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The more we look at the world around us, the more tumultuous it seems. It’s imperative for investor relations and communications professionals to create engagement campaigns that are authentic, empathetic and meaningful to break through the noise.
Congratulations, you’ve scored a long-awaited meeting with institutional investors! Here are irlabs’ five top tips to help the meeting flow more smoothly.
We know it’s tough out there, and it may get worse before it gets better. We know that’s not what people want to hear. Caroline and I have more scars than we wish to admit from frustrated investors over the years. That is why irlabs is doubling down.
IR and PR teams today should be able to tell a story that evokes emotion and positively influences awareness and affinity among investors that demonstrates profitability, or the clear path to profitability. Today, companies aren’t just selling a product or service, they’re selling a brand that has a purpose and a set of values that is supported by PR. Read our thoughts here.
Global warming and climate change are issues that are here and now, and recently, the world has seen and experienced what feels like every type of extreme weather. Today, our Principal & Co-Founder Caroline Sawamoto is so proud to announce a partnership with veritree to plant 2,000 trees in Mnurwar, Indonesia. Growing up in Indonesia, she experienced the impact of deforestation firsthand. This partnership allows her to give back to a country that has given so much, and we are excited to watch our investment grow with veritree.
Working in investor relations (IR) provides well-rounded communications professionals the opportunity to flex their financial knowledge muscles in a fast-paced environment. However, as more corporations embrace the role that IR plays within the company, there are still many misconceptions about what IR professionals actually do. We identify and debunk the most common myths about working in IR.
The key to managing a social media crisis is preparation. Careful preparation means creating a plan to manage a crisis and ensuring proper training for those who manage your social media. This preparation will determine how quickly you can address a crisis and will help your team understand how to engage with the community without worsening things. In other words, be prepared before a crisis occurs. Let’s look at six factors that will help you understand and respond to your next social media crisis:
ESG is gaining in prominence and importance and its practitioners are being tasked with making changes to the way we do business that will have impact on our communities well into the future. These online LinkedIn communities provide well-needed support for ESG professionals and can help companies accelerate innovation through the free exchange of ideas.
A well-crafted story is an invaluable part of your company’s strategy. A targeted message to the right audience that is easy to comprehend, and that asks investors to imagine a better version of the world that your company helped create, is vital to your success at attracting new support from the market.
Your website is the most effective tool available to help communicate with and engage your audience. A website that artfully mixes storytelling with elegant design and a smooth user experience engages investors both rationally and emotionally.
There aren’t many careers that involve such a diverse set of skills and competencies as investor relations (IR). For investor relations officers (IROs), no one day is the same, providing endless opportunities to learn and grow.
Shareholder Identification is essential to every investor relations program. Having good visibility and understanding of your company’s ownership is not only an important responsibility of every investor relations officer (IRO), it can help avoid activist investors and tailor communications accordingly.
When you place employees first during your acquisition and give them the information and tools they need to succeed, your path to realizing projected value creation through your acquisition is better assured.
Films have the ability to bring a message to people and tell a story that they may have never heard. All the films in this list were taken from or inspired by actual events. Each of these movies share in common the fact that they are telling the journey, risk, or efforts somebody took to make the world a better place.
An IRO’s job is to build a high-quality shareholder base by exciting the market and positioning your firm as a great investment opportunity. That’s no easy task. We have curated the perfect wish list to please the IRO in your life.
A CEO’s annual letter gives investors unique insight and understanding of the company. Annual letters offer a peek behind the curtain to see how a company is performing and what drives the decision-making process the management team employs. It’s also a great opportunity to allow the CEO to demonstrate him/herself as a thoughtful, experienced leader to build trust and accountability with the investment community.
The investor presentation is an important tool to showcase your company and communicate why it is a worthy investment. Here are six tips for creating the perfect investor presentation.
Equally as important after raising capital is that a company establishes a good investor relations strategy and continues to build trusted relationships with its investors. Here are some tips to formulate an investor relations strategy for early-stage companies.
Accessibility of the management team is pivotal to any investor relations strategy. Find some of the best opportunities for IROs to present the management team to investors.
How has a theatre chain and “meme stock” engaged its shareholders to gain attention, traction and interest in their story?
Shareholder activism presents itself in several ways. How do IROs help mitigate shareholder activism?
Zoom revolutionized the “meeting”, but why have quarterly earnings conference calls failed to evolve?