The Buzz @ Hale Multimedia

You may have seen our facebook posts on the Hale Multimedia Client Support Group or on our main facebook page, or maybe it was through Twitter that you first heard the news.  Maybe you still don't know what we are talking about... (We've announced that we are no longer taking any NEW customers.) We had a goal in 1996 to help people expose their new websites on the internet, however, we found less than 10% even had a website!  Therefore, the journey began to help small business owners understand and take advantage of the affordability of a website.  Fast-Forward 20 years where it has been an absolute pleasure dealing with the hundreds of wonderful customers and friends around the globe in 3 countries and 25 States! Now that most businesses have a website (over 80% now), we think we can slow down and focus on the ones we have been blessed to serve. We also understand that the level of service our customers receive is inversely proportional to the number of total clients we

You may have heard the saying, 'there's an app for that' and it's true, there are millions of 'apps' created for all kinds of reasons.  So, before we go any further, what's an 'app'? Before I could explain to my customers how valuable it might be to have an app, I knew it would necessary to answer this basic question. So, I asked a couple of web savvy folks I knew and here's what their  responses were to this elusive question; Sean Brandt, owner of a website design firm in Lincoln, Nebraska wrote, " Custom software developed and branded to meet the needs and wants of an organization's audience. A mobile site utilizes a browser on your mobile phone and it  usually functions like your main website in design and content usually built by a web designer. A mobile app is a stand alone application on a mobile phone that has it's own graphical user interface fulfilling a specific niche pertaining to your organization that is built by an ap

It's been an exciting three years since we dove into the world of mobile app development. We've been building and promoting websites since 1996 and knew it was time to take the leap.  We also believed it was time to move away from our home area of the Panhandle of Western Nebraska to a slightly bigger market area, one that was closer to a tech hub, but not too close to the 'big city'.  We are, and always will be more acclimated to the rural lifestyle than the city. We selected Wichita Falls, Texas since it met that criteria plus more. AgMarketOnline, our ag search engine, is an annual exhibitor at the Wichita Falls Ranch & Farm Expo that Darren and Tana Dale of Star Expos host each year in March so we had a chance to get to know this big town/small city that people commonly confuse with Wichita, Kansas.  Wichita Falls is the approximate geographical center of OKC, Dallas and Amarillo. Star Expos is a 700 Club sponsor on AgMarketOnline.com and we've