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AGORACOM Launches Online Conferences For Small-Cap And Mid-Cap Industry

Posted by AGORACOM at 2:19 PM on Friday, November 6th, 2009

Good afternoon to you all.   I am proud to announce that AGORACOM is once again pioneering the online small and mid-cap space by launching online investor conferences.  Moreover, we’re launching the initiative with the AGORACOM Online Gold and Commodities Conference on December 3rd and 4th. 

WHY ONLINE CONFERENCES?

The Logical Unstoppable Trend

The fact that the web delivers information faster, better, more conveniently and more cost-efficiently than traditional vehicles is clear to all of us.  For example, traditional powerhouse media companies (cable and print) that used to generate ridiculous revenues and profits have watched their businesses nearly evaporate over the last 24 months as consumers turn to the web for news, information and entertainment.  AGORACOM itself has caused a massive paradigm shift in Investor Relations by creating a 100% pure online investor relations firm.  Looking forward, you can bet the farm this shift to the web will continue unabated for any medium that is built on delivering information.

As such, it makes perfect sense to create online conferences that eliminate all hurdles to participation.  Now, both retail and institutional investors from anywhere in the world can fully participate by watching presentations and interacting with CEO’s / IRO’s.  Geography, time, travel and money are no longer an issue.  Public companies, on the other hand, can now present their stories to a global audience vs. a local audience – while saving tens of thousands of dollars in hard costs, time and energy.

Best of all, company presentations now have a shelf life that can be measured in months, not days by being hosted on the web.  Search engines will also make sure those presentations continue to reach targeted audiences long after the online conference is complete.

The Irrefutable Data – Retail Investors

Is all this just self-serving lip service?  First, consider the fact that AGORACOM attracted 1.31 million visitors, 7.9 million visits and generated 96 million page views last year.  Small and mid-cap investors are clearly getting their information online.

Second, an AGORACOM survey of investors revealed the following:

  • 59.4% of investors do not find conferences to be valuable and get all of their information from the web.
    • 62% of this group stated they get all of their information from the web, as their primary reason
    • 24% of this group stated they would not take time away from work or family as their primary reason
  • 52% of investors believe there will be fewer (but better) conferences.

In another AGORACOM survey in which over 1,000 investors participated, we found that 78.3% of research into new small-cap investments comes from the web.

The Irrefutable Data – Institutional Investors

An IR Magazine Think Tank of Canada’s 40 leading IRO’s recently met and concluded that Twitter and Blogs are now the primary information source for analysts and institutional investors.

Conclusion

The time has come for an online conference provider to service the needs of the small-cap and mid-cap industry.  AGORACOM is proud to pioneer it and we look forward to having all of you participate.

Regards,
George

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Cambridge Conference Is Must Attend For Resource Investors In Toronto and Surrounding Area

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:35 AM on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

ATTENTION: ALL TORONTO AND SURROUNDING AREA RESOURCE INVESTORS

The Cambridge Conference is taking place this weekend and it will be as good as any given the state of commodity markets.  The line-up of speakers is the best you’ll find at any conference in Canada and you’ll get a chance to meet with a number of great companies face-to-face.

Cambridge House will now be charging $20 entry fee at the door (not a gimmick, this is real) - BUT click on this link or the banner below and use our code (AGT9) to get in for free.

Second, AGORACOM will be meeting with members at our booth (#1006) on both Saturday (1:00) and Sunday (12:00).  We will be drawing for cool prizes on the spot! Be sure to print off your profile page and bring it with you so you can enter the draw!

See you there!

Regards,
George

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

Posted by AGORACOM at 2:49 PM on Thursday, September 10th, 2009

I’m very happy to announce that AGORACOM has once again pioneered online investor relations for small and mid-cap companies via the distribution of client videos and webcasts throughout the world’s most popular video sites.

We view online videos as a critical component of online investor relations for its ability to convey important messages and images that simply are not possible via text.  This is especially true for small and mid-cap companies that do not enjoy mass brand or product awareness amongst investors.  Further evidence in support of an aggressive online video strategy comes from two recent articles posted to our blog here and here.

