Michael Specht

An imperfect blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and other random thoughts.

Entries Tagged as 'Branding'

Innovating to Reboot

March 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Branding, Management, Personal, Productivity · 725 views

Over last several months I have gone through several changes in my life which has resulted in me reviewing many things.
I have been struggling with how to conduct this process, but I figured it is a bit like a reboot but I can’t really turn myself off and on again like a computer now can [...]

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When your social graph breaks

January 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Branding, Digital Identity, Social Networks · 1,659 views

There is a lot of talk these days about social graphs, a newish term used to describe our online social relationships across the myriad of web sites these days. If you are unsure what a social graph is read this description from Jeremiah Owyang.
Another common discussion at the moment is the cross over of [...]

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Twitter influence and follower growth

November 20th, 2007 · No Comments · Blogging, Branding, Social Networks · 882 views

There are several classic cliché’s such as “money makes money” and “success breeds success” that basically mean the more you have of something the more you get. Normally I would dispute these concepts but I am starting to question my personal perspectives.
Two things have happened to make this happen. Firstly I spent an hour or [...]

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The ROI of a corporate blog

February 7th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Blogging, Branding, New Media · 3,232 views

Over the last few years there has been lots of talk about how to measure the ROI of a corporate blog, I have written about it a fews times. At the end of the day ROI of a blog is hard to measure, unless you sell advertising which most corporate blogs do not.
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What is a good presentation?

September 1st, 2006 · No Comments · Branding, Communication, Learning · 2,409 views

I subscribe to Presentation Zen to find the latest and greatest trends in presentations. Some of the presentations they reference are fantastic others I don’t really relate to but I still stay subscribed. So today when I saw a couple of people referring to the Top 10 Presentations I was interested.
KnowHR have pulled [...]

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Judge Jim & co.

December 20th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Blogging, Branding, HR Management, Recruitment · 1,467 views

Jim Durbin provides us with details on the judging criteria in the Recruiting.com Best Blog Awards.
I like his general statement, someone who is advancing the brand, where the brand is recruitment. He will be looking for someone who is making an impact on the size of the recruiting blogosphere and how they are using [...]

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Recruiting in Australia (Part 1)

July 17th, 2005 · 8 Comments · Branding, Communication, Recruitment · 2,385 views

Over the last few weeks I have become very concerned about the state of the recruitment industry in Australia, in particular around IT although the comments will also hold true of other industries. I am preparing a few posts to work through the issues, mostly for my purposes but others might also benefit. [...]

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Turnover and your brand

May 15th, 2005 · No Comments · Branding, Recruitment · 1,333 views

Hugh Macleod’s post from last week, on the porous membrane, is popping up everywhere! I showed the picture to my wife (who is studying biology and psychology together), who immediate reaction was it looked like cells with the different chemicals moving in and out to generate an action potential. Even in this light [...]

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Recruiting Metrics

April 29th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Branding, HRIS, Recruitment, Technology · 2,812 views

As Heather said there has been lots of discussion (here, here, here, here, and here) recently on recruiting metrics and the quality of a hire. Andrew Marritt provides a very interesting perspective on why quality of hire is even only appropriate in a limited number of circumstances.
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Success of your blog

April 24th, 2005 · No Comments · Blogging, Branding, Communication, New Media · 1,671 views

Regina from BNet Blogs asks an interesting question. How do you measure the success of a blog strategy?
There are many items out there that can help you develop your measures. At the end of the day you need to have a clear measure for success, like when Jeremy Wright auctioned his blogging service [...]

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