RetailInvestorConferences.com Integrates Social Media into Virtual Individual Investor Events

NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --  BetterInvesting (NAIC), PR Newswire and MUNCmedia today announced that RetailInvestorConferences.com now has a social media functionality integrated directly into its webcast event presentation platform.

Launched on Nov. 4, 2010, Retail Investor Conferences provides an interactive forum for presenting public companies to meet directly with individual investors using a graphically-enhanced online platform. The next conference will be held January 11th and will continue the first week of every month throughout 2011.

Investors are invited to register on the November 4th event page to be pre-registered for all 2011 events.

"Individual investors have a huge and insatiable appetite to share their very best ideas via Social Media," said Howard Lindzon, Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits.com, the web's Social Media built information service for investments. "StockTwits channels over 100,000 users, many who would certainly enjoy hearing, and Tweeting about, a CEO's presentation in real-time."

"Last month's inaugural event generated a healthy amount of social media activity pre- and post-event," said Bradley H. Smith, CMO at MUNCmedia, "so it was logical that we enable Tweeting from within the actual conference itself. Individual investors are extremely active with social media. This is clearly demonstrated on sites like StockTwits," continued Smith. "Main Street investors like to share what they know, openly ask questions and boast about their great buys."

Retail Investor Conferences offers presenting companies broad distribution, including:

• Press release distribution from PR Newswire announcing participation in the conference, the full conference agenda and post-event highlights distributed to more than 1,000 investment and financial portals
• An email invitation to BetterInvesting's 120,000 member and customer base and an event link on BetterInvesting.org and other key investor portals
• Custom Retail Investor Targeting campaign into MUNCmedia's network of 90+ million retail investors
• Reporting of total traffic and related metrics for opt-in investors attending each conference
• View full details at www.retailinvestorconferences.com/VRIC_companies_receive.html

Full year calendar available

To facilitate investor relations departments' full-year 2011 scheduling and budgeting, a full calendar of Retail Investor Conference dates is now available on www.retailinvestorconferences.com. Public companies that are interested in participating in a conference can access information about upcoming opportunities and engage conference organizers about specific openings.

Time slots will fill quickly

It is recommended that public companies book their preferred time slot now. Click here to email Bradley H. Smith, at MUNCmedia, call him directly at +1 917 680 6011 or use this form. IR firms and PR firms are invited to contact Smith.

Corporate sponsorships available

Besides real-time investor presentations from public companies, corporations that offer services for retail investors and public companies will have virtual "trade booths" showcasing their solutions. These exhibiting corporations will staff their booths for live chat as well as offer videos and downloadable materials. Corporations interested in sponsorships may also contact Bradley H. Smith.

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Since 1951, BetterInvesting (www.betterinvesting.org), the brand identity of the National Association of Investors Corporation, has helped over 5 million people become better, more informed investors. BetterInvesting, based in Madison Heights, Mich., helps its members build wealth through local, regional and national learning events as well as through Web-based tools, software, member publications and online resources. As the nation's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to investment education, it provides investing knowledge and practical investing experience through local investment clubs, local volunteer chapters, online courses and an active online community. BetterInvesting and its subsidiary, ICLUBcentral, currently serve over 120,000 investors.

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About MUNCmedia

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MUNCmedia is the first Information Media Network and world leader in Web-based Retail Investor Targeting solutions. We provide online corporate communications, research and media solutions to companies worldwide.

From targeting press releases one-to-one to individual investors to corporate video PR content, MUNCmedia helps companies deliver targeted and scalable messages to the precise audience in real-time. Hundreds of companies, IR and PR agencies, stock exchanges and integrated newswires rely on MUNCmedia services to deliver news messages to the retail financial community every day with measurable results. MUNCmedia was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY, with regional offices in Bellevue, Wash., and Boston. We currently service over 300 direct public company issuers, 40 IR agency partners and other shareholder communications organizations .

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