As such, as of today, we’re taking a significant step forward by providing our clients with the following:

  1. Every client Investor Relations HUB will now include a “YouTube” tab that provides shareholders with immediate access to all multi-media files, including pure video and webcasts.  AGORACOM - YouTube Tab
  2. All recent and future multi-media files will simultaneously be uploaded to some of the web’s biggest video sites including: YouTube, Yahoo Video, Metacafe, DailyMotion and Blip TV.  As a result, our client content will also be available via online video aggregators such as Google Video
  3. Every video will contain specific tags and descriptions to make them as search engine friendly as possible.  This will provide AGORACOM clients with the opportunity to be discovered by online investors that are neither familiar with the client, nor AGORACOM – but are searching for companies in a specific space.

We look forward to creating a massive library of globally distributed, content rich, targeted videos that will serve to continuously attract new investors to clients of AGORACOM, while providing current investors with greater access to powerful collateral information.

Regards,
George

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New Dawn’s Turk Mine in Zimbabwe Increases July 2009 Gold Output to 1,016 Ounces

Posted by AGORACOM at 12:00 PM on Friday, August 14th, 2009

New Dawn Mining Corp. 3rd Quarter Results Provide Positive Cash Flow

Highlights: August 12th

New Dawn Mining Corp. (TSX: ND) reported that gold production at New Dawn’s Turk Mine in Zimbabwe during the month of July 2009 increased to 1,016 ounces or 31.6 kg’s compared to 937 ounces or 29.15 kg’s produced in June 2009, an increase of 8.4% month-over-month.
Gold sales for the month of July totalled US$1,037,000 compared to
US$780,000 in June 2009, an increase of 32.9% month-over-month. 100% of New Dawn’s gold sales from the Turk Mine were received and
collected in US dollars.
“Production at the Turk Mine has increased steadily for the past four
months and we are well on our way to realizing our first production target of 1,200 ounces of gold per month by October-November 2009,” commented Ian Saunders, President and CEO. “We are also evaluating opportunities to realize cost efficiencies to reduce overall cash costs where ever possible. New Dawnis well positioned to take advantage of opportunities in Zimbabwe, with ahighly competitive capital and operating cost structure and a team ofprofessionals focused on building shareholder value through internal and external growth.”

  • Gold production for July 2009 was 1,016 ounces or 31.6 kg’s vs. 937 ounces or 29.15 kg’s produced in June 2009

  • Gold sales of US$1,037,000 in July 2009 vs. $780,000 in June 2009

  • 100% of gold sales received and collected in US Dollars

Highlights: August 14th

3rd Quarter Results Provide Positive Cash Flow

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • US$0.016 per basic share or US$464,003 of operating income before
    other income/expense and future taxes
  • US$0.025 per basic share or US$719,644 of income before non-cashexpenses and future taxes (non-GAAP)
  • US$2,865,285 of revenues from the sale of 3,122 ounces of gold at an average sale price of $917 per of2,931 ounces of gold produced during the quarter ended June 30, 2009
  • Cash costs of US$503 per ounce during the quarter ended June 30, 2009 (cash costs are a non-GAAP measure)
  • 100% of gold sales received and collected in US dollars
  • Company re-affirms its first production rate target of 3,600 ounces
    of gold per quarter by Fiscal Q1 2009/2010
  • Future production profile of 35,000 to 50,000 ounces of gold per annum at Turk Mine

“As part of our strategic plan over the past couple of years, we elected
to grow our asset base by over-developing the Turk and Angelus Mine complex
relative to our production profile. We installed an upgraded production
infrastructure that is now ready to be put into operation, which will allow us
to mine over 11 years of in place reserves and to progressively increase our
production levels,” commented Ian Saunders, President and CEO. “The Turk Mine is far up the value curve, relative to its current production profile, and we
are geared for sustainable growth. With production at the Turk Mine having
resumed, we are just beginning to see the positive results from these efforts.

New Dawn Mining Profile

New Dawn Mining IR Hub

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AGORACOM Site Upgrades – June 23rd 2009

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:00 AM on Monday, June 29th, 2009

Good morning to you all.  As you know, we made some significant changes to the site a few days ago.  These changes were implemented for three reasons:

  1. To give you faster access to the great content found on our blog, daily TV show and other content. Many of you limited your experience to specific company HUBS, so it was incumbent on us to give you one click access from those HUBS
  2. To help you make your user experience even better by providing you with a list of usability tips.
  3. To provide you with additional ways of consuming our content.  For example, following us on Twitter, watching our videos on YouTube, etc.

To this end, please find enclosed answers to the all important question …

What Changes Were Made To The Site?

