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AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report – October 2008

Posted by AGORACOM at 12:00 PM on Friday, October 31st, 2008

AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report – October 2008

We’re pleased to provide you with the October 2008 edition of the AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report.

WHY AN “INTELLIGENCE REPORT”

For the benefit of our new clients, we call this newsletter an Intelligence Report because it provides you with important information, data and trends that impact your business – information that you normally don’t have time to find.

In addition, this newsletter gives you a chance to look into our crystal ball and know what AGORACOM is working on months before the general public. You can’t find these tidbits on our blog, so we call them “Off The Blog” and ask that you keep them confidential. As you know, we move faster than any IR firm on the planet, so knowing what we are doing in advance helps both of us coordinate our activities. This is especially true for what we expect to be an extremely fast moving and exciting year in 2009.

In short, greater market intelligence that puts you ahead of all of your peers.

I can’t stress enough my recommendation that you review our monthly newsletter carefully for the purposes of incorporating some of our market intelligence into both your IR and business initiatives.  AGORACOM is now the largest small-cap IR firm and site on the continent thanks to our effective use of web technology.  As such, following us will help you achieve your goals.

OFF THE BLOG … Shhhhh

**For confidentiality reasons, the “Off The Blog” items are not mentioned in the blog posts as they are only available to AGORACOM clients**

ON THE BLOG

The following important stories, developments and lessons were posted to our blog over the last 30 days.

Best Investor Relations Practices During Market Turmoil

If you’re a small-cap CEO and looking for investor relations guidance during these challenging markets, then you’ve come to the right place. Read more…

AGORACOM Hits 101 Million Pages, 1.25 Million Visitors For The Year

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then these snapshots from our Google analytics are worth 101,000,000 words. Read more…

AGORACOM Merges with Grandich.com, Appoints Peter Grandich Chief Commentator

In October, AGORACOM merged with Peter Grandich, publisher of the Grandich Letter, a leading newsletter analyzing the metals and mining markets within global stock and bond markets. Read more…

Small-Cap CEO Lesson: Online Advertising Grows During Slowdown Due To ROI

If you’re a small-cap CEO, you didn’t need a slowing economy to make sure you get the best bang for every dollar spent. If you fit this description, then you’ll be very interested in this story, which concludes that online advertising will continue to grow in 2008. Read more…

Small-Cap CEO Lesson: Use Search Engines To Find AND Be Found

You already use search engines to find information. However, with over 35,000,000 investors now trading online, is your company using search engines to be found? If not, you need to read this article. Read more…

Small-Cap CEO Lesson: This Is How You Communicate With Investors During Turmoil

Investors might be fearful but they’re looking to you for leadership and confidence. Exercising best investor relations practices during a period of market turmoil is not only crucial its necessary. See how one of our clients demonstrated this for their shareholders. Read more…

Small-Cap CEO Lesson: Obama Uses Web To Attract 3.1 Million Investors, Smash Election Records

This is perhaps the most valuable lesson of all because it serves as a clear example of how one CEO beat his corporate competitors by using the Internet to attract millions of individual investors. Read more…

Small-Cap CEO Lesson; 28-Year Old Males Are Most Bullish Investors Right Now

CNBC’s survey reveals 28-year old males are the most bullish on the stock market today, which supports AGORACOM’s position that online investor relations provides small-cap companies with the greatest ROI. Find our why? Read more…

We hope you found this edition of the AGORACOM Client Newsletter to be helpful. If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us or your AGORACOM representative for further assistance.

Thank-you and have a great day.

Yours truly,
George Tsiolis

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Oct 31/08)

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:03 AM on Friday, October 31st, 2008

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s October 31 and we’ve found 3 great press releases and stock halts from both sides of the border to report on at the open. Another great day for small-cap and micro-cap financial news.

If you are new to the show, it is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we put out at or before the open everyday that strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap news of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page .

