Why companies need to leverage on social media in their investor relations strategy. More info at <a href=http://www.trinetizen.com>trinetizen.com</a>

1. The Asia Business Forum, March 24-25, 2008, JW Marriott, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Crisis communications in the YouTube Age Presented by Julian Matthews, Director, Trinetizen Media Why you need to leverage on social media in your investor relations strategy

6. Good news, get it out fast Bad news, get it out faster

8. ThinkPad explodes in LAX airport “ So we're waiting for a flight in the United lounge at LAX, this guy comes running the wrong way, pushing other passengers out of the way and quickly drops his laptop on the floor. The thing immediately flares up like a giant firework for about 15 seconds, then catches fire…,” posting on Gizmodo.com, Sept 16, 2006

9. Crisis escalates, spreads virally

13. Sony execs’ bow not deep enough? “ We want to put this behind us. I take this problem seriously and I want to finish the replacement program as quickly as possible for the sake of our users and corporate customers,” Corporate Executive Officer Yutaka Nakagawa, Oct 24, 2006 Oct 26, 2006: Battery snafu leads to massive loss Sony posted a 94 percent loss for its July to September quarter. Net profit dove to ¥1.7 billion (US$14 million) from ¥28.5 billion (US$240 million) a year ago.

14. The Internet train has left the station

16. The Internet circa 1993

17. Internet in 2008

19. Blogger posts video online

20. Mainstream media picks up story

21. Source: Fortune

24. Slippery slope of investor adulation

27. Feed the shark, before it feeds on you

29. Blogs double every six months

30. Japanese and English, leading languages

31. Companies blogging internally or externally HP IBM Intel Lockheed McGraw-Hill Merrill Lynch Microsoft Mitsubishi Motorola New York Times Nike Oracle Pepsi Radio Shack Raytheon Shell Starbucks Sun Microsystems Texas Instruments Time Warner Toys R Us Wells Fargo Yahoo! Apple Computer Avon Boeing Cisco CitiGroup Dell Disney FedEx GM Google Halliburton Hitachi Data Systems

32. Dell sets up IR blog

36. CEOs are blogging Bob Lutz, GM http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/ Jonathan Schwartz, Sun http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/

38. http://www.tengkuzafrul.com/

42. “ In the world of the Internet, you don't own your brand. Your customers and your users own your brand,” David Sifry, founder Technorati, leading search engine for the blogosphere

43. Links: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4629441044 http://www.shoesshoesshoes.com.my Using Facebook to reach global customers, Personal Money Mag, March 2008

44. Ung Yiu Lin, shoe entrepreneur “ Before Facebook I relied solely on emailing our catalogues…with files being too large and slow to download. We are start-up and we do not have a big budget for marketing. Facebook allows us to reach out to overseas customers for free.” Jonathan Teoh, trulylovingcompany.com “ Facebook allows people the freedom to voice their suggestions and grouses, and we can respond to feedback in a transparent way. While this may sound scary we gain immediate insights on the sentiments of our products.” Chris Tan, lawyer, Chur Associates “ Legal services are commoditised and as a small firm we need to stand out among the big boys. So we must be different. We use it to communicate our brand values in a personal way. ”