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

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:11 PM on Sunday, October 19th, 2008

As a small-cap CEO, one of your most important goals is attracting new investors to your company.  As the founder of the biggest online small-cap IR firm, I’ve tried to go beyond “selling” you by teaching you valuable small-cap CEO lessons.

Today’s lesson 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 web to attract millions of individual investors.

Your personal politics aside, Barack Obama has run a simply masterful online campaign for the hearts, minds, votes and wallets of American voters, with the latter point being most relevant to you.  Specifically, the New York Times reported the Obama Campaign raised $150,000,000 in September, shattering all records in the process, including the following unbelievable data:

  • 632,000 new donors. The number of new donors added in September;
  • 3.1 million. The number of total donors;
  • $86.  The average contribution per donor.

Yes, not every one of these donors came through the web but at an average of $86 per donor, you can bet an overwhelming majority of them came via the web.

How did he do it?  We’ll save the full details for another day.  For now, the following picture is worth a thousand words.

If a newbie Senator from Illinois can use these tactics to rise from long-shot candidate to becoming the first Black President of the United States of America, what is stopping you from using them to build an incredible, winning small-cap company?

Regards,
George

Posted in All Recent Posts, Online Investor Relations, Small-Cap CEO Lessons | 3 Comments »

Gold Prices – New York, 24-Hour, 30 Day, 1 Year

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:02 PM on Sunday, October 19th, 2008

CHARTS UPDATE: EVERY MINUTE

Welcome to the AGORACOM Gold Prices Page. We created this page to give members a convenient way of viewing price action without having to leave the site.   As you can see, we’ve amalgamated charts from Kitco.com, as permitted.

We’re also happy to provide:

ONCE YOU ARE DONE REVIEWING PRICES …..

You may want to discover these great junior resource companies with great Gold Projects. Yes, they are clients or we have invested in them, so assume we are horribly conflicted.  Now go take a look at their projects and partnerships … you won’t regret it.

ONCE YOU ARE DONE REVIEWING GOLD PRICES …..

You will want to make your way over to my Gold $2,000 blog posts to find out about great gold companies and other commentary.

In addition, you will also want to have a look at our previous AGORACOM Online Gold & Commodities Conference this December 3rd and 4th. Keynote speakers included Peter Grandich, Paul Kedrosky, Barry Ritholtz, Eric Coffin and Gregor Macdonald!

[Most Recent Quotes from www.kitco.com]

[Most Recent Quotes from www.kitco.com]

[Most Recent XAU from www.kitco.com]

Posted in Commodities & Indexes, Gold $2,000, Small-Cap Helpful Links | 16 Comments »

Silver Prices – New York & 24-Hour

Posted by AGORACOM at 12:10 PM on Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Welcome to the AGORACOM Silver Prices Page. We created this page to give members a convenient way of viewing price action without having to leave the site.   As you can see, we’ve amalgamated charts from Kitco, as permitted by their site.

We’re also happy to provide:

ONCE YOU ARE DONE REVIEWING PRICES …..

You may want to discover these great junior resource companies with great Silver Projects. Yes, they are clients, or we have invested in them, so assume we are horribly conflicted.  Now go take a look at their projects and partnerships … you won’t regret it.


[Most Recent Quotes from www.kitco.com]

[Most Recent Charts from www.kitco.com]

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Oct 17/08)

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:03 AM on Friday, October 17th, 2008

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s October 17 and we’ve found 2 great press releases and stock halts from both sides of the border to report on at the open. Another great day for small-cap and micro-cap financial news.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

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

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VIX Was Higher Than Oil For Most Of The Day

Posted by AGORACOM at 5:03 PM on Thursday, October 16th, 2008

I couldn’t line up these charts but you will note that from 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM, the VIX traded higher than oil.  Who would have ever predicted this, especially over the last 12 months?  The VIX has generally traded between 15 – 45 over the last 12 months, while oil has has generally traded $75 – $140 over the last 12 months.

Oil trading around $75 wasn’t that far of a stretch as the likes of Boon Pickens predicted that price a while ago.

However, what really blows the mind is that:

A]  The VIX shot over 50, 60, 70, 80!

AND

B]  The VIX did this while oil was falling from 120, 100, 90, 80, 70!

One would have thought (pre-crisis) that falling oil prices would have been bullish for the markets, thereby driving the VIX lower.

We are truly investing in uncharted territory.