If you miss an episode or want to search for your company in our archive, you can visit our industry leading Small-Cap Podcast site at any time:

If you want to subscribe to our Small-Cap RSS Feed or download our podcast everyday via iTunes, or your favourite podcatcher, just use the following:

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list compelling summaries for over 85 great small-cap and micro-cap companies that you can sort by exchange and industry to suit your personal investing tastes.

TODAY’S SMALL-CAP AND MICRO-CAP BREAKING FINANCIAL NEWS BEFORE THE OPEN

Our daily show focuses on content over form so that you can get profitable information into your hands as fast as possible. The same holds true for these entries in our small-cap, micro-cap news blog, where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing, so don’t give me a hard time! :-)

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

** Denotes an AGORACOM Client. AGORACOM TV Only Reports News From AGORACOM Clients That Meets The Same Newsworthy Threshold Of All Other Press Releases.

  • Bernard Chaus – OTC BB:CHBD $0.21
  • Brilliant Mining Corp – TSX-V:BMC $0.165
  • Cabo Drilling Corp – TSX-V:CBE, FSE:DHL $0.18

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Oct 30/08)

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:00 AM on Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s October 30 and we’ve found 4 great press releases and stock halts from both sides of the border to report on at the open. Another great day for small-cap and micro-cap financial news.

If you are new to the show, it is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we put out at or before the open everyday that strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap news of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page .

If you miss an episode or want to search for your company in our archive, you can visit our industry leading Small-Cap Podcast site at any time:

If you want to subscribe to our Small-Cap RSS Feed or download our podcast everyday via iTunes, or your favourite podcatcher, just use the following:

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list compelling summaries for over 85 great small-cap and micro-cap companies that you can sort by exchange and industry to suit your personal investing tastes.

TODAY’S SMALL-CAP AND MICRO-CAP BREAKING FINANCIAL NEWS BEFORE THE OPEN

Our daily show focuses on content over form so that you can get profitable information into your hands as fast as possible. The same holds true for these entries in our small-cap, micro-cap news blog, where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing, so don’t give me a hard time! :-)

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

** Denotes an AGORACOM Client. AGORACOM TV Only Reports News From AGORACOM Clients That Meets The Same Newsworthy Threshold Of All Other Press Releases.

  • Garson Gold – TSX-V:GG $0.04
  • Sinchao Metals – TSX-V:SMZ $0.06
  • Orko Silver – TSX-V:OK $0.40
  • CreditRiskMonitor – OTC BB:CRMZ $1.20

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AGORACOM Sponsors Roth China/Vegas Conference. Jim Rogers Provides Keynote Presentation

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:58 AM on Thursday, October 30th, 2008

AGORACOM is proud to announce we will be sponsoring the Roth Capital Partners China/Vegas Conference, November 19-21.

As readers of the AGORACOM Blog and viewers of AGORACOM TV know, we are very bullish on Chinese small-cap companies and believe they represent the buying opportunity of a lifetime. The current market turmoil does nothing to change our sentiment.

If you feel the same way, this is a “must attend” conference. This conference is by invitation only, so contact ROTH directly for additional details at (800) 678-9147 or e-mail: [email protected].

JIM ROGERS PROVIDES KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

One person that shares our sentiment and will be in attendance is Jim Rogers, co-founder of the Quantum Fund along with Billionaire George Soros and subject of extensive coverage here on AGORACOM. Rogers will give a presentation titled China and its macro and micro environment. He will also provide signed copies of his recent best seller: A Bull in China: Investing Profitably in the World’s Greatest Market.

Regards,
George

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AGORACOM Sponsors PIPEs Conference, Presents IR Keynote Speech

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:32 AM on Thursday, October 30th, 2008

AGORACOM is proud to announce that we are, once again, the proud Investor Relations Sponsor of The PIPEs Conference hosted by DealFlowMedia in New York.

