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Real-time Twitter search experiment

8iris — Mon, 24 May 2010 05:04:19 +0000

As the use of Twitter in investor relations is picking up, we’ve implemented a small experiment to display real-time searches of IR related tweets.

Visit site: http://twitter.8iris.com

8iris Online HTML Annual Reports

8iris — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:36:49 +0000

Centraland

8iris — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:51:46 +0000

Scanwolf

8iris — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:49:22 +0000

Maybank

8iris — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:47:16 +0000

Events: IR Communication Materials Scoring Program

8iris — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:06:00 +0000

Eight Iris will be back in Kuala Lumpur with another best practice workshop entitled, “IR Communication Materials Scoring Program” this October. Held at Bursa Malaysia (The Malaysian Stock Exchange) on 27 October 2009, this workshop will help Malaysian companies effectively use IR Communication Materials to communicate their investment case. The workshop is designed to help companies maximize their IR effort via their IR communication materials.

More details on the workshop and registration

Top 30 IR Websites

8iris — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:56:25 +0000

IR Global Rankings (http://www.irglobalrankings.com) has just released their 2009 IRGR Magazine. Take a peek to see the

Top 30 Investor Relations websites
Top 30 Online Annual Reports websites
Top 30 Financial Disclosure Procedures websites
Top 30 Corporate Governance websites
Current industry trends
What’s hot and what’s not!

Download the magazine (Via IRGR’s website)

Communicating IR through social networks

8iris — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:26:04 +0000

There is much buzz in the public relations and advertising community about the rapid growth in use of social networking websites like Twitter, Facebook and Myspace. According to a recent survey by Universal McCann, reportedly the most extensive social media study ever undertaken, these media are already the number one stage for content dissemination online.

The lure of these sites is that they are popular with a wide range of users, and they are timely and cost effective. My main issue has to do with accountability and accidental disclosure.

Investor relations practitioners, bloggers and other voices are actively debating whether IR departments should take advantage of these media to communicate with their investors, and they seem to be pretty much split down the middle.

Those acting in an IR capacity are accountable for the material they release in rather a different way many other marketplace communicators. A seemingly insignificant detail on a CEO’s blog or a company’s Myspace page can have a material effect on investors, so caution is wise.

I echo my earlier advice using bulletin boards and chat rooms: Take advantage of the reach and timeliness of social networking sites, but retain the integrity of your official channels: until you’re absolutely comfortable with the workings of these sites, use them primarily to link to material on your website.

View the report

Challenge to IROs: Speak Up — Don’t Let the Boss Fall Victim to Ten Common Earnings-Call Mistakes

8iris — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:16:28 +0000

Here’s 10 great tips from Virgil Scudder, Founder, Virgil Scudder & Associates (posted on the IR Alert) on Top 10 common earnings-call mistakes.

View them here.

News: MIRA’s CIR Exam Results

8iris — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:53:28 +0000

We are pleased to announce that MIRA’s Certificate of Investor Relations exam results are out and the candidates who sat for the first revision course passed with flying colours. 88.8% of Eight Iris revision course candidates passed the CIR exam with a majority scoring above 70%.

Congratulations to exam candidates!