12. 85% of financial services professionals under 50 are utilizing social media, compared with half of their older counterparts Source: LederMark Communications
13. 86% of those under 50 and over half of 50+ professionals agree that social networking will be an important business development tool within five years. Source: LederMark Communications
17. 20% have used blog research to execute a recommendation or investment decision.
18. 63% of US pro investors say blogs and social networks will play an increasingly important role in investment decisions in the futureSource: Brunswick Group Survey Findings on New Media Usage by the Investment Community – 9/2009
28. Corporate Use of Social Media From Corporate to Personal: A Breakdown Of The Four Types of Twitter Profiles Pure Corporate Brand Corporate with Persona Employee with Corporate Association Pure Personal Account
45. Best Practices for IR 2.0 Talk about Blog about Tweet about…. Corporate Social Responsibility Over $2.7 Trillion in funds under management dedicated to social responsibility. - Socialinvest.org
49. From the SEC Commission Guidance on the Use of Company websites “In order to make information public, it must be disseminated in a manner calculated to reach the securities market place in general through recognized channels of distribution, and public investors must be afforded a reasonable waiting period to react to the information.”Thus, in evaluating whether information is public for purposes of our guidance, companies must consider whether and when: (1) a company web site is a recognized channel of distribution, …” If A Tree falls in a forest and no one is there, does it still make a sound? IR and Emerging Media http://sec.gov/rules/interp/2008/34-58288.pdf - Page 18, Paragraph 2
55. Best Practices for IR 2.0 – Establish Guidelines Think both Internal and ExternalCommunications Resource: Social Media Governance http://budurl.com/bhqq
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57. Google Alerts and other free tools (http://search.twitter.com, http://socialmention.com) are easy ways to start the process
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59. Google Alerts and other free tools (http://search.twitter.com, http://socialmention.com) are easy ways to start the process
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61. All social channels must be treated the same as traditional channels (disclosure controls)
63. Risks are from innocent updates in social networks – no different than offline disclosure rules.
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65. Social Media & Investors Relations is NOT Oil&Water Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sypix/2674552465/
Notas do Editor
Today we are looking at a greater audience for news and information than ever before. The speed, breadth, and depth of information is reaching a wider audience then ever. The increased access and searchability of that content is also reaching new heights with journalists, investors, and consumers. This is now a hold of the financial industry as well as the casual investor as new technology allows people to make more informed decisions much more quickly.
According to Nielsen analysis, Television and Radio are still reaching more adults today. However, the study also finds that reach isn’t enough. While TV and Radio still reach more people, online is where the real influencers are. This shift is happening more and more where the people who control budgets in companies and budgets in households are turning to online sources for their news and information.
Emphasis should be placed on when a company website can be recognized as a channel of distribution If needed, quote from interview done with Brian Lane, former Director of the Division of Corporate Finance at the SEC and BrocRomanek – former counselor to SEC Commissioner Laura Unger: “ Online, Press Releases are still the satisfactory way to fulfill Reg FD, precisely because they are not conversational. According to a legal requirement known as the ‘duty to update’, social media channels expose public companies to risks that press releases do not. Non-Selective Disclosure means non-selective engagement in social media communiations, which MAY be more than most CEO’s or IRO’s who are excited about social media, can easily satisfy.” Source: http://www.ontherecordpodcast.com/pr/otro/social-media-investor-relations-special-with-former-sec-attorneys.aspx
Emphasis should be placed on when a company website can be recognized as a channel of distribution If needed, quote from interview done with Brian Lane, former Director of the Division of Corporate Finance at the SEC and BrocRomanek – former counselor to SEC Commissioner Laura Unger: “ Online, Press Releases are still the satisfactory way to fulfill Reg FD, precisely because they are not conversational. According to a legal requirement known as the ‘duty to update’, social media channels expose public companies to risks that press releases do not. Non-Selective Disclosure means non-selective engagement in social media communiations, which MAY be more than most CEO’s or IRO’s who are excited about social media, can easily satisfy.” Source: http://www.ontherecordpodcast.com/pr/otro/social-media-investor-relations-special-with-former-sec-attorneys.aspx