I'm going to be brutally honest here: While there are a few good ones, most IRP's (Investor Relations Professionals) have a terrible reputation on IHub. Most people see that black disclaimer text on a post and they just shine it on. Then they usually shine on the guy posting it also...lol.
Back in 2006 I was involved in USSE. They had a biofuel company, with some great technology for making biofuel out of Soybeans. I loved that company, bought a bunch of shares and started spreading the word. I even went to Mississippi to visit them. Had dinner with the CEO and a bunch of other people. I posted pictures on the forum, had a current developments section, the works.
The stock went from .0005 when they RM'd into LFZA to a high of .84. And it had a lot to do with me. I was already pushing it pretty good when they offered me 100K restricted shares, which I took. I got a lot of flack over that, and tried to wear 2 hats. One being I'd already bought my own shares before that, and two, I was being paid to be a consultant to the company and help them pursue their business plan. Some people thought the only reason I was posting on it was cause I was getting paid, which was totally untrue. I really believed in them, and getting those shares was just gravy as far as I was concerned. I wanted them to succeed, and it had nothing to do with getting shares.
As it turned out, they went into the crapper. I don't know what the deal was. They were talking about the stock being $10 by XMAS that year. But it all went to s...t. The only thing I could figure out was that maybe they couldn't keep the reactor running for any length of time. I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt and say that all the shares they sold were mainly to get money to get the bugs out, and to get it going. But to this day it's not viable...at least as far as I can see. Haven't checked it lately.
Anyway, I must have made that company a few million bucks. And I got nothing for it basically, cause I never did get those restricted shares free trading. Lesson: NEVER EVER take 144 restricted stock! Even if you're offered some private placement shares by a company...NEVER take restricted stock. Always take free trading stock.
I should have gotten into the Investment Awareness field back then, but I never really thought about it.
Recently I was in an economic bind, and one of the IR's offered me some money to post about their companies. They were supposed to be good companies, and as such, I agreed to do it. But I hated it. They wanted volume, and I wanted to post quality. The companies seemed to have good products, and I never would have posted about them if I thought they were crap. I lasted 2 weeks and quit after I'd fulfilled my obligation.
And then I thought that IHub needed a new kind of IRP. You see there ARE good companies out there, and in order for them to succeed they need money. They need to sell shares to get the capital to pursue their plans. Most people don't understand why a company goes public in the first place. It's so they can raise money by selling shares of the company. Everybody that buys stock owns a 'share' of the company. All the shareholders combined OWN that company. Every public company is owned by it's shareholders.
And if a company has a good product, and can raise enough money to get themselves going, they can do very well. They can start MAKING money. And if there's extra money left over at the end of the year, or every quarter, the shareholders will get 'dividends', or a percentage of the profits. A good company will plow most of the profits back into the business at first, so there won't be many dividends to start out with.
But most of the blue chips all started small, and when they got big enough their shareholders were rewarded. Look at Google, or Microsoft. I'm not saying every company will be as big as them, but a good company has the potential to make money for their shareholders.
And that's the kind of company I want to do Investor Awareness for. I want to help them get their business plan off the ground.
As far as investors go, I want to bring that kind of company to the table, but I DON'T want to cram it down their throats.
Everybody should make their own decisions as to where they invest their money. You should do some DD (Due Diligence, or investigation of a company) to decide if it's where you want to invest or not.
A lot of companies think that if they put out a news release, investors will beat a path to their door. But there are hundreds if not thousands of news releases that come out every week. A lot of good companies get overlooked. And that's where we come in. I've got a few people working with me, and we're going to have a professional, well respected Investor Awareness presence on IHub.
We will do No Pumping, No Spamming whatsoever. We're gonna post the facts, and our honest opinion. Our posting will be kept to a minimum, just enough to bring the facts about the company to the boards, and that's it.
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