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

Posted by AGORACOM at 1:23 PM on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

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AGORACOM is proud to announce the results of our Carbon Footprint findings in recognition of ‘Earth Day‘.  Our digital delivery of investor relations makes AGORACOM the most ‘environment-friendly’ investor relations firm in the industry.

In 2008, we delivered investor relations on behalf of 85 companies to more than 1.3 million investors in over 200 countries -  and we did it without having to take planes, trains and automobiles to meetings all over the world.  In addition, the digital delivery of investor relations means we didn’t need to senselessly cut down a single tree to produce collateral materials that unfortunately end up in a recycling bin within 24 hours.

AGORACOM CARBON FOOTPRINT

The results from an online Carbon Footprint calculator show that AGORACOM has a carbon footprint of 76.7 tonnes per year, which translates into 5.11 tonnes per employee.  To put this number into perspective, the average Torontonian’s carbon footprint measures 8.6 tonnes per year, lower than the average American’s footprint, which measures at about 11.9 tonnes.

 “While we realize online calculators measuring carbon footprints only offer an approximate indication of an organization’s emissions output, the results are relative and we challenge any investor relations firm with more than 50 clients to beat us”, Tsiolis added. “As a pure online investor relations firm, I am very confident that our carbon footprint is significantly lower than any traditional IR firm. Our use of Web 2.0 tools such as electronic shareholder forums, blogs, webcasts, video and other tools allow AGORACOM to fill the information void created by the lack of small-cap coverage in the media while keeping our carbon footprint to a minimum.”

3 KEY AREAS THAT MAKE AGORACOM ‘GREEN‘:

  1. No Micro Meetings -Thousands Of Investors Amalgamate and Communicate In Online HUBS.
  2. No Traveling – Clients Are Not Forced To Travel Around The World To Meet Investors.
  3. No Printing – 99% of Collateral Information Is Produced and Consumed Digitally.

For those whose inner environmentalist speaks loudest on April 22, visit the Earth Day Network to make a public commitment to take an environmental action.

Happy Earth Day,

George

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Skyrocketing Social Media Growth = Skyrocketing Online Investor Growth

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:50 AM on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

“The growth of nearly every aspect of social media has and continues to be
enormous. We’ve dug up some amazing statistics and numbers from this realm.”

Mashable – The Web In Numbers and The Rise Of Social Media

We’ve always known the web is big.  Nothing new there.  However, what many in the small-cap space don’t realize is how big social media is becoming, or what social media actually is.  Click on the story and you will see the numbers are ginormous and growing.

However, for small-cap CEO’s to really understand the significance of these numbers and the trend, you  must first understand what social media is.

WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA?

In layman’s terms, social media is the process of people amalgamating around content that is created by the people.  From kids sharing home made videos, to wickedly smart financial bloggers sharing charts, trends, analysis and information.

The common denominator in social media is that you no longer have to be employed by a media conglomerate to publish your views.  If you have something intelligent to say, simply publish it and people will flock to you.  Previously unknown people from all walks of life are literally becoming super stars in any and every vertical, including finance.

WHAT DOES SOCIAL MEDIA MEAN TO YOUR SMALL-CAP PUBLIC COMPANY?

Wikipedia says “At its most basic sense, social media is a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content.” I’ll break that down further and say you can no longer keep your company in the shadows.  If you won’t lead the conversation about your company and choose to stick to press releases, others certainly will.

On the other hand, social media can turn out to be an incredible investor relations asset if you choose to accept and engage.  How you do that is material for another post where I teach you how to use blogs, Twitter, YouTube, photos and audio to get your message out.

Regards,
George

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Apr 22/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

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 April 22 and we’ve found 5 great press release and 1stock halt 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.

