Touch Group Share Discussion Threads

[thinkbig?] 23/4/2006 19:21

Don't worrie this company is going place's this year will be one of the best peforming shares this year mark my words don't forget QXL £7 to £150.

This company is well undervalued if the contract with yahoo is true, which the daily Mail said last week this will go to 20p very quickly,

I HAVE HERD THIS DEAL IS NEARLY DONE AND COULD BE TOLD TO THE MARKET WITH THE TRADING STATEMENT WHICH IS DUE VERY SHORTLY.

[rossstar3] 21/4/2006 23:03

good stuff thinkbig trading statement next and profit.this does apear to be a no brainer .they lost 2 million last year due to improvng touchlocal so this year .....2 million profit?

[currypasty] 21/4/2006 12:08

all buys today... even yesterdays 100k has an L beside it, so you cant be sure it was a sell, could well have been a buy from earlier.

either way, whats a punter 100k trade, compared to directors buying at 8p !

[gaybriefs] 21/4/2006 11:49

Strange how this gets coverage in a national newspaper yesterday and yet the only trades of size 100k+ are all sells !!..DYOR.!

[frances2] 21/4/2006 11:36

hopeful for a repeat of late 2005 when it went from 9p to 25p vertically

[yump] 21/4/2006 11:36

>frances2
I think we know about Karl Gregory by now don't we ?

Be nice to find out what his brief is wouldn't it ?
Perhaps TOU could let us know...

Surely worth another post about the Microsoft guy - there hasn't been one for a while.

[yump] 21/4/2006 11:34

haha
I could just join in posting repeats of all the RNS's if you like.
If you don't like, just filter me.

People will no doubt judge from the content of our posts whether we are worth listening to or not. If you look back a few posts, you'll see that I have a post with some content other than stuff from an RNS.

Still waiting for something thoughtful from you btw.

[frances2] 21/4/2006 10:56

7. Karl Gregory, Yahoo!'s former Head of Marketing Search, UK and
Ireland has joined us as Marketing Director.


Karl brings a wealth of web search, on and offline marketing experience to the
Group, having worked in a variety of senior management positions in Yahoo and
Alta Vista for over nine years.


As Head of Marketing at Yahoo! Search, UK & Ireland, Karl played a key role in
the management team, tasked with the growth and development of Yahoo!'s Search
division. His remit was to build user base and brand equity, through the
execution of effective marketing campaigns.

[hamidahamida] 21/4/2006 10:54

yump

Has recently been deramping with the usual
misinformation and ignorance
this poster is no value
to this site at all.

[hamidahamida] 21/4/2006 10:34

Next 12 months target price 20p

[currypasty] 21/4/2006 08:13

i bought a few yesterday, even if your loaded, you dont throw money away... its usualy the oposite, those loaded, being more careful !!

[paulypilot] 21/4/2006 01:38

Hi,

You can't argue with Directors stumping up more cash (again). They clearly see something. I'm intrigued. Voluntary disclosure: holding 200k shares. Tempted to buy more.

Does anyone know how much dosh Isaacs has ? Is this a big commitment for him, or is this pocket money ? I've never liked his rampy-sounding chit-chat with the results. Always makes me want to run for the hills at results time - terrible figures, combined with a seemingly lunatic Chairman on happy pills, who thinks that terrible figures are hugely promising & about to yield fantastic returns ... as he says every year.

Puzzled,

Paul.

[frances2] 20/4/2006 23:38

Multimedia marketing company Touch Group edged up 0.75p to 6.37p. It has raised £675,000 via a placing of 8.4m shares at 8p each, and said it will use the funds to capitalise on investments already made in the business throughout 2005.

my view is that it will be baught by a US company eventually???

[haydock] 20/4/2006 21:21

Any estimate of what the value of the other business in the way, publishing 50 books & with growing specialist web sites would be ?
Just so we know for when they split it off & float it.
Its like the other part they had to sell, saleable, floatable a valuable asset.
The kind of old style business I like in the way.
It makes the share attractive to any predator.
Thats not priced in, and not been mentioned.
Thats what moves the price when the market thinks it might happen.
Look carefully at the pattern Yump is outlining and he can clearly see the way things will move in the future & why Touch has a lot of attractions.

