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“Twitter and Blogs Have Taken Hold As Primary Sources Of Investment Information For Analysts And Institutional Investors”

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:31 AM on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Image coutesy of Engadget

Image coutesy of Engadget

If you’re a small to mid-cap CEO and still having doubts about the power of online investor relations, then you need not look any further than this quote which came from 40 IROs who gathered at the TMX Broadcast Centre recently in Toronto for the fifth annual IR Magazine Canada Think Tank.

One of the day’s most popular discussions was about social media, with evidence starting to show that Twitter and blogs have taken hold as
primary sources of investment information for analysts and institutional investors.
Think tank participants discussed how they’re using
social media technology for both internal and external audiences, and how they’re monitoring social networks for information about their
own company as well as their peers.

Yep, that is a light bulb going off in your head.  Analysts and Institutional Investors are primarily turning to the web for investment information.  Still want to ignore online investor relations?

This is officially the 50th post I have made under my Small-Cap CEO Lessons category, which now means you have 50 irrefutable reasons to conduct online investor relations.  In a nutshell, it is bigger, faster, more efficient, more cost effective, more effective and provides you with a far greater ROI than traditional investor relations.

Regards,
George

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (October 7/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, October 7th, 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 October 7th and we’ve found 2 great press release and 3 stock halts to report on at the open. Another great day for mall-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.

  • International Wayside Gold Mines – TSX-V:WYG $0.95
  • Otis Gold Corp – TSX-V:OOO $0.67
  • Toptent Inc – TSX-V:TPT Stock Halted (Transfer Agent Services Suspended)
  • ATW Gold Corp – TSX-V:ATW Stock Halted (Pending News)
  • African Aura Resources – TSX-V:AAZ Stock Halted (Pending News)

SEC Sues Over Alleged $1.7M Pump and Dump of China Energy Savings Technology

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:52 AM on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

In the interests of maintaining balance about my bullish views on Chinese small and mid cap stocks, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit against Jason Genet in a New York federal court alleging that he “pumped and dumped” the stock of China Energy Savings Technology for a profit of $1.7 million. China Energy completed a reverse merger in 2004.

Moral of the story.  I love China and you can love China too – but make sure to do your due diligence each and every time you look at a new possible investment.

Regards,
George

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (October 6/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, October 6th, 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 October 6th and we’ve found 3 great press release and stock halts to report on at the open. Another great day for mall-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.

  • Great Panther Resources – TSX:GPR $0.75
  • Threshold Pharmaceuticals – NASDAQ:THLD $2.00
  • NF Energy Savings Corporation – OTC.BB:NFEC $4.25

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (October 5/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Monday, October 5th, 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 October 5th and we’ve found 2 great press release and stock halts to report on at the open. Another great day for mall-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.

Markets, Money and Life With Grandich and George

Posted by AGORACOM at 5:16 PM on Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Good afternoon to you all and hope you’re preparing for a great weekend. Please find enclosed our next installment of Money, Markets and Life With Grandich and George . We covered some great topics in just 20 minutes including Bernanke’s warning about the US Dollar, today’s non-farm payroll numbers and whether or not October is going to bring us another crash yet again.

My apologies for not posting a Q&A bulletin earlier this week for all of you to post your questions. Mea Culpa. Without further adieu, here is this week’s show.


For those of you whose Flash player isn’t up to snuff, here’s the MP3:

DOWNLOAD THE SHOW

For those of you who want to download the show automatically, it has now been approved by Apple and available for download via iTunes. In addition, the show has it’s own podcast section on smallcappodcast.com. The latter also contains an RSS feed for those of you that want to syndicate the show on your site.

Have a great weekend and looking forward to your comments.

Regards,
George

Markets, Money and Life With Grandich and George – October 2, 2009

Posted by AGORACOM at 3:46 PM on Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Good afternoon to you all and hope you’re preparing for a great weekend. Please find enclosed our next installment of Money, Markets and Life With Grandich and George . We covered some great topics in just 20 minutes including Bernanke’s warning about the US Dollar, today’s non-farm payroll numbers and whether or not October is going to bring us another crash yet again.

My apologies for not posting a Q&A bulletin earlier this week for all of you to post your questions. Mea Culpa. Without further adieu, here is this week’s show.


For those of you whose Flash player isn’t up to snuff, here’s the MP3:

DOWNLOAD THE SHOW

For those of you who want to download the show automatically, it has now been approved by Apple and available for download via iTunes. In addition, the show has it’s own podcast section on smallcappodcast.com. The latter also contains an RSS feed for those of you that want to syndicate the show on your site.

Have a great weekend and looking forward to your comments.

Regards,
George

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (October 2/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Friday, October 2nd, 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 October 2nd and we’ve found 3 great press release and 3 stock halts to report on at the open. Another great day for mall-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.

  • **Benton Resources – TSX-V:BTC $0.48
  • **Intertainment Media – TSX-V:INT $0.19
  • Seafield Resources – TSX-V:SFF $0.15
  • Sandwell Mining Corp – TSX-V:SDM. H Stock Halted Pending News
  • Land’s End Resources – TSX-V:LND Cease Trade Order
  • American Insulock Inc. – TSX-V:INS.U Cease Trade Order

Intertainment (INT: TSXV) Subsidiary Closes on Purchase Of Dye & Durham Print and Graphic Asset

Posted by AGORACOM at 4:51 PM on Thursday, October 1st, 2009

AGORACOM client, Intertainment Media, has been making a lot of news lately.  Financing, strategic alliances, mobile, U.S. expansion and – today- a big acquisition by its fine commercial printing subsidiary.  The highlights are below.

As a client of AGORACOM, assume I am horribly conflicted about Intertainment and take a close look at the recent news + today’s news yourself.  I love gold and resources right now – but responsible investing means diversity and you all know how much I love Web 2.0.  Intertainment by far is Canada’s leading small-cap Web 2.0 company, which is why I’m starting to get really excited about the company’s future.

In the meantime, here are the highlights from today’s news, as well as, a link to the full release and other relevant links.

  • Intertainment closed on an agreement previously announced to acquire the print and graphic assets, print and graphics clients, programs and equipment of Dye & Durham, a division of The Cartwright Group Ltd., a leader in serving the legal, professional and business markets in Canada for 135 years.
  • Today’s Acquisition further establishes Magnum (a wholly owned subsidiary of Intertainment Media) as a leader in the graphics industry, building on the trusted service that it has provided clients for almost 25 years.
  • “This acquisition marks a major milestone in the development and growth of Intertainment’s divisional business strategy, integrating traditional businesses into co-operative online and conventional revenue models,” said David Lucatch, CEO of Intertainment Media Inc. “Both increased revenue and the added expertise of Al Monteath will enable Magnum to accelerate its online and on-demand graphics services business, increasing efficiencies and customer benefits, while dovetailing directly into other Intertainment platforms, including itiBiti, providing clients with both online and direct response business solutions.”

Intertainment Media Acquisition Update: Magnum Fine Commercial Printing Closes on Dye & Durham Print and Graphic Asset Purchase

Intertainment Media Inc. IR Hub

Intertainment Media Inc. Profile

Intertainment Media Inc. Discussion Forum

Regards,
George

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (October 1/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Thursday, October 1st, 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 October 1st and we’ve found 2 great press release and stock halts to report on at the open. Another great day for mall-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.