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Preparing earnings releases for the web

By Dominic Jones on May 13, 2002

Updated: Aug. 23, 2004 EARNINGS releases are important disclosure devices that should be written and formatted to make it easy for investors and the media to obtain essential material information as rapidly as possible. How you write and format your releases should reflect the realities of online behavior. Studies have found that the vast majority [...]

Posted in Online IR | Tagged news releases, Online Investor Relations, Quarterly Reporting, web usability, Web Writing

Writing for IR websites

By Dominic Jones on April 22, 2001

LONG tracts of gray text are unattractive in any format, but they are wholly off-putting on the Web. If you write important corporate information for public consumption, you need to adjust your writing style to address the unique requirements of online “readers.” The most important thing to know about writing for the Web is that [...]

Posted in Communications, Online IR | Tagged online communications, plain language, Web Writing, Writing

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