  • All updates being pulled into Recent Updates Section on Hub’s Home Page

The Recent Updates Box is the box that allows members to quickly view important changes to the HUB.  In the past, we only listed big items such as press releases.  However, given the fact so many members contribute so much more great content (photos, link library, changes to management, etc.) we’ve now upgraded the box to incorporate ANY update made to a HUB.

What you don’t know is this is going to be a very important part of our mobile and Web 2.0 strategy over the next 2-3 months.  Specifically, the more active a group of investors within a HUB, the more information about their company that will be going out to the iPhone, Twitter and other channels that we are building.  More details will be released throughout the summer.

Conclusion – you now have even more ways to get the word out about your HUBS (client and free) and greater incentive to get active on AGORACOM.

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  • New Algorithm for Vice President, President and Hub Leaders

With our New Upgrade. it is now a requirement that a member holds a minimum rating of 3.0 to attain the rank of Vice President, a minimum rating of 3.3 in order to attain the rank of President, and rating of at least 3.7 to attain the status of Hub Leader within AGORACOM.

We had to implement these changes to make sure the highest ranking members achieved their status from more than just activity points. The rating of fellow members is the ultimate differentiator.

The rank changes are mathematical and objective, and have been applied to AGORACOM retroactively, meaning some of you may have lost a rank. We look forward to hearing from you if you have any questions about your rank.

To this end, you can read the specifics about our rating and ranking system by visiting http://agoracom.com/help-center/ratings-and-ranks.

The Our sites page allows frequent visitors to our site as well as new ones to discover new ways to interact with the AGORACOM Community through other popular Web 2.0 media. Want to keep up with us on Facebook? Download our daily show into your iPod? Watch our videos on YouTube?

Visit the Our Sites page and connect with us through your secondary Social Media of choice.

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Additionally please find links to our other Investor Portals; EuroIR for our many visitors from Europe, and China Securities for those who are looking to invest in fast growing Chinese companies listed on North American exchanges.

For your convenience, we have added a page with brief video tutorials about how our site works. We hope this helps new members of AGORACOM familiarize themselves with our sites many functions and features.

Moreover, this should help current AGORACOM members  who may have gotten used to using just a few features of the site and will be happy to discover additional great tools to make their user experience even better.

  • Content at the bottom of messages for non-members (not logged in)

For those who visit AGORACOM to simply read material but don’t log in to post information, we have added the following content and hyperlinks at the bottom of each message. Now, you have a plethora of options to consumer our content through various web sites and social media tools.

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  • AGORACOM Quick Tips box located at the top right hand navigation in all hubs

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The Quick Tips box offers members and visitors great insight about our sites features, content within our network,  or even some important albeit quick facts about the AGORACOM 100.  Quick tips rotate with every new page or refresh.

  • AGORACOM Daily TV Show box located at the top right hand navigation in all hubs

AGORACOM Small-Cap TV is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we broadcast daily at or before the open of trading. AGORACOM Small-Cap TV strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap news of the day in 3-5 minutes. Many of you weren’t aware of this again due to the fact that many members confined their activities to particular HUBS.  Now, you have one-click access to it.

You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page . Or you can watch our show right as it airs at 9:30 by clicking the button in the image below.

watch-our-show

  • Reformatted Daily TV Show box on front page featuring the networks our show streams from

In addition to watching our show on our homepage, you can now enjoy our daily broadcasts on your favorite video site; or if you are a blogger, embed our shows into your content using any of the networks below our TV player.

tv-show

Once you use the site for a couple of hours, you’ll see the changes are actually quite small but important from a user experience point of view.

Message read and the Next Message Button

We understand that messages you browse through using the “Next” and/or “Previous” buttons in list view aren’t properly designated. While it is a minor inconvenience at the present time our site developers are still working on a solution. Please continue reporting any issues however minor they could be. If it’s a bug we would very much like to tackle it.

We would like to thank our members who have contacted us over the past few days addressing this issue. Your input has been very important to us.

Thanks again to everyone for their recommendations over the past 3 months and for your help over the past couple of days!

Regards,
George, Paul and The AGORACOM Team

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Reverse Merger 2009 Presentation – Now Live!

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:44 AM on Friday, June 26th, 2009

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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 presented the Web / Online Investor Relations Speaker Workshop called, ““Using Web 2.0 To Conduct Investor Relations and Gather Intelligence through Blogs, Twitter, iGoogle and RSS Feeds…But What Are They?”