This conference has become the largest and most important event on Wall Street for those of us in the small and micro-cap space. Our repeat sponsorship since 2005 is proof positive that this is a “must attend” conference. The team at DealFlow Media continue to put together an agenda that creates a great mix of education and networking.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – TURN THIS TURMOIL TO YOUR ADVANTAGE

To this end, as the IR Sponsor, AGORACOM will be providing attendees with the IR keynote presentation titled “A Recipe For Success During Market Turmoil”. which is based on our blog post back on October 7th. The post was very well received by clients and non-clients and even cited by the web’s biggest source on the subject because it demonstrates how to turn this period of turmoil into a huge competitive advantage.

UPDATE (NOV 11th): More Than Just Lipservice, AGORACOM Announced Record Traffic Results For The Month Of October Thanks To National Marketing Campaigns.

I’ll be on stage on Day 1 (November 12) @ 2:15 PM EST, so make sure you don’t miss it. For those of you unable to attend the conference, we’ll be re-posting it here within 2 weeks of the conference.

See you in New York.

Regards,
George

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Oct 29/08)

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:57 AM on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s October 29 and we’ve found 5 great press releases and stock halts from both sides of the border to report on at the open. Another great day for small-cap and micro-cap financial news.

If you are new to the show, it is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we put out at or before the open everyday that strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap news of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page .

If you miss an episode or want to search for your company in our archive, you can visit our industry leading Small-Cap Podcast site at any time:

If you want to subscribe to our Small-Cap RSS Feed or download our podcast everyday via iTunes, or your favourite podcatcher, just use the following:

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list compelling summaries for over 85 great small-cap and micro-cap companies that you can sort by exchange and industry to suit your personal investing tastes.

TODAY’S SMALL-CAP AND MICRO-CAP BREAKING FINANCIAL NEWS BEFORE THE OPEN

Our daily show focuses on content over form so that you can get profitable information into your hands as fast as possible. The same holds true for these entries in our small-cap, micro-cap news blog, where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing, so don’t give me a hard time! :-)

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

** Denotes an AGORACOM Client. AGORACOM TV Only Reports News From AGORACOM Clients That Meets The Same Newsworthy Threshold Of All Other Press Releases.

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US Federal Reserve To Announce Interest Rate Decision At 2:15 PM EST

Posted by AGORACOM at 7:14 AM on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Just an FYI for those that don’t already know about an impending Fed decision this afternoon.  It is widely expected to be a half-point rate cut in the Fed funds rate.  Some have been calling for a bigger cut to be made.  Goldman Sachs stated in a research note that a 75 basis point cut is a slight possibility, though not its expectation.

The Fed decision is due at 2:15 p.m. Eastern.

Regards,
George

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AGORACOM Noront Community Serves Notice That Main Street Now Has Muscle. Staves Off Hedge Fund In Board Battle

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:50 PM on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Nemis credited the company’s retail shareholders, many of whom use the small-cap
investor relations website Agoracom, for strengthening management’s position.

“Without the Agoracom support, we never would have come to a balance with Rosseau
and never been able to negotiate the kind of agreement that we did negotiate and that
was my main concern.”

Richard Nemis, Chairman Emeritus, Noront Resources
Annual General Meeting
October 28, 2008

On October 9th, the most recent and biggest battle for a Canadian junior resource company – Noront Resources – commenced.  As the company’s investor relations firm, we went to work protecting the interests of management and the board – but we weren’t alone.  The AGORACOM Noront Shareholder Community was bigger, more motivated and ultimately more effective than the AGORACOM Aurelian warriors – and that was one hell of a crew.  Here is the tale of the tape over just 19 days.  The figures are quite simply massive and unprecedented.

PAGE VIEWS:             2,232,789
UNIQUE VISITORS:     41,709
PAGES PER VISIT:       58.90
AVG TIME PER VISIT:  22:09
TOP 10 COUNTRIES:   Canada, USA, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria, United Kingdom, Peru, Switzerland

On October 27th, after a 19-day e-mail, web, telephone, letter writing and media campaign that the dissident shareholder group never could have foreseen, the two sides agreed to a jointly determined single slate of directors for election at Noront’s annual and special meeting.

