Articles

December

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... Read more

Saskia Aalberts - Tue 11 Dec 2007

November

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... Read more

Geert Jan Grimberg - Wed 21 Nov 2007

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... Read more

Saskia Aalberts - Tue 13 Nov 2007

October

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... Read more

Saskia Aalberts - Mon 29 Oct 2007

September

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... Read more

Linda Volkers - Mon 17 Sep 2007

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... Read more

Geert Jan Grimberg - Tue 4 Sep 2007

August

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... Read more

Linda Volkers - Tue 21 Aug 2007

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... Read more

Geert Jan Grimberg - Tue 7 Aug 2007

July

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... Read more

Saskia Aalberts - Tue 24 Jul 2007

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... Read more

Linda Volkers - Tue 10 Jul 2007

June

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... Read more

Linda Volkers - Wed 27 Jun 2007

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... Read more

Saskia Aalberts - Mon 11 Jun 2007

May

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... Read more

Geert Jan Grimberg - Wed 30 May 2007

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... Read more

Saskia Aalberts - Tue 8 May 2007

April

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... Read more

Linda Volkers - Tue 24 Apr 2007

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... Read more

Saskia Aalberts - Wed 11 Apr 2007

March

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... Read more

Geert Jan Grimberg - Tue 27 Mar 2007

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... Read more

Geert Jan Grimberg - Tue 13 Mar 2007

February

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. Read more

Linda Volkers - Tue 27 Feb 2007

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... Read more

Saskia Aalberts - Tue 13 Feb 2007

January

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... Read more

Geert Jan Grimberg - Tue 30 Jan 2007

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... Read more

Geert Jan Grimberg - Tue 16 Jan 2007

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... Read more

Saskia Aalberts - Fri 12 Jan 2007