http://amitklein.com Figurin' it out... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:13:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://amitklein.com/2010/03/22/steal-this-product-idea-sign-al/ http://amitklein.com/2010/03/22/steal-this-product-idea-sign-al/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:40:53 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=841 We are overloaded with information.  During the course of my day I email, tweet, comment, post, chat, message, buzz, check in, call, sms, mms, bbm and sometimes (if I’m really lucky) actually talk to people.  We are moving towards an … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2010/03/22/steal-this-product-idea-sign-al/feed/ 16 http://amitklein.com/2010/02/22/b2b-social-media-marketing/ http://amitklein.com/2010/02/22/b2b-social-media-marketing/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:05:30 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=813 Many people question the value of social media for B2B companies.  I recently gave two sessions trying to answer these questions: Why/How do B2B companies engage in social media? What should companies listen to on the social web and how? … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2010/02/22/b2b-social-media-marketing/feed/ 5 http://amitklein.com/2010/01/24/googles-biggest-competitor-isnt-another-search-engine/ http://amitklein.com/2010/01/24/googles-biggest-competitor-isnt-another-search-engine/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:12:53 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=782 There’s no doubt that Google Search is a great product, but aside from some cosmetic changes in how results are displayed there hasn’t been any major innovation in search in the last few years (aright, Goggles is pretty awesome): There … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2010/01/24/googles-biggest-competitor-isnt-another-search-engine/feed/ 5 http://amitklein.com/2010/01/22/eating-our-own-dogfood-in-marketing-2-0-class/ http://amitklein.com/2010/01/22/eating-our-own-dogfood-in-marketing-2-0-class/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:01:43 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=773 Social Media and Web 2.0 is all about the collaborative, bidirectional flow of information.  It’s no longer a brand, company or authority figure dictating the rules.  As part of the course I’m teaching at NMIMS and ISB, I’m trying to apply the … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2010/01/22/eating-our-own-dogfood-in-marketing-2-0-class/feed/ 14 http://amitklein.com/2009/12/14/intro-to-social-media-videos/ http://amitklein.com/2009/12/14/intro-to-social-media-videos/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:53:09 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=768 Last week I gave two sessions on Social Media Marketing at SPJain. Videos and slides below… let me know what you think: Intro to Social Media – Part 1 – SP Jain – Dec 09 from Amit Klein on Vimeo. … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2009/12/14/intro-to-social-media-videos/feed/ 3 http://amitklein.com/2009/07/08/slides-from-social-media-training-sessions/ http://amitklein.com/2009/07/08/slides-from-social-media-training-sessions/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:59:46 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=613 Last week I gave a few training sessions to new joinees in our company covering Social Media, Online Advertising and Analytics.  From talks I’ve had with new joinees, I’ve found this information isn’t covered in college/graduate coursework. I’m planning on … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2009/07/08/slides-from-social-media-training-sessions/feed/ 10 http://amitklein.com/2009/06/21/an-intro-to-social-data-portability/ http://amitklein.com/2009/06/21/an-intro-to-social-data-portability/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:02:45 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=592 Social Data Portability allows you to bring your friends, interests and relationships where ever you go across the web.  For users, it means not having to create a new account on every site, and having immediate access to your network … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2009/06/21/an-intro-to-social-data-portability/feed/ 1 http://amitklein.com/2009/05/31/advertising-is-not-a-sustainable-business-model-for-the-web-unless-you-are-a-search-engine/ http://amitklein.com/2009/05/31/advertising-is-not-a-sustainable-business-model-for-the-web-unless-you-are-a-search-engine/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 09:35:09 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=565 The long-held myth that web companies can achieve profitability through free products, services and content solely based on advertising is fading.  The diminishing rates of online ads, and the slowdown of venture capital and IPOs, has led to a realization … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2009/05/31/advertising-is-not-a-sustainable-business-model-for-the-web-unless-you-are-a-search-engine/feed/ 8 http://amitklein.com/2009/04/05/the-case-for-and-against-google/ http://amitklein.com/2009/04/05/the-case-for-and-against-google/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:09:14 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=488 There’s been a lot of talk the last few days about Google’s rumored “late-stage” acquisition talks with Twitter. While current consensus is that they are merely discussing mutually beneficial product strategies, it doesn’t mean that this deal isn’t being thoroughly … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2009/04/05/the-case-for-and-against-google/feed/ 0 http://amitklein.com/2008/12/18/the-transition-to-real-time-social-search/ http://amitklein.com/2008/12/18/the-transition-to-real-time-social-search/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:32:49 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=362 John Batelle recently wrote a great post about the shift from static to real-time search.  To paraphrase he says that Google is/was awesome because for the first time, you could quickly and accurately get static information about any search term.  … Continue reading →

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