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11 Dec 2007
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Trends for corporate websites in 2008 - part III

How to meet the needs of each target group on your corporate website? How to address individual visitors? And how to use your corporate website as a medium to communicate your 'brand'? An investor or job-seeker may also be one of your customers! Read the final trends for 2008.

21 Nov 2007
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BASF best in class in online sustainability communications

BASF's corporate website - www.basf.com - is the most complete and web savvy in the field of online sustainability communications. Jungle Rating - a Dutch internet consultancy - concludes this after having investigated all sustainability websites of the European sustainability leaders, listed on the DJSI STOXX index. The short list of the top 53 companies has been announced today.

13 Nov 2007
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Trends for corporate websites in 2008 - part II

How can you incorporate Web 2.0 applications into your corporate website? How important is a corporate weblog? When should you enrich information? What is the added value of video? Look at best practices, read what your stakeholders expect and why you would have to follow these trends

29 Oct 2007
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Trends for corporate websites in 2008

According to the Benchmark Financial Communication 2007 conducted by Jungle Rating, companies can and must become more proficient at anticipating financial stakeholders’ needs. Many companies still lag behind, but Jungle Rating sees five clear trends. Look at best practices, read what your stakeholders expect and why you would have to follow these trends.

17 Sep 2007
1637 total views

Getting started on web performance management

One thing is for sure: corporate websites cost money. But what do they yield? More job seekers? Lower costs? A higher profile? A reduction in the number of route descriptions and annual reports sent out? And how do you measure the extent to which the objectives are met? What kind of organization does that take? Read in the first of a series on web performance management how to monitor your corporate website continuously. Get a grip on its effectiveness.

4 Sep 2007
1943 total views

Webanalytics tips for your corporate website

Online marketeers, they live with web statistics. A decrease of 0,34% of visitors can cause serious headaches. The questions is: how important are web stats for an online corporate communications professional? In this article Jungle Rating provides you with a number of web analytics tips for your corporate website.

21 Aug 2007
1132 total views

Intranet shops - attracting and engaging employees

Intranets are hardly used for personnel offers and promotion. This is a missed chance, because the intranet offers excellent possibilities for informing, servicing and involving employees. Some marketing insights to establish an effective intranet shop.

7 Aug 2007
2782 total views

Mobile friendly corporate websites - AEX vs. Bel20

A small explorative research by Jungle Rating amongst the largest Dutch and Belgian listed companies shows that seven AEX companies as opposed to zero BEL-20 companies have a mobile friendly corporate website. In this article we explain what a mobile friendly corporate website should be and why we believe you need one.

24 Jul 2007
1028 total views

Respond to your stakeholders - in time

Financial stakeholders and journalists expect a suitable answer to their urgent questions as soon as possible. Research shows that only two third of Dutch listed companies answered within 24 hours. Even worse: only one third of not listed companies answered in time. Does your company meet the needs of financial stakeholders?

10 Jul 2007
10321 total views

Intranet Wikis - the employee is in control

Wikis and other social media are rapidly changing the world of internal communications. The employee is in control and the co-worker has become the expert. Early adaptors like AEP, National Geographic, Microsoft, IBM or ING provide good examples. However, the majority has just started. Some facts & figures and tips.

27 Jun 2007
1229 total views

Seven ways of demonstrating innovation

'Innovation' is often one of the company values. The difficulty is to demonstrate that your company really is ahead of the crowd and is constantly developing and renewing. Read how you can use your corporate website to give more meaning to your innovation claim.

11 Jun 2007
1775 total views

Outcome preliminary research FD Henri Sijthoff Award 2007

The overall financial communication of AEX firms has improved considerably over the last year and exceeds the Midkap and Small cap. This can be concluded from the research Jungle Rating conducted for 'Het Financieele Dagblad'. We assessed the corporate websites of all 152 Dutch listed companies.

30 May 2007
46101 total views

How to use the web in times of a merger - The ABN AMRO case

The internet allows companies to communicate in a quick and transparent manner to a globally dispersed group of stakeholders. In this article we illustrate how all parties involved in the current ABN AMRO merger use their corporate website to inform their stakeholders on the situation.

8 May 2007
58566 total views

Benefits of using video for online recruitment

Video interviews have a positive effect on online recruitment. They can save money, are a service to job seekers and enhance the quality of applicants. Jungle Rating will provide you with three case studies (Loyens & Loeff, Mc Kinsey, Nauta Dutilh) and with tips on how to use video.

24 Apr 2007
5478 total views

How to monitor your intranet performance

Only few organisations are capable or required to demonstrate the ROI of their intranet. Increasing demands on accountability lead to the awareness that the online internal communications can and should be monitored. Web performance management is not exclusively the domain of e-commerce websites any more. Read how to monitor your intranet continuously and get a grip on its effectiveness.

11 Apr 2007
4589 total views

Firms miss opportunities for online recruitment

Jungle Rating investigated how consultancy firms recruit new employees via their websites. Video is rarely used, except for law firms. Blogging is catching on and testimonials have become widely accepted. 95% of applicants look at the corporate website prior to the job application, yet consultancy firms fail to take good advantage of opportunities for online recruitment. Many improvements can still be made in 'corporate branding'. This article presents the study in greater detail and provides tips for improvement.

27 Mar 2007
2468 total views

4 tips for a sustainable corporate website

In this article, Jungle Rating provides you with inspiration for reviving your online sustainability section, and the corporate website in general. Learn about 'dancing data', learn how to write a clear-cut case study and find out how to involve stakeholders in your online communications process.

13 Mar 2007
2175 total views

Research findings - quality of online sustainability reporting

Most large companies provide a sustainability report every year. But what about their online sustainability communications? Based on the results of a preliminary research on the quality of online sustainability communications, Jungle Rating draws some interesting conclusions.

27 Feb 2007
2295 total views

Tips for improving your intranet - what works

You can enhance your online internal communications. Just follow the ten tips for tools and services for an effective intranet.

13 Feb 2007
1558 total views

Checklist for the ultimate webcast

76% of all Dutch listed companies webcast the presentation of their annual figures. For AEX companies this percentage is even 100%. Webcasting analyst meetings and even the AGM is a trend for 2007. How to turn a simple video into a successful webcast? We will provide you with 17 useful tips.

30 Jan 2007
1875 total views

Best Practice examples: HTML reporting

In our last newsletter we discussed the pros and cons of online reports. This week we show three best practice examples of HTML reports, which all make use of the unique possibilities the internet has to offer.

16 Jan 2007
4640 total views

Online annual reports: pros, cons and tips

In the upcoming months most quoted companies will publish their annual reports on 2006. Each year a growing number of companies do not only publish their annual report in PDF, but in dynamic or completely web-based HTML format as well. In this article we provide you with an overview of the pros and cons of the different online reporting formats.

12 Jan 2007
4945 total views

5 essential online communications trends in 2006

In 2006 Jungle Rating was on top of all trends in online corporate communications. In this newsletter we will refresh your memory and provide you with an overview of the main developments, issues and trends for corporate websites. We also invite you to share your thoughts with us and determine the content of our newsletter in 2007.
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