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Slides from Social Media Training Sessions

Posted on July 8, 2009 by amit

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 →

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Advertising Is Not a Sustainable Business Model for the Web (unless you are a Search Engine)

Posted on May 31, 2009 by amit

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 →

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Pluggd – Speach recognition technology for video

Posted on June 11, 2008 by amit

This is pretty awesome: Publishers have the option of attaching a heat map of sorts to their videos. The map shows up below videos as a variously colored bar, which ranges from blue to red and activates when the user … Continue reading →

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Nu Analytics

Posted on February 11, 2008 by amit

Using Javascript/Ajax we can build significantly better UI’s and create a much better user experience. Many companies still can’t effectively translate a better user experience into value ($$$). The biggest reason for this is that the statistics captured and reported … Continue reading →

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