What better time to bring your website up to speed and evaluate for any changes you can work on this year.

Professional website consultants will review your web pages and offer recommendations for its design, content and functionality.

Consistent and reliable communications with investors is essential in the existing market slowdown. It’s key to send your ASX announcements fast and to give a business summary of your developments. Go for other digital channels to better engage stakeholders too.

Email is preferred over other online channels. It is fast, adaptable and lets you own your subscriber list. It is personalised and fosters relationships with investors as well.

With an SSL certificate, your website will be secure, trustworthy and rank higher in Google search.

Nowadays, CEO or C-suite video interviews have become an integral part of corporate communications. With the advent of Zoom and other technological advances, it’s common to find this medium on websites as it reinforces the company’s message, while engaging viewers, particularly investors.

As expected, clients of IRM and Proactive are poised to gain more advantage for their investor communications. The powerhouse combination has launched new products and services to help companies elevate their engagement with stakeholders.

Secondary offerings are the most popular form of capital raising on the Australian Securities Exchange, with investors pouring more than A$60 billion into the secondary market in 2021 alone. The reason for this is clear; IPOs require a full prospectus and disclosure statements to be created and reviewed by the ASX and Australian regulators (ASIC), a costly and time-consuming exercise.

Is your company listed in the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), London Stock Exchange's market for small and medium size growth companies?

Your website establishes your online presence with a trusted domain. Much like an Internet address, your domain is the location of your site. It’s your brand name online, as it pinpoints your site with a unique designation that’s globally recognised.

There's a lot happening in the business world. A lot of news coming out from different sources online. Some would venture to say information overload abounds. But other non-techy lot may not even know where to start looking for news about your company.

Amid uncertainties in the prevalent market, you’ll need to increase your communications with investors to bring them up to date with your company. Enhance your online presence through your website, emails, webinars and online events. Get to them through videos and podcasts as well as social media to keep them in the loop.

All around the world companies are going digital in their workflows, including in their investor relations (IR) efforts. Adopting digitalisation as an essential part of IR was fast tracked by the pandemic and the progressively global nature of capital, according to a recent industry report.

Embracing this new face of IR enables businesses not only to gain smarter workflows that promote efficiency. It also empowers them to thrive during tough times, particularly in the past two years wherein working remotely and on mobile have become commonplace.

June year-end companies, how are you going with your annual report design this year?

Will you have it designed in house or outsourced? Will you be taking on a design agency or an investor relations (IR) focused design team?

Communicating to the investor market calls for a dedicated expertise, particularly for collateral such as annual reports. That’s why companies engage IR design professionals with a wealth of experience to craft these compliance documents that doubly serve as marketing tools.

An annual report is a vital part of running your business. It conveys your company's beliefs and objectives. It is crucial to your organisation’s transparency and responsibility.

More than a legal requirement, an annual report is an affirmation of who you are, what you do and how you achieve. It is strategic in raising brand awareness and engaging with investors.

Biotechnology is making an impact in people’s lives through therapeutics, diagnostics, agri-biotech, among others. With the increased demand for biotech products, this sector is expected to continue its vibrant growth in the coming years. No wonder the biotech industry is rapidly progressing into a highly competitive market.

In the midst of competition, biotech companies need a solid online presence to show off their products and services. A strong website will highlight research and news about their company, particularly for startups. This will help to be visible to key audience, including investors who are making crucial decisions about their venture.

Leverage your site to present your ESG story, flex your ESG goals and make your ESG data engaging.

Investor events are important components of your company’s investor relations. Roadshows, investor conferences, annual meetings and investor days are some of the brilliant means to connect with investors.

“Not secure.”

Seen that message next to a web address? (Hopefully, not on your website.)

Google displays that label on sites that don’t use an SSL Certificate (or Secure Sockets Layer certificate). This digital certificate delivers secure, encrypted communications between your website and any browser used by your clients or investors.

Congratulations, you’ve attracted an “investor” to your online touchpoint!

Someone has found your website, social media post, ASX announcement, online report. What happens next might be the start of a wonderful relationship. Or just a brief fling!

To help understand what’s happening, we need to get inside the head of the investor visitor.