Tips on working with management and legal for a smooth integration into your IR plan.
How to set realistic objectives and measure your efforts.
Innovative ways …

On Thursday April 1st, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) – the Canadian equivalent to the SEC, put forth allegations against Agoracom.com an online investor relations forum for seeding fake conversations throughout their investor message board community. The allegations describe a scenario of more than 24,000 fraudulent posts made by 670 different accounts. The papers filed by the OSC go into detail on how employees at Agoracom were required to posts under several different aliases and on occasion, conversed with themselves on the forums using different aliases. Agoracom has denied …