WHY AN “INTELLIGENCE REPORT”

For the benefit of our new clients, we call this 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.  We often write about these in The AGORACOM Blog, so we call these “On The Blog” Stories.

In addition, this article 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’re 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 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.

This report gives you a quick review of the most important stories we’ve covered on the AGORACOM Blog over the last 30 days that either affect or help those involved in the small-cap market space.

In the future, if you’d like to read these stories as they happen just grab the RSS Feed here, bookmark or subscribe by email.

Enjoy!

George Tsiolis

AGORACOM Launches YouTube Channel + Multi-Site Video Distribution For All Investor Relations Clients

Every AGORACOM client now has their own YouTube Channel and simultaneous video distribution to the world’s biggest video sites. Find out how this is going to drive new investors from all over the world + keep your current shareholders happy. read more…

Small-Cap CEO Lesson:  Who Watches AGORACOM YouTube Videos? Surprise, Surprise. Investors Aged 45 – 54 Dominate.

AGORACOM demographic data over the last 18 months shows that older, sophisticated investors are researching new stocks and watching AGORACOM videos on YouTube.  If the 45-54 set is as far into the web as online video, you need an online investor relations program. read more…

Labor Day Marks The Beginning Of Trading Season. Is Your Investor Relations Plan Set?

If you’re the CEO of a small to mid-cap public company, you should be taking your place on the track and preparing to execute your strategy.  If you’re unprepared, you need to start moving quickly to take advantage of a robust stock markets that have treated small-caps very well. read more…

Why Aren’t You Talking To Your Shareholders?

You’re the CEO or IRO of a public company.  You can’t stop talking to shareholders at conferences, on conference calls, and other personal settings.  You’re willing to expend tremendous amounts of energy to speak with shareholders one-on-one …. and then repeat those conversations over and over again as you march through your shareholder list but you’re afraid to go the last mile and utilize the efficiencies of the web.

Does that make any sense to anybody? read more…

Small Cap CEO Lesson: Is Search Important To Investor Relations? Yes, Total Searches Hit An All-Time High

You use search engines to find information everyday, but are you using them to be found? read more…

AGORACOM Ranks 57 In Profit 100 Ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies

On June 1^st, it was announced that AGORACOM had been added to the PROFIT100, a list of Canada’s fastest growing companies.  We want to thank all of our clients for both believing in the power of online investor relations.  Onward and Upward! read more…

We’re pleased to provide you with the June 2009 edition of the AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report.  For those of you who didn’t receive our last report or are new clients of AGORACOM, you can now find an archive of these reports on our blog here.  For confidentiality reasons, all “Off The Blog” items mentioned in these reports are not mentioned in the archived reports.

WHY AN “INTELLIGENCE REPORT”

For the benefit of our new clients, we call this 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.  We often write about these in The AGORACOM Blog, so we call these “On The Blog” Stories.

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’re 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 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

Small Cap CEO Lesson: Is Mobile Important To Investor Relations? Yes, US Mobile Internet Users To Reach 134 Million

The idea that investors will remain tethered to their desktops and laptops is long gone.  A mobile investor relations strategy is a must.  Here are 3 easy ways to get started today…

Summary Of Reverse Merger Conference

AGORACOM was once again a proud sponsor of the Reverse Merger Conference held this year at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, June 11 & 12.  I didn’t have time to blog from the conference but I did manage to post some useful information via Twitter that you can get here…

Small-Cap CEO Lesson: “Fast Beats Big”

Here’s 5 easy ways Small Cap companies can compete with big companies at the Investor Relations game and win!

Summary From 2009 Cambridge Conference In Vancouver

My Workshop called, “Learn To Use Blogs, Twitter and RSS Feeds To Make You A Power Investor” was well received. For years, CEOs and IROs have ignored social media as being irrelevant, but with tens of millions of investors using them CEOs now need to understand how social media can supercharge their market knowledge.

Small Cap CEO Lesson: Is Search Important To Investor Relations? Yes, Total Searches Hit An All-Time High

You use search engines to find information everyday, but are you using them to be found?

Small Cap CEO Lesson: Is YouTube Important To Investor Relations? Yes, Video Views Hit An All-Time High

If you needed more evidence as to the importance of integrating Online Video into your investor relations programs, then look no further than this recent report issued by NewTeeVee.

AGORACOM Content On The New GlobeInvestor Beta Site (Part 2)

Last month we announced GlobeInvestor.com was undergoing a major site redesign.  Well, we’re happy to announce that more of your company’s news and developments have found its way onto the pages of the new GlobeInvestor beta site!