Regards,
George

Posted in All Recent Posts, US Economy | 1 Comment »

Critical Market Data Links Added To Make You A Better Investor

Posted by AGORACOM at 2:46 PM on Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Markets have been so crazy lately that I found myself constantly hopping between critical market data points (several times per day) to try and make sense of things.

It then dawned on me that many of you are probably going through the same experience, while others probably don’t know where to start looking.

As such, I’ve now added the following critical market data links to this blog.  You can find them in the right hand margin.

Take a minute to go through them and let me know if there are any others I may have missed.  Remember, we’re talking about market data and not niche data for every industry on the planet.

Regards,
George

Posted in All Recent Posts, Small-Cap Helpful Links | 2 Comments »

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Oct 16/08)

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:01 AM on Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s October 16 and we’ve found 4 great press releases and stock halts from both sides of the border to report on at the open. Another great day for small-cap and micro-cap financial news.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

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

  • Southern Arc – TSX-V:SA $0.125
  • Santa Fe Metals – TSX-V:SFM $0.12
  • Brigadier Gold – TSX-V:BRG $0.05
  • Underworld Resources – TSX-V:UW $0.55

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Barry Ritholtz Goes Long And Calls Bottom Phase Of The Markets

Posted by AGORACOM at 5:45 PM on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Good evening to you all. As many of you know, we highly respect Barry Ritholtz for his firm’s ability to call this market correctly for well over a year now. It doesn’t mean he is infallible but it does mean we listen when he has something to say .. and think you should too.

This is especially true in this completely whacked out, neck-snapping, whipsawing market in which even the most seasoned Wall Street managers are at a loss for advice.

If you feel just as dazed and confused (though you shouldn’t if you’ve been reading this blog for the past year), please invest 4 minutes of your life and watch the following:

Regards,
George

Posted in All Recent Posts, US Economy | 2 Comments »

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

Posted by AGORACOM at 1:38 PM on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

If you are a small-cap CEO, then you are going to be very interested in a profound statistic that came out of CNBC just a few minutes ago. Specifically, CNBC ran a poll and determined the profile of the most bullish investor today is a 28-year old male. The most bearish are 57-year old females.

POLL SERVES AS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF POWER OF ONLINE INVESTOR RELATIONS

CNBC’s conclusion that 28-year old males are most bullish on the stock market today supports our position that online investor relations provides small-cap companies with the greatest ROI.

Why? Though internet use is broad amongst both genders and all age groups, there are still meaningful differences in the actual figures by age groups.

INTERNET USAGE GREATEST AMONGST YOUNGER INVESTORS, DISSIPATES WITH AGE

Take a look at the following internet usage statistics by age: According to the study (conducted in Canada but reflects US habist as well) internet use by age group breaks down as follows:

18- to 29-year-olds >>> 90%
30- to 44-year-olds >>> 88%
45- to 59-year-olds >>> 78%
60-year-olds and + >>> 50%

If the age profile of the most bullish investor in this environment is 28, then it follows that the sweet spot is targeting investors between 25 – 32 years old. With 90% of them on the internet, an online investor relations program is the fastest way to attract new investors to your company.

ONLINE INVESTOR RELATIONS PROVIDES COMPANIES WITH BEST ROI

Further to my post about Best Investor Relations Practices During Market Turmoil It should come as no surprise that your best Return On Investor Relations Investment because only the web can provide you with two critical functions:

1] The ability to precision target investors. If you are a widget company, you want to target investors interested in widgets and your competitors. You don’t want to waste IR dollars conducting general marketing. The web can do this. Traditional IR can’t do this.

2] The ability to measure the success of a campaign. From search engines to behavioral ads to creating an online community, you know exactly how successful each component of your online campaign is performing. If people are responding to your campaign and the result is a growing community of investors reading more and more information, the inevitable result is going to be a larger shareholder base and higher share price.

Regards,
George

Posted in AGORACOM News And Events, All Recent Posts, Online Investor Relations, Small-Cap CEO Lessons | 3 Comments »

AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Oct 15/08)

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:56 AM on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s October 15 and we’ve found 5 great press releases and stock halts from both sides of the border to report on at the open. Another great day for small-cap and micro-cap financial news.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

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

  • China Aoxing Pharaceutical – OTC BB:CAXG $0.75
  • Chalk Media Corp – TSX-V:CKM $0.05
  • **Academy Ventures – TSX-V:ACV $1.85
  • Sherwood Copper – TSX-V:SWC $1.95
  • Romarco Minerals – TSX-V:R $0.15

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