The Hall Blog

Our guest this week is Doug Haslam (@DougH), a PR veteran at SHIFT Communications.  Doug recently commented on how his gung-ho use of social media has caused him to seen as a social media guy, though in reality social media is just one part of his job in PR (though it happens to be the… Read more »

I love it when great minds mesh.  Over on Copyblogger (a favorite blog), Sean D’Souza (a favorite blogger) has a guest post talking about Gary Vaynerchuk (a favorite social media celebrity) and his “Secret Ingredient” — and why these ingredients might not be the same ones that make your marketing recipe a success. In short,… Read more »

No longer does your geographic area necessarily define your economic sector. Thanks to technology, you can define where you exist by vertical market and offering. You can create a hybrid business environment – a flexible, resilient sub-sector of the mainstream economy focused around your company. Your local economy is defined by all the businesses that… Read more »

So my calendar says Spring is here but the view out my window makes me think I am still stuck in a Maine winter. I’m so ready for Spring: color, energy and fabulous events, but Mother Nature is holding out on me… So to get all of us warmed up for Spring I have decided… Read more »