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
Social Business TV- …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

As we have said in the past, there is limited concrete research on companies with blogs strictly dedicated to IR, but it seems to be far less than those who are using Twitter for the same purpose. After analyzing the 350 + companies in our current study, we continue to see this trend with few companies using their blog strictly for IR.
Instead we are seeing quite a few companies who have one company blog where marketing, product or research staff comment on new products and provide their viewpoint on industry …

Yesterday I attended a panel discussion that primarily focused on social media and the opportunity it provides to communicate with shareholders and potential investors. The panel included: Serena Ehrlich, Director of Social Media, Startup Army/BLAZE; Laura Graves, Senior IR Manager, Cisco Systems, Inc; Dick Johnson, President Johnson Strategic Communications Inc.& editor of  IR Cafe, and Robert Williams, Director Investor Relations, Dell Inc.
Robert said that Dell uses social media primarily to reach out connect with people who are interested in their company and want to access their information in different ways. …