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Is the fit right? Choosing Providers and Clients

In the early days of Kona Impact, we would do business with anyone who came in the door. I think most businesses are like this when they begin–desperate for customers and willing to do anything to make expenses for that month. Now, after several years, we are a bit more picky. We often invoke what […]

Kona Businesses: Comings and Goings

Bye-Bye Borders The end of the Kona Border’s store has finally arrived. I’ll miss the ability to get trade and reference books quickly, though at a premium cost compared to online, and locally. The selection of books available in Kona is now fairly limited for specialty topics, magazines, and kid’s books. There are a few […]

Two Online Marketing Myths

Kona Impact works mainly with small and medium-sized businesses. We are usually sitting at the table with the business owner or at least someone who works directly with the owner. We like this. When we work with a relatively small organizations, we have a great opportunity to learn about where the business is and where […]

How to Kill Your Online Presence

At Kona Impact, we believe online visibility–the ability to attract visitors through online searches–is a primary reason for a website. Imagine the best-looking website in the world, full of animated graphics, whiz-bang effects, and some really cool functions. Sounds very appealing to some, but will anyone find it? There is a balance between design, function, […]

Standing Banners Create Some Wow

Is your business looking for a way to create some visual “wow”? One thing to consider is free-standing retractable banners. They are great for a lobby, a store interior, or as a trade show display. With a height of 79″ (over 6 1/2 feet) and a width of nearly three feet, these free-standing banners are […]

Big Banner Printing in Kona

If you need a big banner in Kona done right and done quickly, call us at 329-6077. We can print banners for any size up to 54″ wide and as long as you like. We have options for indoor, temporary-use banners, or longer-life outdoor banners that are hemmed and grommeted. Same-day service is available if […]

Project Completed – M & M Kona Coffee

Many people do not know that only one state in the United States grows coffee- Hawaii. The most prized coffee in Hawaii is in Hawaii Island’s Kona region. Due to many environmental factors (volcanoes, soil, weather patterns, etc.) the coffee grown in the Kona region has a superb taste. Another characteristic of this region is […]

Label Printing in Kona!

Here is a video of our label printing services. We did a run of 1,500 labels the other day. Here is a short video showing our printer/cutter making the videos. We know it’s not exactly an Oscar-worthy video, but we’d like to get the work out more about our capabilities. If you’re on Hawaii Island […]

Project Completed – Akamai Cleaning

Akamai Cleaning is a local provider of cleaning services for residential, vacation and commercial properties. In business for over 20 years, Akamai is the go-to business for Kona cleaning services. We enjoyed working with Teri of Akamai Cleaning on the website. There were a few design and content-related challenges. First of all, we decided quickly […]

Bus. Essentials: Choosing the Best Domain Name

This will be the first part of a series of posts to help new businesses with some of the critical decisions they need to make early on. We’ll call this our Business Essentials Series. A domain name is the address of a business online. For example, Kona Impact’s domain name is konaimpact.com. All domain names […]