Wednesday, June 11, 2008

iMiners Gets Rave Reviews at the 2008 NIRI Annual Conference


The National Investor Relations Institute Annual Conference was held this week at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego from June 8-11. This was our first opportunity to exhibit to a national (actually international) audience of over 1,500 people. All our products were received very favorably, and we made significant progress towards finalizing joint marketing/reseller agreements, as well as signing new clients directly.

In just the last month iMiners has launched two new products: PR Cycle (http://www.prcycle.com/) and eShareholderForum (http://www.eshareholderforum.com/). We are quickly being recognized as the new innovator in IR and PR. eShareholderForum is the industry's first turnkey solution to help companies set up a company-sponsored electronic forum to facilitate direct communications between and among shareholders and management. And PR Cycle has been universally endorsed as an innovative new product to assist people with researching and drafting press releases. Our flagship products, Press Releases By Type and our eChart solution were also received very favorably by all.

Comments from people who stopped by our booth included "Simple, yet brilliant", "This is by far the best new product we've seen at NIRI 2008", and "This is the best new technology we've seen". In summary, our database of categorized news releases is unique and compelling, and the products we have developed around our growing database are relevant. We look forward to continuing our progress in 2008 in signing new clients and partnerships, and developing our unique product line! Stay tuned!


Thursday, June 5, 2008

iMiners, Inc. Announces Availability of eShareholderForum; Industry's First Turnkey Electronic Shareholder Forum Solution

iMiners demonstrates again its leadership position in being an innovator and pioneer in PR and IR communications solutions. Today we announced the industry's first turnkey Electronic Shareholder Forum solution for public companies to facilitate communications among shareholders, and between the company and its shareholders. eShareholderForum (http://www.eshareholderforum.com/) will soon be going into beta testing; interested parties can contact us at our website. See the press release:

LIVERMORE, Calif., June 5, 2008 -- iMiners, Inc., an innovator in IR and PR communications solutions, today announced the availability of eShareholderForum, the first full-service, turnkey Electronic Shareholder Forum solution to enable public companies to facilitate communications among shareholders, and between the company and its shareholders. eShareholderForum will allow any public company to quickly and cost-effectively establish a company sponsored forum directly from the company's investor relations website. eShareholderForum will help companies take advantage of the recent rulings by the SEC encouraging the use of electronic shareholder forums to facilitate better dialogue among shareholders, and between shareholders and the company. In the final ruling, effective February 25, 2008, the SEC effectively removed the two major obstacles that had been holding companies back. First, amended Rule 14a-2 states that participation in an electronic forum will not constitute a "solicitation subject to the proxy rules" if certain conditions are satisfied. Second, a new Rule 14a-17 ensures that a company or vendor that operates an electronic forum "will not be liable under the federal securities laws for any statement or information provided by another person participating in the forum."

"The SEC and its Chairman Christopher Cox are keen and proactively encouraging Electronic Shareholder Forums for all public companies. While there are many options available, iMiners' eShareholderForum is the only one that optimally addresses the key concerns relating to controllability and ongoing costs of maintenance," said Jnyaneshwar Prabhu, founder and president.

iMiners will be demonstrating its eShareholderForum service at the National Investor Relations Institute Annual Conference Booth 713 from June 8-11 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. Companies interested in learning more, including taking part in beta testing should visit http://www.eshareholderforum.com/.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

PR Cycle Adds Email Alerts

We just added an enhancement to PR Cycle (http://www.prcycle.com). Now users can subscribe to email alerts for press releases issued by companies in their portfolio, by category. So if you have 10 companies in your portfolio and you want to be notified of M&A releases when any of the 10 issue an M&A release, PR Cycle will send it automatically. We also plan to add in email alerts by subcategory, and by industry. For your 30 day free trial of PR Cycle simply go to http://www.prcycle.com and on the upper right click on "New User? Sign Up".

Monday, May 19, 2008

iMiners, Inc. Launches PR Cycle..........

LIVERMORE, Calif., May 19, 2008 -- iMiners, Inc. announced today the availability of PR Cycle, the industry's first-and-only Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for PR and IR professionals to quickly research and draft quality press releases. PR Cycle subscribers will save significant time doing research by having access to an iMiners proprietary reference library of nearly half-a-million categorized press releases issued by over 6,500 companies and growing at about 750 releases daily. Each press release is categorized and indexed for search into one of 10 major categories and 69 subcategories including Awards and Recognition, Corporate, Conference Call and Meetings, Customer and Partnerships, Financial, Industry Events, Legal, Management Changes, M&A, and Products & Services. The reference library can be searched By Category, By Subcategory, By Company, By Portfolio, By Industry, and By Date Range. Relevant, high-impact press releases can be found within seconds, eliminating the need to visit multiple websites or search engines during research. PR Cycle has a built-in word processing editor that enables the author to draft a press release securely online, save an encrypted release, export to Word or PDF, and then distribute to others for review, edit or compliance.