AGORACOM Ranks 57 In Profit 100 Ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies

On June 1^st, it was announced that AGORACOM had been added to the PROFIT100, a list of Canada’s fastest growing companies.  We want to thank all of our clients for both believing in the power of online investor relations.  Onward and Upward!

We hope you found this edition of the AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report 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, LL.B

Founder

AGORACOM

We’re pleased to provide you with the May 2009 edition of the AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report.  For those of you who didn’t receive our last report or are new clients of AGORACOM, you can now find an archive of these reports on our blog here.

For confidentiality reasons, all “Off The Blog” items mentioned in these reports are not mentioned in the archived reports.

WHY AN “INTELLIGENCE REPORT”

For the benefit of our new clients, we call this 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.  We often write about these in The AGORACOM Blog, so we call these “On The Blog” Stories.

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’re 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 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

AGORACOM 100 – New TV Commercial Takes Client Results To Biz TV Audience

Our AGORACOM 100 program has returned some serious results for clients. Why? Providing investors with a filter that separates the wheat from the chaff makes their small-cap research and investment decisions easier.  As such, we’re putting the program into overdrive and running a brand new prime time TV commercial in both the US (CNBC, Bloomberg) and Canada (BNN) beginning June 1. Check it out here…

AGORACOM Ranks 57 In Profit 100 Ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies

AGORACOM is proud to announce we were recently added to the PROFIT100, a list of Canada’s fastest growing companies.  We want to thank all of our clients for both believing in the power of online investor relations and now benefitting from it.  Our success is your success.  Onward and Upward!

AGORACOM Sponsors 2009 Reverse Merger Conference, Presents Investor Relations Keynote

We are once again sponsoring the Reverse Merger Conference, the industry’s biggest conference, being held this year at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, June 11 & 12.  George Tsiolis will be presenting the investor relations keynote speech, which will teach both public companies and industry professionals on how to use Web 2.0 tools to tap into some of the best knowledge streams in the world.

AGORACOM Content On New GlobeInvestor.com

GlobeInvestor.com is the Wall Street Journal of Canada.  AGORACOM is playing a key role in providing new content for the site’s major redesign.  The significantly greater visibility benefits all of our clients.  Here’s a preview…

AGORACOM Sponsors 2009 Vancouver Cambridge Conference, Presents Web 2.0 Keynote

AGORACOM is once again a sponsor of the World Resource Investment Conference on at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC on June 7^th and 8^th.  George Tsiolis and Peter Grandich will lead a workshop for investors that want to learn about tapping into the Web 2.0 investment knowledge stream.

ChinaSecurities.com Traffic Rank Is Skyrocketing

Our new site, ChinaSecurities.com has climbed from an average traffic rank of approximately 530,000 over the last 3 months, all the way to 170,000 yesterday.  In investment terms, ChinaSecurites.com has absolutely smashed through it’s 90-day moving average and climbing fast.

We hope you found this edition of the AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report 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, LL.B

Founder

AGORACOM

We’re pleased to provide you with the April 2009 edition of the AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report. For confidentiality reasons, all “Off The Blog” items mentioned in these reports are not mentioned in the blog posts.

WHY AN “INTELLIGENCE REPORT”

For the benefit of our new clients, we call this 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.  We often write about these in The AGORACOM Blog, so we call these “On The Blog” Stories.  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’re 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 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

What The @#$! Is Twitter?

You’ve heard about it.  It’s been on Oprah, but you’re not quite sure what Twitter is and how it can help you achieve your business goals.  Our founder George Tsiolis has prepared a 5-minute on Twitter to introduce to this tool and why you should use it.   This is a must see…

Small Cap CEO Lesson: Millionaires Are Now Trading Online

For those CEO’s who continue to believe online traders are – for the lack of a better word – flakes, you might want to take a look at this article in the Wall Street Journal…

Small Cap CEO Lesson: Mobile Internet Trading And Research Skyrockets 188%

If you are a CEO of a small-cap or mid-cap company and have been considering a mobile strategy, then you absolutely have to see the blow away numbers in a comScore report that came out in March.

AGORACOM Hold’em Night at the PDAC a Smashing Success

We’d like to thank all who attended the AGORACOM PDAC “Bay Street Hold’em” Poker Tournament last month making it a smashing success that surpassed all expectations. A new standard has now been set for all future PDAC parties.

Skyrocketing Social Media Growth = Skyrocketing Online Investor Growth

We’ve always known the web is big.  However, what many in the small-cap space don’t realize is how big social media is becoming, or what social media actually is.

