Picking Ourselves Up By The Bootstraps, And Focusing On The Future! We Have Been Here Before! I was watching television the other day, when a story came on that inspired me to want to write about the current situation that most Americans currently find themselves in. Month-long quarantine with business activity spotty at best. Those […]
I was recently in a meeting where Barry Rosenblum, the owner of the Intelligent Office located in RXR Plaza, Uniondale, Long Island, was the guest speaker. He spoke about the trials and tribulations facing small businesses in today’s real estate and employment market environments. The predicament of competing with larger companies that may possess both […]
In September Hallmark Abstract Service President Michael Haltman had the honor and pleasure of being interviewed by NEFCU banker Ray Schwetz on his show, Tower Talk Business Radio! In a studio located on the Nassau Community College campus, the interview on 90.3 WHPC was free-flowing and covered subjects that included the New York title insurance industry, regulation, […]
In life and in business all of us lead whether as a parent, coach, teacher, mentor, business owner or manager of people in any capacity! Leadership can take many forms and consist of many different styles. Most of us have experienced what we would consider to be effective leadership and, unfortunately, many of us a leader […]
When we think about marketing for our business, whether title insurance, a law firm or anything else, often the first instinct is to focus on what it is we bring to the table! Instead what if marketing was developed to be client-centric, and addressed how our firm will help solve customers specific ‘pain points’? In […]
Opening the Business section of Long Island’s Newsday this morning imagine my shock to read the following headline: ‘REPLACING 1940 FOOD HOME‘ with a photo of Zorn’s Poultry Farm in the background! As someone who picks-up food from Zorn’s of Bethpage when I’m in the neighborhood, whenever we have guests at the house or for […]
Jeff Immelt was at the helm of General Electric from 2000 until his departure at the beginning of August. Speculation now is that he may get the Uber CEO position! Why does his performance at GE’s helm indicate that he would do well as CEO of the troubled transportation technology firm? In general the decision […]
On April 27th the Long Island Hilton located in Melville, Long Island, New York, will be hosting the 2017 BOOM B2B Expo and Executive Speaker Conference! Hallmark Abstract Service will be exhibiting and admission to the Exhibitor Hall is free, courtesy of the firm, by using mhaltman in the box that reads Discount Code at checkout. […]
An April 2015 headline here told the story of the onslaught that faced the traditional taxi industry from technology-driven competitors like Uber and Lyft… ‘Because Of Uber, Are Taxi Medallion Lenders A Shorting Opportunity?‘ ‘In other words is the competition from Uber decreasing the demand for taxi medallions causing the price of the medallions to drop […]
Are you still a sports fan or have you become nothing more than a statistics watcher playing fantasy sports? The truth of the matter is that the undying loyalty of fans to a specific team has been diluted over the years because of a couple of significant factors… The first issue is that we now live in […]
