http://amitklein.com Figurin' it out... Wed, 16 May 2012 17:34:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://amitklein.com/2010/11/29/introducing-storystack/ http://amitklein.com/2010/11/29/introducing-storystack/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:55:05 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=1868 For the past few weeks my two buddies and I have been coding non-stop and last night completed the first iteration of our product.  Now it’s time to take a step back, get some people using the app and see … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2010/11/29/introducing-storystack/feed/ 7 http://amitklein.com/2010/08/26/steal-this-product-idea-4-cricketfaceoff-com/ http://amitklein.com/2010/08/26/steal-this-product-idea-4-cricketfaceoff-com/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:59:48 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=1441 I’ve been playing Fantasy Football for the last 8 years and absolutely love it.   For those who don’t know how it works: you join a league with your friends, draft real players, and accumulate points based on how the … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2010/08/26/steal-this-product-idea-4-cricketfaceoff-com/feed/ 6 http://amitklein.com/2010/04/10/steal-this-product-idea-2-listenrr-com/ http://amitklein.com/2010/04/10/steal-this-product-idea-2-listenrr-com/#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:16:56 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=854 So it’s 2010 and according to the 80′s movies I was obsessed with as a kid we should have hoverboards, flying cars, sexy robots, and violent but thrilling reality tv gameshows. I can forgive scientists for failing to deliver on … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2010/04/10/steal-this-product-idea-2-listenrr-com/feed/ 5 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/2010/02/11/game-changer-why-google-bought-aardvark-for-50-million/ http://amitklein.com/2010/02/11/game-changer-why-google-bought-aardvark-for-50-million/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:02:31 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=805 As confirmed by TechCrunch, Google today announced that they’ve bough Aardvark for $50 million – brilliant move by the Goog. I’ll get to the why after a little background. Google still dominates the most lucrative percentage of marketing dollars spent … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2010/02/11/game-changer-why-google-bought-aardvark-for-50-million/feed/ 25 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/2009/10/28/want-to-be-a-billion-dollar-company-get-28mil-users/ http://amitklein.com/2009/10/28/want-to-be-a-billion-dollar-company-get-28mil-users/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:48:05 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=741 Business models on the web are undergoing a massive transformation. Originally mimicking the print industry (advertising revenues based on circulation numbers), we are now only beginning to explore real value adding, revenue generating opportunities which leverage the real-time, social, location-aware, … Continue reading →

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