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People often ask me what has changed the practice of investor relations most significantly during the nearly 25 years Sharon Merrill Associates (www.InvestorRelations.com) has been communicating the...
View ArticleInvestor Relations Program and SMA Blog Honored with 2010 Bell Ringer Awards
On Monday evening, the Sharon Merrill Associates team attended the 2010 Bell Ringer Awards, sponsored by The Publicity Club of New England. The Bell Ringer Awards recognize and honor excellence and...
View ArticleIs Your Investor Relations Plan Fit? Consider These 5 Steps.
By Dennis Walsh, Senior Consultant & Director of Social Media As another year comes to a close, two things are probably on every IRO’s mind: New Year’s resolutions and next year’s investor...
View ArticleWhy Every Company Needs a Social Media Policy
By Dennis Walsh, Senior Consultant & Director of Social Media On Monday, Houston-based Francesca’s Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: FRAN) announced that it had fired its chief financial officer, Gene...
View ArticleSocial Media + Investor Relations = Socialize IR
By Dennis Walsh, Senior Consultant & Direct of Social Media Let’s face it; you can’t ignore social media any longer…even as part of your investor relations strategy. You were hoping Facebook...
View ArticleSharon Merrill Associates Wins Platinum Super Bell Award
Sharon Merrill Associates on Monday captured The Publicity Club of New England’s coveted 2012 Platinum Super Bell at its annual Bell Ringer Awards, which annually recognizes the region’s most...
View ArticleThe Guidance Effect, Re-visited
By Maureen Wolff, President and Partner Three years ago, on the heels of the greatest collapse U.S. financial markets have experienced in decades, in conjunction with IntelliBusiness/eventVestor, we...
View ArticleSharon Merrill Receives Awards for Investor Relations Excellence and Industry...
The firm received a 2013 Bell Ringer Award from The Publicity Club of New England for an investor relations program it developed for a Fortune 500 client. The program included a highly successful...
View ArticleShareholder on a Shelf: An Earnings Tradition
By Dennis Walsh, Vice President The Shareholder on a Shelf is a new tradition that has become the holiday gift of choice for IROs to their executive management teams. The story of the Shareholder on a...
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