[thinkbig?] 20/4/2006 21:11

yump

Must say thats a good point of view on TOU, but now everything is in place now going forward,any new revenue recevied goes straight to the bottom line.

They can now with the infurstrucure in place edit any site from all over the world in their london office so they don't need much man power now.

The biggest thing for me is you learn from your mistakes,so next time round you should get things right and make money. Which TOU will do, Internet is here to stay and will get bigger and bigger with, more people using search engine like TOU have in place.

[yump] 20/4/2006 17:40

I actually think they started with too much money. Always easy to blow it on a grand plan, loosely controlled.

There's also no doubt in my mind that each business, especially the local sites, has a definite value. All sites can be monetised in one way or another. But even a skilled affiliate has to work flat out to generate significant revenue from a site and its not apparent that that level of skill is operating at a site level with TOU. If you look at affiliate sites, its apparent they have low overheads once running. A directory is different in that it has to be kept up to date by someone, as do the company entries. The companies won't do this themselves, so someone in TOU has to.

The reason I was interested at all ages ago was the development of local search and the likelihood that Google / Yahoo etc. might be interested in a niche player. Unfortunately when I looked into it, the sites didn't seem to be niche at all.

imo the bits of the business would be better split off from each other into niche separate companies.

As it is, assuming the worst doesn't happen, I believe investors are effectively buying into an incubator ie. a share which has a finger in each of several internet pies, where it is not certain which one will generate reliable revenue.

There's a major problem for TOU in Yell.com who seem to have grasped the fact that local internet requires local offline advertising and they have the funds to do it.

I wouldn't be surprised to find that Yahoo try to get a foothold in local sites using TOU, but at the moment the other businesses within TOU cloud the issue imho.

[scorpionwinger] 20/4/2006 16:40

Big Fella

With due respect, had Isaacs convinced 3rd paries to stump up at a premium I'd have been a bit more convinced - but since it's only the directors, it suggests no-one else was remotely interested and this was the last roll of the dice. Are there any checks and balances to ensure that the money invested isn't being siphoned straight out again via third party contracts with the same shareholders.....

WIth zero transparency as to revenues, I remain, for now, highly sceptical

[the big fella] 20/4/2006 16:12

SW / Yump

I seem to recall SW being positive in the past on this. Clearly Isaacs has had problems. The one thing you have to give to him is he has raised a decent wedge of cash at a premium to the current share price. It proves one thing he must tell a good story. Now whether it has a happy ending no one can tell at this stage. If they sign a marketting agreement with Yahoo that overs credibility, and many more companies will stump up the cash to receive preferential treatment within the directories. Today hopefully is the start.
I spoke with Isaacs following the original announcement and suggested he would struggle to raise cash at a premium. He said it was in the bag, just a case of exactly how much. For once he didn't let us down.

[thinkbig?] 20/4/2006 15:24

Who's day trading??

[yump] 20/4/2006 14:43

M
I won't mock anyone that posts something other than a repeat of an RNS or a ramp based on nothing.

thinkBIG
If you think hamida has actually posted any information that's worth reading then more fool you.

[frances2] 20/4/2006 14:36

hoping for good press tomorrow then we will fly

[masurenguy] 20/4/2006 14:23

yump - why are you here trying to deramp this. There is no mileage shorting a sub 10p stock. If you don't rate this stock and you are not short then why hang out here and try and mock shareholders. A totally negative activity and a waste of space.

Find something CONSTRUCTIVE to do with your time 1

[scorpionwinger] 20/4/2006 14:17

yump

stay with it mate - as I've posted consistently, if TOU fails, the directors will buy 100% for £1 - so their investment will be effectively rolled over. Outside shareholders - forget it!!!

Nice to see despit all the "good news" today, you still couldn't have day traded at a profit - what price the mms drop the bid tomorrow..........

[thinkbig?] 20/4/2006 13:54

yump

Why are you going on about the way he posts, you don't have to type the Queens English do you? to post on ADVFN.

I understand what he is saying about the company pity you don't.

You will lose any credibility or respect when tying to ridicule the way a fellow investor posts, Weather its in the Queens English or not, he is making money on this one and you are not so who is the more informed??? Or intelligent LOL