  • Amarillo Gold Corporation – TSX-Venture:AGC $0.66
  • Vantex Resources – TSX-Venture:VTX $0.045
  • China Valves Technology Inc – OTC BB:CVVT $1.90
  • China Energy Recovery Inc – OTC BB:CGYV $1.83
  • OurPets Co – OTC BB:OPCO $0.23
  • Berkeley Capital Corp – TSX-Venture:BIZ.P (Halted) – Pending News

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

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:59 AM on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Smart CEO’s are starting to realize the importance of online investor relations. Starting. If they are, it is only from the point of using search engines and other online tools to target new investors.

However, very few realize the importance of speaking, collaborating, sharing and listening with those shareholders once you have attracted them.  They’ll do it on the phone, they’ll talk all day at a booth – but they suddenly stop at the web. The one place where they would have the farthest reaching impact.

Unfortunately, their failure to do so adds up to a massive lost opportunity to gain the loyalty and trust of shareholders.  it In fact, it is going to be the basis of an upcoming post titled “Why Aren’t You Talking?” in which I’ll debunk some of those fears and show how simple, yet powerful, it would be.

In the meantime, as a pre-cursor, have a look at the following quote from a post on the Harvard Business Blog titled The Finance 2.0 Manifesto:

“Stakeholder communities. Institutional investors are so 20th century. Centralizing control over our biggest corporations in the hands of a bunch of old dudes asleep at the wheel was as good an idea as the spork: interesting in theory, useless in practice. Tomorrow’s radical innovators are already updating corporate governance for the 21st century, by letting communities of stakeholders shape managerial decision-making. Think mega-Etsy.”

Now, I’m not willing to go as far as shareholder communities shaping managerial decision-making – but I am willing to say that CEO’s that engage shareholder communities will see tremendous impacts on their business.  How? Engaging thousands of investors gives you:

  • Thousands of IR evangelists to help you gain more shareholders
  • Instant feedback on the effectiveness of your message
  • Mass competitor intelligence gathering by a motivated and passionate shareholder community
  • …More

Unless you think you are the perfect CEO that has hired the perfect team and getting advice from the perfect board, you need to start giving this some serious thought. Investor Relations 2.0 is coming whether you like it or not.

Regards,
George

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AGORACOM Hold’em Night at the PDAC a Smashing Success

Posted by AGORACOM at 12:01 PM on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

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Dear “Bay Street Hold’em” Attendees,

We would like to thank all who attended the AGORACOM PDAC “Bay Street Hold’em” Poker Tournament at The Royal York last month making it a smashing success that surpassed all expectations.

A new standard has now been set for all future PDAC parties.

This invitation only event delivered the two most important elements – great fun and great business networking.

We are proud to announce that we broke all kinds of records with this event as it was the biggest “Bay Street Hold’em” event that we have hosted to date.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Record attendance – Over 50 PDAC attendees played in the tournament
  • Record audience – Over 300 PDAC attendees watched the excitement unfold from the sidelines
  • 1,245 drinks served
  • Over 74 Public Companies represented
  • 2 noise warnings from the hotel
  • 1 capacity warning from the hotel

WINNERS LIST

  • Mike Taylor – $2,500.00
  • Craig Lindsay – $1000.00
  • Neil Lock – $500.00
  • Howard Fitch – $275.00
  • Bill Galine – $225.00
  • Ari Toderovitz – $200.00
  • George Brown – $150.00
  • Marty Rendall – $100.00
  • Charles Desjardin – $50.00

POKER NIGHT VIDEO and PICTURES

We managed to get some great video of the event and have posted it for you to enjoy. For those that missed the event, it will serve as great incentive to attend the next one.

With over 70 small cap companies in our stable of clients, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss our investor relations and marketing programs further. For more information about our programs, please contact our offices and ask for either George Tsiolis, Paul Kondakos or Scott Purkis.

THANKS!

Thanks to everyone for making it such a great night.

