When I started Sculptor IR two years ago, I mainly focused on tailored perception studies. After about six months I recognised a growing interest in how to use social media to reach out to investors. I then started to map Scandinavian companies presence and activity in those channels from an IR and Corporate Communications perspective. [...]
Archive for the ‘Social Media and IR’ Category
March 31st, 2011
NASDAQ OMX Nordic surveillance head discusses social media
Posted in investor relations, Social Media and IR 
Tags: Annika von Haartman, compliance, corporate blogs, Disclosure rules, Facebook, investor relations, Nasdaq OMX Nordic, Social media, Twitter, Web disclosure, YouTube
Tags: Annika von Haartman, compliance, corporate blogs, Disclosure rules, Facebook, investor relations, Nasdaq OMX Nordic, Social media, Twitter, Web disclosure, YouTubeThe following post is a 1:1 duplicate that I originally wrote for IR Web Report: COMPLIANCE risk is the most common reason given by IR professionals in Scandinavia to explain why they do not use social media for investor relations, and various discussions and events that have tackled the topic haven’t helped to give them [...]
January 26th, 2011
IR Challenges in 2011: M&A Activities and Management Changes calls for effective communication channels
Posted in Communication Channels, investor day, investor relations, M&A Activities, Management changes, Social Media and IR Tags: Alfa Laval, Capital Market Days, Electrolux, Hexagon, investor relations, M&A, Management changes, Novozymes, perception study, Q4 Web Systems, Sandvik, SSAB, transparency, Tryg, Volvo, Webcast
Tags: Alfa Laval, Capital Market Days, Electrolux, Hexagon, investor relations, M&A, Management changes, Novozymes, perception study, Q4 Web Systems, Sandvik, SSAB, transparency, Tryg, Volvo, WebcastFrom a Swedish perspective, 2010 was a great year where many companies exceeded the markets expectations; the same goes for the Swedish economy, ranked as one of the strongest finances in the European Union. The results of restructuring processes finally paid off, strengthening balance sheets even if sales volumes still where halting. As a result, [...]
December 9th, 2010
New stats: Scandinavian companies using Twitter for IR
Posted in Earnings Period, investor relations, Social Media and IR Tags: CEO interviews, Chr. Hansen, corporate blogs, earnings releases, investor relations, IR Blog, IR pioneers, Metso, Nasdaq OMX Nordic, Oasmia Pharmaceutical, Oslo Børs, Social media, Terje’s Toughts, Twitter, Veidekke, Vestas Wind, Webcast
Tags: CEO interviews, Chr. Hansen, corporate blogs, earnings releases, investor relations, IR Blog, IR pioneers, Metso, Nasdaq OMX Nordic, Oasmia Pharmaceutical, Oslo Børs, Social media, Terje’s Toughts, Twitter, Veidekke, Vestas Wind, WebcastThe following post is a 1:1 duplicate that I originally wrote for IR Web Report: SCULPTOR IR has just completed a major survey of 760 Scandinavian companies to see how many are using Twitter for investor relations information and to identify country differences and best practices at specific companies. The latest survey is a substantial [...]
November 26th, 2010
Swedish IROs still skeptical about social media: risks bigger than opportunities, ROI
Posted in investor relations, Social Media and IR Tags: Adrian Westman, CIsion, Graylings, IR Execellence, Lars Torstensson, live-tweeting, Nordnet, Seeking Alpha, Setterwalls, SIRA, StockTwits, Tele2
Tags: Adrian Westman, CIsion, Graylings, IR Execellence, Lars Torstensson, live-tweeting, Nordnet, Seeking Alpha, Setterwalls, SIRA, StockTwits, Tele2The following post is a 1:1 duplicate that I originally wrote for IR Web Report: Earlier this week I attended a lunch seminar ”IR Excellence: Risks and opportunities in a digital world”, hosted by the Swedish IR association (SIRA), in cooperation with Cision, Grayling and Setterwalls. IROs from the internet bank Nordnet and the mobile [...]
