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The State of Social Media 2012 [SLIDES]
I came across this SlideShare earlier today and I wanted to share it here. It’s quite an indepth presentation that covers all aspects of social media. When you have a few minutes I highly recommend...
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Q4 Launches iPad App for Stanley Black & Decker
Following on our recent announcement of our Investor Relations iPad and iPhone apps, I’m please to report that last Friday we launched an iPad investor relations app for Stanley Black and Decker. The...
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What Smartphone is More Popular in IR?
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...
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Q4 is My Favorite Time of Year.
Six years ago a group of us sat around a board room table thinking of what to call this exciting new company we were starting. We wanted something that was short, memorable and captured the spirit of...
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The Social Media and IR Hype Cycle
There is a general theory of technology adoption know as The Hype Cycle. To sum it up, the theory outlines the phases of adoption that most new technology goes through in any market. Wikipedia’s...
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Mobile Technology and its growing influence on IR communication (part 2)
Earlier this week, my colleague Sheryl shared some compelling stats around the growth of the Internet and increase use of mobile in the IR world. Today, I’m going to discuss three different approaches...
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What a difference 8 years makes
I just came across this image on Twitter and had to post it. The image below, posted on Instagram and shared through NBCNews Twitter account shows the incredible adoption of mobile technologies. Pretty...
View ArticleHow Twitter Can Improve Your Market Liquidity [VIDEO]
Elizabeth Blankespoor explains how public companies can use Twitter to deliver company news directly to investors, improve market liquidity and compete with bigger companies who have better access to...
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Bloomberg Eliminates Buy-Side’s Barrier to Twitter
Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet with a friend who runs a hedge fund and got a hands on look at Twitter inside of Bloomberg. My first impression was that the integration is very straightforward,...
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Funny @IROThoughts “If an IRO could act freely”
I came across a Twitter account today that made me laugh and I wanted to share it. “If an investor relations professional could act freely”. The tweets are all from 2012, but they are all still very...
View ArticleExcellent Presentation “Mobile is Eating the World” 2013
An in-depth presentation on the impact mobile is having on the world of computing. The scale of what is happening is simply incredible. Have a look at the great slideshare below. Related posts: Q4...
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The IR Mobile Web Dwarfs Native IR App Usage
There is no denying that mobile is dramatically changing how we access information and media. In 2012, a Google study found that 38% of our daily interactions with media are through a smartphone. In...
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3 Screens™ Product Details Post
We are happy to announce our latest product called Q4 3 Screens™ solution. The first of its kind in the market that will make a company’s IR content available on 3 screens – the IR website along with...
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The Investor Web & The 3 Screens™ Experience
When we look at the investor web, it’s important to first understand that 99% of mobile usage in investor relations is happening through the mobile web, rather than through native IR apps. This is due...
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Q4 Releases Responsive Fluid Grid Technology to Global Client Base
As part of our ongoing evolution to deliver the most innovative and fully featured corporate and IR website platforms in the market, we’re excited to announce that our latest version of Q4 web now...
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More than 60% of investors use IR websites regularly [RESEARCH]
Yesterday, IR magazine posted “IR websites: overpriced and underused” which reports on a study that PRNewswire recently did about the use of IR website by (mostly) retail investors. The post focuses on...
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Top 7 Best Practices for IPO Investor Websites
With less than 4 months left in 2013 I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the great work that the NYSE has been doing this year with IPOs. As of June 2013 NYSE Euronext raised $28.5 billion in...
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Are You Telling Great Stories?
I came across a great post on LinkedIn today, shared by Matt Sonefeldt, head of IR at LinkedIn about Storytelling and how important it is in building long-term relationships with your investors. The...
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How the NYSE Subsidy is Driving Innovation in the IR Market
Back in 2011, I was a part of a group of industry players working together on the message about the NYSE subsidy program and the merits of opening the program up to allow for other vendors to compete...
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Talking Websites & Twitter with Buy-Sides and Corporates
I’ve been travelling a lot lately, back and forth across the country talking about the web, social media, mobile and everything in between. I’ve been fortunate to speak to IR and corporate...
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