The day after the Ironman World Championships in Kona, I met a man at the dump who let it be known that he was pleased that the competition was done and everyone was going home. He then went on to complain how much he was inconvenienced (the dump, where I met him was closed one […]
One of the great things about living in Kona, Hawaii is the instant access we have to recreational activities. A beach is seldom more than ten minutes away and we have hundreds of a miles of wide-shouldered roads for cyclists. And, of course, we have awesome weather year-round. In about a month, we’ll have the […]
Good story about this project and a very good example why it pays to do business locally. We started a website project for Kraftsman Auto Body a few months ago. There is a lot of content on the website, so the project took some time to put together. In the middle of the project I […]
We do a lot of printing and signage projects for conventions and expos on the Kohala Coast. For most businesses it is far more convenient to have us print the files and mount them on foam core or other material. Shipping is a hassle and the odd dimensions of signs make them unwieldy to carry […]
At Kona Impact, we always try to look at things from the customers’ point of view. That is, we try to do business the way we like others to do business with us. Makes sense and seems to have worked pretty well so far. This is the approach we take to rush fees. Our policy […]
The most crucial part of deciding on a business name is to ensure you are not violating another business’s copyright or trademark. Choosing, for example, “Pepsi Hawaii Marketing” is just a bad idea, and you will likely end up with problems down the road. This blog post does not deal with these issues: check with […]
Sometime our job is easy. Several years ago we made a website for a bikini wholesaler. He had professionally-done pictures of beautiful women on a beach in Hawaii in his bikinis. From day one, we knew that our task was to design a site that let the product pictures speak for themselves; that is, the […]
Hawaii is a great place to do custom design work because of the wide variety of influences on local culture. From Japanese characters to Pacific Islander-inspired designs, we live in one of the world’s great places for design inspiration. We recently did a really fun project for a client. He came in and said he […]
Imagine you’re planning a trip to Tokyo. You do what most people do and start searching online for hotels, restaurants and things to do. Simple, right? Now imagine that all you come up with sites in Japanese and in English. If you’re like most people, you’ll spend your time and money on the businesses that […]
At one time, the only platform for websites was computers, namely notebook and desktop computers. Since they used the same browsers to view websites, we were mainly concerned with browser compatibility and ensuring all our sites could be viewed with even the smallest monitors. While we still have those issues, we must be concerned with […]