Small CAP CEO Lesson – Issue Press Releases By 8:30 AM EST

Why putting your news out by no later than 8:30 AM EST still makes the most sense…

Harvard Business: “Communities Of Stakeholders Will Help Shape Managerial Decisions”

If you don’t think creating a shareholder community is important read the following article from Harvard Business…

Online Investor Relations Model Makes AGORACOM ‘Greenest’ Firm In The Industry

AGORACOM is proud to announce the results of our Carbon Footprint findings in recognition of ‘Earth Day‘.

CONCLUSION

We hope you found this edition of the AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report 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

For confidentiality reasons, all “Off The Blog” items mentioned in these reports are not mentioned in the blog posts.

WHY AN “INTELLIGENCE REPORT”

For the benefit of our new clients, we call this 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.  We often write about these in The AGORACOM Blog, so we call these “On The Blog” Stories.

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’re 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 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

AGORACOM Hits 1.31 Million Unique Visitors in 2008

If a picture is worth a thousand words, this snapshot from our Google Analytics is worth several million…

AGORACOM Surveys Online Research Habits of Investors at 2009 Toronto PDAC Conference

AGORACOM is pleased to announce the results of the Small Cap Resource Investor Survey from the Toronto PDAC Conference held on March 1-4, 2009.  The results of this survey could be invaluable to small-cap metals and mining companies across North America. 

Small-Cap CEO Lesson: Bill Joy Uses Search Engines To Find His Next Investment

Venture Capitalist Bill Joy uses search engines to find new investment opportunities.  If Bill uses the web what do you think retail investors are doing?

Peter Grandich Sheds Permabear Skin And Begins Building Long Portfolio

AGORACOM Chief Commentator, Peter Grandich, has officially shed his permabear skin according to his latest blog post.  This is a pretty important declaration because Grandich has an uncanny ability to call market tops and bottoms in commodities and equity indexes.

Small-Cap CEO Lesson: Take Advantage Of Broken Trust In Wall Street

Wall Street is out of favor…waaayyy out of favor.  Take advantage of the environment, get out there and show investors why you and your hard working small-cap company can be trusted.

John Stewart Rips CNBC To Shreds

CNBC has taken a relentless beating for its irresponsible business journalism consisting of cheerleading the markets vs. reporting on them.  John Stewart of the Daily Show ripped CNBC to shreds with their bullish clips over the last 2 years.  See videos…

CONCLUSION

We hope you found this edition of the AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report 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

We’re pleased to provide you with the February 2009 edition of The AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report. For those of you who didn’t receive our last report or are new clients of AGORACOM, you can now find an archive of these reports on our blog here.  For confidentiality reasons, all “Off The Blog” items mentioned in these reports are not mentioned in the blog posts.

WHY AN “INTELLIGENCE REPORT”

For the benefit of our new clients, we call this 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. We often write about these in The AGORACOM Blog, so we call these “On The Blog” Stories.

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’re 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 AGORACOM 100 Marketplace Is Now Live (are you in it?)

We’re proud to announce that the AGORACOM 100 Marketplace″ went live in January 2009. This elite group of small-cap companies will become an incredible research tool for investors and an outreach program for small-cap public companies this year and beyond.

Small-Cap CEO Lesson: Online Video Time Jumps 40% In 1 Year

According to this report, the amount of time U.S. Internet users spend watching video is up 40% year over year. So how does this impact your investor relations? Read more to find out…

AGORACOM Is 1 of Only 13 Finance Content Providers To Every BlackBerry® Device On The Planet

Look for AGORACOM to significantly advance its mobile efforts in 2009. I say “advance” rather than “launch” because for the past few years AGORACOM has already been the exclusive provider of small-cap content to every BlackBerry® device on the planet.

Small-Cap CEO Lesson: Chinese Internet Users To Surpass Entire US Population In 2009

If you’re a small-cap CEO and thinking about ways to broaden your shareholder base you can continue knocking/calling/e-mailing the same people from the same tired lists, or you can take your message to the entire world via an online investor relations program.

Happy Members Bode Well For Future Of AGORACOM Small-Cap Community

While at the Vancouver Cambridge Conference, we were reminded of the fact that our community is primarily powered by individual investors who have taken the time and effort to breathe life into it…

AGORACOM Interview: Electronic Shareholder Forums and Online Investor Relations

Last month, AGORACOM was interviewed by Zack Miller (former Seeking Alpha guy), which led to a great discussion concerning the future of online investor relations and electronic shareholder forums.

“AGORACOM Small-Cap 100″ TV Commercials Launches in January 2009

Last month, AGORACOM officially launched their “Meet The AGORACOM 100″ television and search marketing campaign. Look for this 30-second spot on CNBC and Bloomberg in the United States (Dish Network), as well as, BNN in Canada. Naturally, look for a major push online via search engines and our content partners.

