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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Apr 3/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Friday, April 3rd, 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 3 and we’ve found 2 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 Agri-Business- OTC BB:CHBU $0.21
  • Sunovia Energy Technologies – OTC BB:SUNV $0.08

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

Posted by AGORACOM at 1:00 PM on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

THIS POST IS FROM APRIL 2009 AND IS EVEN MORE RELEVANT TODAY

I first published this story in August of 2007 – but it is worth repeating.

Now that AGORACOM Small Cap TV is approaching 500 episodes, one of the things I have noticed is that small-cap companies continue to release news just at or before the open. This might have been an acceptable practice back in the day when only brokers could access press releases on their screens but it made no sense once the web opened them up to the entire world.

It makes even less sense now. Why?

Folks, we are in a Web 2.0 world in which citizen journalism and analysis is becoming a bigger, more important research tool than Wall Street and finance portals. As a result, small-cap and micro-cap information is being analyzed and discussed by Twitter,  bloggers, podcasters, and vloggers everyday – all of which is being fed into every corner of the web via RSS feeds, other Twitter members, iTunes, blogs, podcasts etc. on your behalf – and for free!

THE LEAST THAT YOU COULD DO

However, if you want your great news covered by these incredible reporting sources, you have to give them a chance to see your news, digest it and report on it. Just like traditional news, Web 2.0 sources have deadlines as well.  AGORACOM TV, for example, has a cut-off of 9:00 AM so that we can tape at 9:20 and be up by 9:45. I’m certain others are not much different.

As such, if your press release is coming out at 9:30, you’ve robbed yourself of potential mass coverage by one or more sources that might have otherwise picked up your news and sent it right around the world.

Bottom line – put your news out by no later than 8:30 AM EST.  In fact, somewhere between 7:30 and 8:30 AM EST makes the most sense …. unless shunning free coverage is actually part of your business plan.

Best,
George

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

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Thursday, April 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 April 2 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.

  • China Biologic Products – OTC BB:CBPO $2.25
  • China Ritar Power – OTC BB:CRTP $1.65
  • RINO International – OTC BB:RINO $2.50
  • OmniaLuo – OTC BB:OLOU $0.26

SURVEY RESULTS: 59% Of AGORACOM Members Want ETF Forums

Posted by AGORACOM at 5:59 PM on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

In a recent survey, we asked AGORACOM members if they would like us to launch ETF Forums.  227 members responded in about 24 hours (thank-you!) and here are the highlights:

  • 59.2% would like us to launch ETF Forums
  • 16.1% don’t know what an ETF is

The three most popular ETF’s were as follows (members could choose more than one)

  • 58.7% want a Gold Long ETF Forum
  • 45.3% want an Oil Long ETF Forum
  • 40.7% want a Gold Short ETF Forum

Interestingly, the least desired ETF Forum was anything Short US Indexes.  The responses came just before the hot month of March, so was this a sign investors did not think US Indexes could go any shorter?

In any event, some great information here.  Looks like you’ll see ETF Forums on AGORACOM Shortly!

Regards,
George

Hey, Stupid. E-Mail Spam Doesn’t Work! There Is No Investor Relation Silver Bullet

Posted by AGORACOM at 5:26 PM on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

I can’t get enough news from the SEC when it pertains to busting stock spammers.  I hate to get emotional when I post but who is a bigger dumb ass?

  • Small-Cap CEO’s that pay for stock spam with under the table cash; OR
  • E-Mail stock spammers that think this still works.

I need to create a survey – but I’m going with CEO’s that continue to think investor relations is a silver bullet that can solve their problems by hitting “send”.

SURVEY

I’d like to hear from you – please take this 1 question survey.

Regards,
George

Small Cap CEO Lesson: Millionaires Are Now Trading Online

Posted by AGORACOM at 5:01 PM on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
If Thurston Had Internet, Hed Be Trading From Gilligans Island

If Thurston Had Internet, He'd Be Trading From Gilligan's Island

I know this doesn’t come as a surprise to many of you but there are still a number of CEO’s out there that continue to believe online traders are – for the lack of a better word – flakes.  They fail to realize that online investors are take charge, self-directed, open minded and very intelligent.  I know this because I’ve watched them for years on AGORACOM and blogs around the web.

For those CEO’s that don’t want to take my horribly conflicted word for it, you might want to take a look at this article in the Wall Street Journal:  Some Millionaires Trade Online.

(UPDATE:  It looks like the WSJ no longer has the story available – but here is a cached version of the article)

The article specifically talks about Canada – but I think we can all agree it applies to US online traders as well.

You can continue to ignore online investor relations – but do it at your peril.

Regards,
George

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

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, April 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 April 1 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.

  • First Majestic Silver Corp – TSX:FR $2.08
  • Klondex Mines Company – TSX:TO $0.75
  • Kun Run Technology – OTC.BB:KURU $1.30
  • National Investment Management Inc – OTC.BB:NIVM $0.25

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Mar 31/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, March 31st, 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 March 30 and we’ve found 5 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.

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Mar 30/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Monday, March 30th, 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 March 30 and we’ve found 5 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.

The AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report – March 2009

Posted by AGORACOM at 3:07 PM on Friday, March 27th, 2009

We’re pleased to provide you with the March 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 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