Much like the Democratic and Republican political conventions, once the nominees have been finalized, both sides agree to lay down their arms and unite behind the new leadership. True, it will take many investors some time to completely trust and support the new board but that is to be expected following any such battle.

For our part, AGORACOM unequivocally supports the new board and will continue to do its part to advance the best interests of the company and its shareholders.

On a broader scale, however, something has permanently changed the stock market landscape. It’s big and notice of the change was served the following day.

On October 28th, the AGORACOM Noront Community finished the lesson first started by the AGORACOM Aurelian Community, which forced Kinross Gold to extend it’s “friendly offer” 3 times before finally taking control of Aurelian Resources.  Specifically, Bay Street no longer has unfettered control. The boys in the towers can no longer count on making deals to the detriment of retail investors over scotch.  Main Street now has Web 2.0 muscle and will use it to amalgamate and protect its interests.

CONCLUSION

Words can not express how proud I am of every AGORACOM Noront member/shareholder.  You saved the day.  You are pioneers that shook the small-cap world and returned it to its rightful owner – the retail investor.  Above all, you are a courageous, intelligent, cooperative, selfless and noble group.  Be proud and take a moment to fully savor your accomplishment.

Tomorrow, let’s get back to work.  Noront Resources will not be the last company to go through this process.  This is especially true given current market conditions.  Spread the word by sending this message to every investor you know, with the goal of having a fully functioning HUB (client or non-client), for every great small-cap company. Investor communities are never going to be the same.

Finally, I’ll save the last word for Chairman Emeritus, Richard Nemis.  On behalf of everyone at AGORACOM and the entire AGORACOM Noront Community, thank-you. For everything.  Anytime, anywhere, just pick up the phone. You have an army at your service.

With great respect,
George, Paul and the AGORACOM Team

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Martha Stewart Invests In Pingg.com. Congrats To My Boys Lorien and Matt

Posted by AGORACOM at 4:12 PM on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

It gives me great pleasure to report on a positive development in these markets, especially when it involves one of my best friends.  Specifically,Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) today announced an agreement to invest in, and enter a commercial agreement with, Pingg Corp. (www.pingg.com), an online event management site that offers stylish invitations and easy-to-use event planning tools.

Pingg was created by seasoned entrepreneurs Lorien Gabel and Matt Harrop, who together have founded, built and sold two successful technology startups. Yep, they’re on the verge of taking web business #3  parabolic while I still toil here at AGORACOM :-).

The site offers customizable invitations that can be delivered electronically, in print or shared on a social network.  Pingg is taking on long-time incumbant Evite by bringing a fresh Web 2.0 perspective to the space.

Pingg.com was launched in February 2008, a whole 8 months ago and has already managed to attract MSLO to the table.   Sick I tell you, just sick. I am password protecting this post from my wife and shareholders (Lorien is actually a shareholder).

Since then, approximately 2.5 million invitations have been sent through Pingg.com. Its business model combines both online advertising and paid services.

If I can take any revenge on Lorien and Matt, it is in posting their ridiculous profile pics below + telling the world that Lorien’s middle name is “Tree” and Matt’s hair color was blue when he founded start-up #1.  Now I feel better.

Congrats boys.  Much love and respect for yet another job well done.

Regards,
George

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4:15 AM EST – US Equity Futures Strong On Rocketing Asian Markets. Gold Breaks $750

Posted by AGORACOM at 3:27 AM on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Still early but US stock markets are poised for a strong open thanks to rocketing Asian markets where the Hang Seng gained 13% and the Nikkei gained 6.4%.

Here is a snapshot of US market futures as of 4:15 AM. Click on the image to be taken to updated figures throughout the pre-open morning.

In the meantime, gold has broken through $750 and is once again moving in lock-step with the markets, as opposed to contra.

Regards,
George

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