The workshop was the initial step in teaching bankers, fund managers and public companies about the advantages of  incorporating social media into their intelligence gathering to cut through clutter, get the information they need and connect with the smartest people on the planet.

Despite the fact it was the last presentation before lunch, the room was pretty full and – more importantly – alive with audience participation.  In order to avoid the “he’s the internet guy and I could never do what he does” syndrome,  I brought industry stalwart and early Web 2.0 adopter David Feldman of the Reverse Merger & SPAC Blog.  David discussed his overwhelmingly positive blogging experience, which opened up the floor to some great questions from the audience.

I am happy to announce the presentation (audio and power point slides) has now been webcast for everyone to listen to and benefit from.  If you couldn’t make it to Las Vegas, or were at the Conference but need a refresher, here it is.  For your convenience, I have broken it down into 2 parts:

  • My presentation
  • The Q&A with David Feldman

You can watch the presentations below and then ask any questions by posting them to the comments section.  I hope you find the presentation and Q&A as valuable as the audience members at the Reverse Mergers Conference.

As promised, I will follow this up with 5-minute presentations on how to use Twitter, iGoogle and Blogging.  Look for them to begin in a few days.

PART 1 – MY PRESENTATION

PART 2 – THE Q&A WITH DAVID FELDMAN

PREVIOUS KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

If you enjoyed these presentations and want to watch other keynote presentations I have made at DealFlow Media Conferences in the past 3 years, please have a look at the following:

PIPEs Conference 2008 – Best IR Practices During Market Turmoil

PIPEs Conference 2007 – How To Use The Web To Find New Investors And Turn Them Into An IR Machine

PIPEs Conference 2006 – E-Mail Is Dead. How To Conduct Great IR In A Web 2.0 World

Regards,
George

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

Posted by AGORACOM at 3:55 PM on Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Last month we announced GlobeInvestor.com was undergoing a major site redesign.  Well, we’re happy to announce that more of our content found its way onto the pages of the new GlobeInvestor beta site!  This time, on a new section called  “Commodities”.

You can see our horizontal content brick as you scroll down the page.

I’ve also included an image of it below:

GlobeInvestor Commodities

GlobeInvestor Commodities

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Stay tuned!  Our content partnership with GlobeInvestor will be expanding even further and you can expect to see a few more changes in the next 30 days.  In fact, that’s where I am today!

We’ll update you as they go live.

SIGNIFICANCE TO THE SMALL-CAP INDUSTRY

As mentioned previously, this development is significant to both our clients and the small-cap industry in general.

Why?

GlobeInvestor.com and ReportOnBusiness.com are the online business and investing arm of the Globe & Mail, Canada’s national newspaper.  This is the Wall Street Journal of Canada.

It is where all investors, both retail and institutional, go to find investment ideas. How many investors? 3rd party traffic services say the number is approximately 950,000 unique visitors per month, though we’ve heard the number is bigger.

Add this all up and you have the small-cap industry coming out of the shadows and into the mainstream. The web now provides quality small-caps and mid-caps with a chance to finally be judged on meritocracy, while pushing scam stocks further into oblivion. This represents a major shift in market efficiency, which was once significantly out of balance by choosing to simply ignore all emerging companies.

Good news for investors. Good news for quality companies. Good news for content providers such as GlobeInvestor.com. Win-Win-Win.

Regards,
George


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Summary Of Reverse Merger Conference

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:09 PM on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

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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 see here.

Perhaps the most important tweet was my very first one where I stated as follows:

reverse-merger-09-tweet

It signaled to me that Web 2.0 had finally begun its penetration into the world of Reverse Mergers and small-cap investment banking.  It was also quite timely given the fact I was presenting the Web / Online Investor Relations Speaker Workshop called, ““SEC Greenlights Blogs, Twitter and RSS Feeds For Investor Relations…But What Are They?”

The workshop was the initial step in teaching bankers, fund managers and public companies about the advantages of  incorporating social media into their intelligence gathering to cut through clutter, get the information they need and connect with the smartest people on the planet.

Despite the fact it was the last presentation before lunch, the room was pretty full and – more importantly – alive with audience participation.  In order to avoid the “he’s the internet guy and I could never do what he does” syndrome,  I brought industry stalwart and early Web 2.0 adopter David Feldman of the Reverse Merger & SPAC Blog.  David discussed his overwhelmingly positive blogging experience, which opened up the floor to some great questions from the audience.

