Customers and clients often say one thing, but what they really mean can be quite different from the face value of their words. Here’s what they say, what they mean and how to respond. “If you help me out on this order (ie., sell it to me cheap), there will be many more orders in […]
Business activity has definitely picked up in Kona in 2014. As a business that works with tens of small and medium-sized companies at any one time, we have our finger on the pulse of Kona business community. Winter 2014 � Good Times Continue Most of the tourism related businesses had a good high season: December […]
Understanding your supplier’s side of the issue is an excellent way to find a good workable solution. Businesses, for certain, exist to make money. That is their raison d’être. Your supplier may be raising prices to achieve profitability, maintain profitability because their expenses increased or expand profitability. If she is not making money on the product or service she is […]
Spend any amount of time researching online marketing online and you’ll soon start hearing an echo, actually a cacophony of echoes. This is because many companies just repeat the same old information again and again. They read something on a forum or on another website, take the information as fact, and then repeat it in […]
Here is a very common conversation we have had over the years: Client: I’m looking for some ways to advertise local clients. Kona Impact: Well, there is online, print, radio, television and direct mail. Include building and vehicle signage, too. What have you tried? Client: I blew a ton of money on yellow pages ads. […]
Read the title again; this is how NOT to succeed in Business in Hawaii! There are plenty of, “how to be successful in business” blog posts out there, so I thought I’d change things up and offer my understanding of why businesses fail in Hawaii. My perspective is that of an business owner who works […]
There has been a tremendous shift in how people are accessing online data. It used to be solely notebook and desktop computers. Now, however, people are just as likely to use their smart phone, including Android and iPhones to look for information and services. Most websites are designed for full-size screens. That’s the reality of […]
The Blood Bank is coming to the LDS Kona Stake at 75-230 Kalani Street tomorrow, March 12. Walk-ins are welcome. Saving a life is probably why you would give blood. That’s reason enough in our minds, but if you would like another reason, we offer a free business card design or 50% off 1,000 cards […]
See-through window vinyl is one of our favorite materials. The vinyl is perforated, with 50% vinyl and 50% holes. This allows the material, when looking from inside an office or car, to be see-through, almost like looking through a window with no covering. From the outside, the material can have graphics, phone numbers or just […]
Hawaii Island is blessed with an abundance of nature’s goodness. From the old days of the pineapple plantations to the world-famous Kona coffee, Hawaii Island is a great place to grow things. Year-round sunshine and many micro-climates (rainforest, high mountain desert, low-lying arid zones and everything in between). We even get snow–at least for a […]