Yours truly,
George Tsiolis, Paul Kondakos and the AGORACOM Team

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Nayarit Intersects 25.91m of 3.33 g/t Gold and 272 g/t Silver

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:47 AM on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

  • Reports additional drill results from its 30,000 metre Phase II drill program at the Orion District in the State of Nayarit, Mexico.

  • Hole OR-09-193 recorded 25.91 metres of 7.86 g/t gold equivalent or 472 g/t silver equivalent (3.33 g/t gold and 272 g/t silver)

  • Hole OR-09-200 recorded 12.19 metres of 8.51 g/t gold equivalent or 511 g/t silver equivalent (3.39 g/t gold and 307 g/t silver)

Flagship Property

The Orion Project lies in the Sierra Madre Occidental, a prolific mining district in northern Mexico. The project hosts a series of old high-grade silver and gold mines, all of which lie in an east-west vein system. This vein system may be an unrecognized bonanza silver-gold district, similar to other Ag-Au bonanza epithermal vein districts of Western Mexico, such as Tayoltita District. Early results from Phase I drilling on the Animas Vein are pointing to bonanza potential. These types of mineral systems can extend for considerable distances and up to 1000 metres depth.

View Complete Press Release

Go To Nayarit IR HUB

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Apr 21/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

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 April 21 and we’ve found 4 great press release 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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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Apr 20/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Monday, April 20th, 2009

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 April 20 and we’ve found 7 great press release 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.

  • China Carbon Graphite – OTC BB:CHGI $0.59
  • Response Biomedical Corp – TSX:RBM $0.125
  • BVR Systems Limited – OTC BB:BVRSF $0.179
  • Patient Safety Technologies Inc. – OTC BB:PSTXE $0.90
  • Orko Silver Corp – TSX-Venture:OK $0.75
  • San Gold Corporation – TSX-Venture:SGR $1.85
  • Great Basin Gold – AMEX:GBG $1.25

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AGORACOM Is Getting Fit. Unplug From The Web And Get Physical

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:25 AM on Sunday, April 19th, 2009

It’s Sunday morning, Greek Orthodox Easter and I’m about to face an onslaught of food that rivals any feast you have ever seen. Nothing wrong with that. Celebrations are meant to be celebrated.

Unfortunately, I’m doing a lot of celebrating but not enough exercising. My plan to begin taking better care of myself after my 40th birthday in 2008 was right on target – then the global financial crisis hit.

I sat in front of computers and on conference calls around the clock. I was spending more time attending to the business than ever – and my health was suffering. I’m as heavy as I have ever been and continuing down this path is a certain recipe for disaster.

I’ve lived a blessed life and want to live this life for as long as I can.

TIME TO MAKE CHANGES

Time to make changes – and I’d love to include you on the ride.  Here is a link to our “Fitness” HUB.

Personally, I am beginning the PX90 program on Wednesday. It’ll kick my ass for 90 days and get me back on track – but that is just the beginning. You can’t create a healthy life in just 90 days. You have to live a healthy life every day of your life.

To be clear, I’m not about to take the fun out of life and measure broccoli portions. But I know I can do far better than I’m doing now – and I am sure many of you feel the same way.

You don’t have to be on the P90X program – just be on some kind of program. Walk everyday, play sports, do pushups in front of the TV everyday, choose souvlaki over pizza. You get the idea.

COMMUNITY HEALTH KNOWLEDGE

Like our stock HUBS, I’m looking forward to gaining incredible knowledge pertaining to exercise, diet and well being from all of you.

Most importantly, I’m looking forward to helping each and every one of you live a healthier life – and vice-versa. We’ve already proven that we can accomplish great things together, so there is no reason why we can’t create healthier lives together.

As much as some web owners want you glued to their site 24 hours per day, I’d rather have you using the site for years and years to come.

I’m off to enjoy Easter – with a bigger emphasis on the people than the food.

Regards,
George

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Apr 17/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Friday, April 17th, 2009

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 April 17 and we’ve found 3 great press release 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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