It was so well received that I am going to publish a webcast of the keynote and re-broadcast it here as soon as the good people from DealFlow Media send over the audio files.  In addition, I am also going to produce a series of short videos on iGoogle, Twitter, Blogs and RSS Feeds.

THE CONFERENCE

Overall it was an excellent conference despite the fact attendance was down due to market conditions.  Personally I didn’t mind it because it served to eliminate the weak players in the space and gave everyone in attendance more time to network with the best of the best.  Naturally, I’d prefer a bigger, more robust audience as a result of a healthy marketplace but the occasional quality over quantity dynamic does not hurt.

Look for those videos to begin in the next 10 days or so.  In the meantime, for those of you that have not seen my previous keynotes at DealFlow Media events over the past 3 years, you can watch my previous presentations using the following links:

PIPEs Conference 2006 – E-Mail Is Dead. How To Conduct Great IR In A Web 2.0 World

PIPEs Conference 2007 – How To Use The Web To Find New Investors And Turn Them Into An IR Machine

PIPEs Conference 2008 – Best IR Practices During Market Turmoil

Regards,
George

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Brief Summary From 2009 Cambridge Conference In Vancouver

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:37 AM on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

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I’ve got a full day of meetings today after 2 days of exhibiting/sponsoring the 2009 World Resource Investment Conference on at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver.  However, I’d like to give you a very brief summary of events:

1.  ATTENDANCE

The Conference was very well attended by investors that were still looking for their next great investment.  The AGORACOM booth was busy throughout the entire 2 days, as were the booths of quality exhibiting companies.

2.  EXHIBITING COMPANIES

Unlike attendees, the number of exhibiting companies was WAY down.  Something to the tune of 400 last year to 125 this year.  Personally, I don’t mind this because I’ve been preaching for a year that we had too much garbage in the space.  Now, we have quality of over quantity, which is the very reason behind The AGORACOM 100.

3.  SPEAKER WORKSHOP

My Speaker Workshop on Sunday along with Peter Grandich called, “Learn To Use Blogs, Twitter and RSS Feeds To Make You A Power Investor” was packed.  Standing room only.  What was it about?  For years, CEOs and IROs have ignored them as irrelevant and having quirky names, but with tens of millions of investors using them, public companies incorporating them and even the SEC green lighting them for investor relations, you now need to understand how social media tools can supercharge your market knowledge. The workshop was the initial step in teaching investors how how to use social media to cut through clutter, get the information you need directly to you and connect with the smartest people on the planet.

It was so well received that I am going to create a webcast out of the event and re-broadcast it here, along with a series of short videos on iGoogle, Twitter, Blogs and RSS Feeds.

That’s it for now.  Catch you later.

Regards,
George

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AGORACOM Sponsors 2009 Reverse Merger Conference

Posted by AGORACOM at 3:05 PM on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

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AGORACOM is proud to announce we will once again be sponsoring the Reverse Merger Conference being held this year at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, June 11 & 12.

 This conference is for serious professionals in the business of alternative IPO transactions. The two-day event covers all of the technical issues relating to reverse mergers, self-underwriting, and other alternative routes to the public market.

I will once again be providing the Investor Relations keynote speech.  This year, my speech will be called, “SEC Greenlights Blogs, Twitter and RSS Feeds For Investor Relations…But What Are They?” 

This speech is a ‘must attend’ if you are:
 
1. Public Companies and IRO’s:  You’ve ignored them as irrelevant and for having quirky names – but with tens of millions of investors using them and the SEC green lighting them for investor relations, you now need to understand how social media tools such as Twitter, Blogs and RSS Feeds can supercharge your investor relations.
 
2. Fund Managers and Investors:  Learn how to use social media to cut through clutter, connect with the smartest people around the world and create an international business network never before possible.

You can also watch my previous presentations using the following links:

PIPEs Conference 2006 – E-Mail Is Dead. How To Conduct Great IR In A Web 2.0 World

PIPEs Conference 2007 – How To Use The Web To Find New Investors And Turn Them Into An IR Machine

PIPEs Conference 2008 – Best IR Practices During Market Turmoil

Once again, we are very proud to be a part of these great Deal Flow Media Events and encourage you to participate if you fall into one of the following categories:

·       Structured Finance and PIPE Investors

·       Investment Bankers

·       Investor Relations Professionals

·       Private Company Management Teams

·       Accountants

·       Attorneys

·       Equity Analysts

·       Venture Capitalists

See you in Las Vegas!

Regards,

George

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