Small-Cap CEO Lesson: Web 2.0 Coverage Of Plane Crash Beats CNN and Major Media

This photo came from a passenger on a ferry that was sent to pick up passengers from the US Airways plane that landed in the Hudson River. The passenger used his mobile phone to take the picture, then post it via Twitter, where it was then sent around the web like wildfire. In the meantime, all CNN could do was provide aerial footage from helicopters…

CONCLUSION

We hope you found this edition of the AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report 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, LL.B
Founder
AGORACOM

AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report – November 2008

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

For those of you who didn’t receive it last month or are new clients of AGORACOM, you can now find an archive of our newsletters on our blog here. For confidentiality reasons, “Off The Blog” items mentioned in these letters are not mentioned in the blog posts.

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.  We often write about these in The AGORACOM Blog, so we call these “On The Blog” stories.

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

Throughout 2008, we’ve provided a series of blog posts entitled “Small-Cap CEO Lessons”.  The purpose of this series has been to provide CEO’s with valuable data and information that would beneficially impact their business.

With the year winding down, it makes sense to re-visit the Top 10 lessons of the year in order to help you make the best decisions possible for 2009.

Given the fact AGORACOM attracted 1.2 million investors that visited 7.6 million times and read 101 million pages of information this year by using many of these techniques, it is safe to say our Small-Cap CEO lessons are more than self-serving lip service.

IN THIS ISSUE: TOP 10 REASONS WHY ONLINE IR IS CRITICAL IN 2009

1. SEC Gives OK To Websites, Blogs, RSS Feeds and Other Web 2.0 Tools For Reg FD

This story ranks as the #1 online investor relations story in 2008.  Enough said.  Read more…

2. How Obama Used The Web To Attract 3.1 Million Investors, Smash All Records and Win The Election

Like you, Obama was a small-cap gem surrounded by Blue-Chip competitors who attracted the upper echelon of people and funding.  Using the web, he took his message to millions of people using the least amount of money.  The people responded.  The rest is history.  Read more…

3. IR Consultant To World’s Biggest Companies Advises “Retail Investor Relations Is Paramount”

When Dominic Jones speaks, we listen.  So should you.  What’s he telling the world’s biggest pubco’s? Read more…

4. 28-Year Old Males Are The Most Bullish Investors Today

CNBC ran an extensive survey and found that 28-year old males are today’s most bullish investors.  How many 25-35 year old males are in your database?  AGORACOM is targeting them via the web right now. Whose audience is bigger?  Read more…

5. Online Advertising Is Growing During Economic Slowdown Thanks To ROI

With every company on the planet looking to maximize efficiencies, online advertising is growing while traditional advertising (radio, print and television) is falling.  Why? ROI.  Stop wasting your IR $ on old fashioned, inefficient IR methods. They don’t work and you’re wasting both time and money.  Read more…

6. Use Search Engines To Find Things … AND Be Found

Throughout the year I would ask CEO’s “when was the last time you used Google to find something?” and 99% would answer the last 24 hours or less.  Well, if you use search engines to find things, why aren’t you using search engines to be found?  Read more…

7. AGORACOM Survey:  Majority Of Retail Investors Find Conferences To Be Irrelevant

Do you even wonder why the aisles are empty when standing in your booth at most investor conferences?  An AGORACOM survey of retail investors discovered the following.  Read more…

8. How To Conduct Proper IR During Market Turmoil

Sure, the markets went through one hell of a rough patch in 2008 – but this is no time to run and hide unless your company was built on a house of cards.  Here is an example of how one AGORACOM client stepped up to the plate.  Read more…

9. 93% of Americans Want To Interact With Companies Online

If this title doesn’t say it all, then how about this tidbit.  67% of wealthy households are loyal to brands they can interact with online.  93% and 67% are pretty big numbers to ignore.  Read more…

10. Dell Has An Investor Relations Blog…Why Don’t You?

If Dell and their multi-million IR budget feel that Web 2.0 tools are valuable IR tools for reaching retail investors, what do you think you should be doing? Calling AGORACOM hopefully.  Read more…

CONCLUSION

As you can see, we’re a big believer in data and facts to support any position.  We trust you now have ample amounts of data to help guide your online IR decisions in 2009.

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

Thank-you and have a great day.