October 15th, 2010
How social media help increase coverage from your Q3 presentation
Posted in Earnings Period, investor relations, Social Media and IR Tags: CEO Interview, CIsion, Earnings Period, Ericsson, Investor, IR Website, Metso Group, Nordnet, OMX Nordic 40, Q3, Raisio, Seco Tools, Social Journalism Study, Social media, Webcast
Tags: CEO Interview, CIsion, Earnings Period, Ericsson, Investor, IR Website, Metso Group, Nordnet, OMX Nordic 40, Q3, Raisio, Seco Tools, Social Journalism Study, Social media, WebcastAs usual with the Nordic earnings period, Investor was first in line to give their Q3 presentation earlier this week. Next week approximately 130 Nordic companies will be fighting to get the market’s and business media’s attention about their results (at least if it is positive). This can be a mission impossible, especially if your [...]
August 19th, 2010
IR and Social Media in the Nordics – Part 4: Corporate/IR blogs, a disclosure risk or context provider and time saver?
Posted in investor relations, Okategoriserade, Social Media and IR Tags: corporate blogs, Social media, Terjes Tanker, Veidekke
Tags: corporate blogs, Social media, Terjes Tanker, VeidekkeAs reported earlier in Advice from Swedish IR pioneers in Social Media: ”Keep it simple” Sculptor IR’s and Box IR’s mapping of 374 Nordic mid and large cap companies use of social media for IR revealed that Twitter and Facebook were the most popular social media channels. That only 6 % of the companies have [...]
June 18th, 2010
Summarising highlights from NIRC 2010
Posted in investor relations, Social Media and IR Tags: AP4, Bank of America, Brummer & Partners, Cevian Capital, Cisco, Dave Hogan, Dell Shares, First Financial Bankshares, Garmin Stock, investor relations, IR Director, Merrill Lynch, Microvision, NIRC 2010, Norwegian Sparebank 1 Gruppen, Regi, SEB Enskilda, SIRA, Social media
Tags: AP4, Bank of America, Brummer & Partners, Cevian Capital, Cisco, Dave Hogan, Dell Shares, First Financial Bankshares, Garmin Stock, investor relations, IR Director, Merrill Lynch, Microvision, NIRC 2010, Norwegian Sparebank 1 Gruppen, Regi, SEB Enskilda, SIRA, Social mediaThursday June 18, I attended the 12th Nordic IR Conference, NIRC 2010, held in Stockholm and hosted by SIRA. IR professionals from seven countries participated and listened to presentations on the theme “Investor Relations – taking a strategic role”. Arne Karlsson, CEO at Ratos was the first keynote speaker. Ratos is a dream case in [...]
June 9th, 2010
Advice from Swedish IR pioneers in Social Media: ”Keep it simple”
Posted in investor relations, Social Media and IR Tags: corporate communication, Facebook, investor relations, SEO, Social media, Twitter, YouTube
Tags: corporate communication, Facebook, investor relations, SEO, Social media, Twitter, YouTubeTuesday June 8, I hosted a breakfast seminar in Stockholm on the theme “IR and Social media”. The seminar was organised in cooperation with Mikael Zillén from Box IR. View presentation (in Swedish) Sociala medier ur ett IR perspektiv sculptor-ir_boxir_100608 View more presentations from AnnicaStrahner. 30 Swedish IR professionals attended the seminar and several of [...]
June 1st, 2010
Finnish IROs see potential as well as danger with social media platforms
Posted in investor relations, Social Media and IR Tags: Aktiespararna, Andrew Thomas, Annual Reports on Annual Reports, Box IR, Communicate Magazine, FIRS, Fortum, Metso, Neste Oil, Nordnet, social media platforms, SSAB, Stora Enso, Wärtsilä
Tags: Aktiespararna, Andrew Thomas, Annual Reports on Annual Reports, Box IR, Communicate Magazine, FIRS, Fortum, Metso, Neste Oil, Nordnet, social media platforms, SSAB, Stora Enso, WärtsiläYesterday I attended the Finnish IR associations Annual Meeting (FIRS) and presented Sculptor IR’s and Box IR’s mapping of ”IR and Social Media in the Nordics”. IR and Social Media in the Nordics_sculptor_ir View more presentations from AnnicaStrahner In June last year, at the Nordic IR conference (NIRC 2009) in Helsinki, Andrew Thomas from Communicate [...]