Frequently Asked Questions

Q:What are your mission and goals? top

A: OTC Financial Network's (OTCFN) mission is to be a trusted advisor in a client's pursuit to maximize its awareness in the small/micro-cap investment community. OTCFN's goals are to improve the shareholder communications channel, build a strong institutional and retail shareholder base, and garner financial media attention on behalf of each client.

Q:What services do you offer? top

A: OTCFN provides turnkey solutions, which streamline a company's investor relations functions. OTCFN utilizes proven promotional strategies to introduce companies to members of its proprietary database that comprises over 200,000 individual and institutional investors, retail brokers, buy- and sell-side analysts, financial journalists and other key members of the investment community. OTCFN's comprehensive programs are designed to provide companies with a balanced institutional and retail investor base.

Services include: written communications; news dissemination; Website development and maintenance; media & advertising; corporate branding; Internet marketing; multimedia; institutional solicitation; road show and trade show management, one-on-one meetings and conference planning; and shareholder communications.

Q: What should I consider before investing in Microcap Stocks? top

A: The following steps were excerpted from the Securities and Exchange Commission's website on "What should I consider before investing in Microcap Stocks?" For additional information, see http://www.sec.gov.
  1. Find out whether the company has registered its securities with the SEC or your state's securities regulators.
  2. Make sure you understand the company's business and its products or services.
  3. Read carefully the most recent reports the company has filed with its regulators and pay attention to the company's financial statements, particularly if they are not audited or not certified by an accountant. If the company does not file reports with the SEC, be sure to ask your broker for what's called the "Rule 15c2-11 file" on the company. That file will contain important information about the company.
  4. Check out the people running the company with your state securities regulator, and find out if they've ever made money for investors before. Also ask whether the people running the company have had run-ins with the regulators or other investors.
  5. Make sure the broker and his or her firm are registered with the SEC and licensed to do business in your state. And ask your state securities regulator whether the broker and the firm have ever been disciplined or have complaints against them.
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Q: How do you get news out to the investment community? top

A: OTCFN implements timely and targeted distribution strategies through various communication mediums - wire services, fax, mail, email and the Internet. Its interlocking systems comply with SEC Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD). Through strategic technology partnerships, each news announcement is distributed simultaneously to:

  • More than 800,000 terminals in the investment community
  • National trade publications specific to your industry
  • 3,000-plus online financial sites and databases, including Yahoo!, AOL, MSN, CNN Interactive, Bloomberg and Dow Jones
  • Websites of such major newspapers as the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal Target audience as identified from OTC FN's 200,000-plus proprietary database and over 30,000 member opt-in email database.
  • Client's IR website on one of OTCFN's high-traffic portals
  • Client's NOBO (shareholder) list

Q: Whom do you represent? top

A: Since 1992, OTCFN has represented over 500 publicly traded firms ranging from micro/small-cap companies listed on the Bulletin Board to those listed on NASDAQ®. Clients come from a wide range of industries, including life sciences, health care, high technology, telecommunications, natural resources, software and retail.

As a specialist in micro/small- and mid-cap, emerging growth companies, OTC FN has guided several of its clients from their listing on the OTC Bulletin Board to trading on a major exchange such as NASDAQ® and AMEX®, including Arcadia Resources, Inc. (AMEX: KAD), Austral Pacific Energy (AMEX: AEN), CanWest Petroleum Corp. (AMEX: BQI), Celsion Corp. (AMEX: CLN), Decorize (AMEX: DCZ) and Eagle Broadband (AMEX: EAG).

Q: Who founded OTC FN? top

A: After pinpointing a long-standing industry void, Geoffrey Eiten founded OTCFN, a division of National Financial Communications, in 1992 as the only full-service investor relations firm specifically dedicated to emerging growth small/micro- and mid-cap companies.

A seasoned investment professional of more than 30 years, Mr. Eiten's extensive financial background includes work as a financial advisor for the Fortune 50 firm American Express, and 20 years as publisher of the monthly subscription-based investment newsletter OTC Growth Stock Watch, through OTC Research Corporation. His OTC Growth Stock Watch monthly market commentary is frequently quoted by Barron's, Fortune, as well as other leading financial news services, including Dick Davis Digest, Investor's Digest and InvesTools.com. Mr. Eiten has frequently appeared on CNBC's Market Mavens segment of the Squawk Box, presented at the Discovery Expo and "The Money Show" in Las Vegas, and served as a contributing editor to Equities and The Investment Reporter.

Mr. Eiten's financial market experience was parlayed to create a thriving business in a previously ignored market niche - providing comprehensive investor relations services to small/micro-cap emerging growth companies. With a client list of over 25 public companies and growing, OTCFN is a testimony to Mr. Eiten’s ability to target potential clients whose possession of solid fundamentals predicates their ability to survive - and succeed - in today's increasingly competitive marketplace.

Q: Where are you located? top

A: OTCFN is headquartered at 300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Needham, Massachusetts, 02492. OTC FN operates affiliate offices in New York, NY; West Palm Beach, FL; Sausalito, CA and Scottsdale, AZ.

Q: How can I get more information? top

A: To receive materials about OTCFN in the mail or to speak with an OTCFN representative about our services, please contact Geoffrey Eiten, President, at 800-870-0639 or 781-444-6100 ext. 613; email: .