Yours truly,
George Tsiolis

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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

Tags: Breaking Financial News, small-cap stocks, small-cap, small cap, micro-cap stocks, micro-cap, micro cap, penny stocks, TSX Venture, CNQ, AMEX, OTCBB, Pink Sheets, AGORACOM, investor relations, American Stock Exchange, Investor Relations 2009, online investor relations

AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report – September 2008

We’re pleased to provide you with the September 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

Bullish Indicator – Small-Cap Gold Company CEO’s

If you’re a fan of “ear to the ground” anecdotal evidence, then you’ll want to know that we’ve received our 3rd call from a small-cap gold company looking to begin an online investor relations program. Read more…

The Ultimate Investor Testimonial – We’re Onto Something

This month, we received an amazing shot of pride and joy thanks to one of our members who sent us the following private message. Read more…

Small-Cap CEO Lesson: 93% Of Americans Want To Interact With You Via Social Media

If you’re a small-cap CEO that continues to doubt the power of online investor relations, then consider this recent study. Read more…

AGORACOM Launches 30-Second TV Spots On CNBC, Bloomberg, BNN

AGORACOM has taken yet another giant leap forward with the launch of 30-second TV spots on the best business television channels in North America. Read more…

We Are Officially Living In The Financial Matrix

You may think the source of our economic problems stem from banks gone wild, or regulators gone missing. Look again. Read more…

SEC Bans Short Selling – NFL Bans Blitzes – MLB Bans Double Plays – NHL Bans Goalie

Barry Ritholtz (The Big Picture), one of the smartest finance guys in the galaxy, sums this issue up nicely. Read more…

Kinross Fails To Acquire 90% Of Aurelian – Extends Offer For A 2nd Time. Community Wins 3rd Battle

Kinross Gold issued a press release in September with the following headline: KINROSS NOW OWNS 90.7% OF AURELIAN SHARES. That may be true – but it is also misleading. Read more…

Small-Cap CEO Lesson (Canada) – Stephen Harper Goes Web 2.0, Why Aren’t You?

If you are a Canadian Small-Cap CEO that still doubts the power of Web 2.0 as your primary IR tool for finding new investors then you need to consider the fact that Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, has gone Web 2.0. Read more…

We hope you found this edition of the AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report 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

Tags: Breaking Financial News, small-cap stocks, small-cap, small cap, micro-cap stocks, micro-cap, micro cap, penny stocks, TSX Venture, CNQ, AMEX, OTCBB, Pink Sheets, AGORACOM, investor relations, American Stock Exchange, Investor Relations 2009, online investor relations

AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report – August Issue

We’re pleased to provide you with the August 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.

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:

**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:

AGORACOM Surpasses 1,000,000 Investors For The Year..Great News For Clients!

AGORACOM is now the fastest growing Small-Cap Community in North America. Follow our online strategies and make your company a leading destination of online investors. read more…

Big News – SEC OK’s Websites and Blogs For Full Disclosure. Online IR Takes Off

If you had any doubts about online Investor Relations, the SEC updated its online policy this month and is fully supporting ALL Web 2.0 communications strategies. IR will never be the same. read more…

SEC – “Financial Disclosure Meets The Matrix”. EDGAR OUT, IDEA In

Say goodbye to EDGAR and Forms. SEC Chairman, Christopher Cox, held an online conference introducing the financial disclosure system of the 21st century. It’s web-based and web-driven…but we’re not going to say we told you so! read more…

Aurelian Shareholders Use AGORACOM / The Web To Revolt Against Kinross Bid

A fascinating story about shareholders of Aurelian Resources who are successfully using the web to vote down a “friendly” takeover bid from Kinross Gold. Their HUB has generated 816,000 page views in the past 30 days! read more…

Gold/Silver/Copper Price Drop Is Actually VERY Good For Small-Cap Stocks

Worried about lower gold, silver, copper prices? George makes the case for lower commodity prices and stable stock market vs. sky-rocketing commodity prices and crashing stock market. read more…

Small-Cap (Canadian) CEO Lesson: Canadian Internet Access Is Huge And Growing

If you’re a small-cap CEO that doubts the power of finding online investors, then consider the fact that 22 million Canadians are now using the web, growing to 25 million by 2012. Start now and win, start later and eat your competitors dust. read more…

AGORACOM Voted Top 10 Designed Financial Site

Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg, CNN Money, TD Ameritrade …. and AGORACOM. We must be doing something right. read more…

Prediction Comes True: Online Small-Cap Shareholder Activism Has Arrived

When a small-retail investor used the web to vote out Directors at Motorola and Yahoo, we predicted a similar small-cap revolt within 12 months … it took 11 months. 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

Tags: Breaking Financial News, small-cap stocks, small-cap, small cap, micro-cap stocks, micro-cap, micro cap, penny stocks, TSX Venture, CNQ, AMEX, OTCBB, Pink Sheets, AGORACOM, investor relations, American Stock Exchange, Investor Relations 2009, online investor relations