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Late 90’s - 1 st Generation Stock Forums Are Plagued By… SPAM 1 st GEN FORUMS PROFANITY RUMORS FLAMING STOCK BASHING FAKE PRESS RELEASES Dead
1 ST GEN FLAWS Advertising Model CPM Focused Monitor Ratio 2-3 Monitors For Thousands of Forums Noise Ratio Offenders Post At Will ABANDONMENT Quality Investors Leave The Site Dead
NEED SOLUTION Public Companies Being Hurt Investors Need Community Industry Lost Great Source of Data and Info Dead Market Always Corrects Inefficiencies
SaaS SOLUTION SaaS Model Pubcos Pay To Host Community Monitor Ratio 2 Monitors Per Forum Quality Ratio Offenders Flee The Site RETENTION Quality Investors Flock To The Site Dead
SaaS Community Model For Public Companies Revenue $1,425, $2,300, (Preliminary) $4,250, (Estimated)* Profit $295, $460, (Preliminary) $1,900, (Estimated)* PROVEN MODEL Dead
Current Run Rate (January 31/08) Clients86 Revenue$270,500/Month Profit$112,000/Month PROVEN MODEL Dead
WIKI MODEL Wiki Powered Financial Forums Provides Scale Without Sacrificing Quality Investors Able To Delete Offending Posts / Members Investor Generated Content “Freemium” Business Development Model Build a Mass Community Around SaaS Model Dead
WIKI MODEL Early Success Of Wiki Powered Financial Forums Page Views Per Month ~ 10,000,000 Unique Visitors Per Month ~ 120,000 Average Pages Per Visit ~ Average Time Per Visit ~ 10:55 Free HUBS ~ 450 Number Of Countries ~ 180 Dead