"It is not uncommon for a PR or IR professional to be tasked with quickly drafting a sensitive press release announcing a management change, legal issue or an M&A. Using PR Cycle, with one click you can now search for all management changes, legal, or M&A related press releases issued by peers in your industry, or all 6,500+ companies. You can do very specific searches, such as for all press releases issued in 2007 by all companies that are new product announcements, FDA Approvals, SEC investigations, charity and educational giving, or class action lawsuits. PR Cycle is an innovative new solution that saves a significant amount of research time, and allows PR and IR professionals to write high quality first drafts quickly," stated iMiners, Inc. President and Founder Jnyaneshwar Prabhu.

PR Cycle is available free of charge for one month to all first-time users. Please visit http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/ctr?d=143005&u=http://www.prcycle.com for more information and to take advantage of this risk-free offer.

About iMiners, Inc.
iMiners, Inc. is a technology company that maintains an index of categorized press releases issued by over 6,500 companies into 10 major categories and 69 subcategories. Since 2005 iMiners has been providing innovative solutions for public relations, investor relations, and the investment community, all powered by iMiners' proprietary database of nearly half-a-million categorized press releases growing at a rate of about 750 every day. iMiners' products include PR Cycle, a SaaS solution that helps PR and IR professionals quickly draft high quality press releases; PR Interactive, an innovative module that powers content on Fortune 1000 IR websites; and iMiners Data Feeds, an XML solution providing categorized news feeds for financial portals.

CONTACT: iMiners, Inc.
Michael C. O'Brien
925-984-2078
mobrien@iminers.com

Friday, May 16, 2008

BETA release of PR Cycle

You are hearing it here first: On Monday we plan to announce the release of beta for PR Cycle (http://www.prcycle.com), the industry's first-and-only Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for PR and IR professionals to quickly research and draft press releases. We've gotten tremendously positive feedback so far from a select group of PR experts we've showed it to, all telling us this product is unique and provides real value. Please visit http://www.prcycle.com for more information, and to register for a free trial during beta click on the link in the top right that says "New User? Sign Up".

Stay tuned for more on Monday....

Friday, May 9, 2008

PR Cycle: How to Leverage a Press Release Database to Research and Draft Press Releases

Here at iMiners we're getting pretty excited about the pending BETA launch of our new product PR Cycle (http://www.prcycle.com/). We've gotten enough positive feedback now from people in PR and IR to know we are onto something. Everyone agrees this product is absolutely unique in the marketplace. In the words of one influential PR person we reached out to, and who got back to us immediately to learn more: "I responded to you because I immediately recognized this product solves a problem".

So what is PR Cycle? In summary, it is the industry’s first-and-only secure, password protected, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for PR and IR professionals to significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to research and draft high visibility press releases. PR Cycle subscribers will have access to an iMiners proprietary reference library of nearly half-a-million categorized press releases issued by over 6,500 companies and growing at about 750 releases daily. The reference library can be searched By Ticker, By Portfolio (custom by user), By Industry (444 SIC codes), By ALL (6,500+ tickers), By Category (10 major categories), By Subcategory (69 subcategories) or By Date Range (2 year plus archive). Relevant press releases can be found within seconds, eliminating the need to visit multiple websites or search engines during research. PR Cycle has a built-in word processing tool that enables the author to draft a press release online, save the draft release, export to Word or PDF, and then distribute to others for review, edit or compliance. The service fills a need not currently being addressed in the market, the critical steps of researching and writing releases BEFORE they send their release to their wire provider. Stay tuned for more.....

Friday, May 2, 2008

Nasdaq OMX Group and Moody's Corp. Subscribe to iMiners "Press Releases By Type"

iMiners continues to make progress in the corporate market with our "Press Releases By Type" service, a ready-to-install module that enhances the user-friendliness of any press release page on a corporate website. Recently Nasdaq OMX Group (NDAQ) and Moody's Corp (MCO) subscribed to iMiners to enhance their newly launched Investor Relations pages. We're proud to have both companies as distinguished clients. Nasdaq OMX Group is the world's largest exchange company with over 3,900 listed companies around the globe. Moody's is the world's most widely utilized source for credit ratings, research, and risk analysis. Moody's is also iMiners' first NYSE-listed client. See our work on their sites:

Nasdaq OMX Group: http://ir.nasdaq.com/releases-categorized.cfm (Press Releases By Type)
Moody's: http://ir.moodys.com/releases_type.cfm (Press Releases By Type) and http://ir.moodys.com/stockchart.cfm (iMiners eChart)

Stay tuned.......next week will mark the launch of beta testing of our innovative new solution called PR Cycle (http://www.prcycle), the industry’s first-and-only highly secure, password protected, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for PR and IR professionals to significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to research and draft high visibility press releases. Our development team has been working hard on PR Cycle for months and we are eagerly anticipating its launch!