I’ve bought eye glasses in Japan and the United States. From the outside, an eyewear store is an eyewear store. You see rows and rows of glasses. No difference there. But, when you go to try on a pair of glasses in the United States, they are, most likely, dusty and marked by fingerprints. You...Read More

We get a call or two a week from potential clients that are very focused on solely on price. There’s nothing wrong with that, as when I shop for some items, I am very price-conscious. Often the conversation will come to a close when we give a ballpark cost for something, a website, for example,...Read More

I was having a chat the other day with a guy about the 2016 elections. It was clear he was a fervent supporter of one candidate, and he was sure this person was going to get his party’s nomination. I told him that he would have to get well over 100% of the remaining votes...Read More

Kona Impact has made hundreds of signs for businesses and individuals in Kona, Hawaii. This includes banners, real estate signs, window graphics, vehicle graphics and building signs. We have made so many signs, it’s hard to go very far in Kona without going past a sign we’ve made. The main challenge for signs in Kona...Read More

How often do we do the same behaviors day in and day out? Do we take the same route to work? Do we do the same tasks in the same order every day? Do we have the same marketing activities year after year? Of course, we do! People are creatures of habit, and it is...Read More

I reviewed a blog I had written at the beginning of the year—four months ago.Watch movie online The Transporter Refueled (2015) Here is an update on my ten predictions for Kona, Hawaii 2016. Undersupply of affordable home: No progress Homelessness an issue with no progress: No progress Marijuana use will increase significantly: No licenses for...Read More

I was hanging out with four business owners the other day, just sitting on a lanai and sharing thoughts about the challenges of doing business in Hawaii. One topic we discussed was clients and customers with whom we have conflict. We all readily admitted that our employees and we do make mistakes and it our...Read More

Kona Impact works with hundreds of businesses a year and has worked with thousands of businesses since its inception ten years ago. We have seen tremendous successes, some moderate successes, and, of course, several failures. In this blog, we love to share our observations on how to create and grow sustainable businesses in Hawaii. Here...Read More

We had a new client come in the other day and asked us about the turnaround time on our banners. We answered that it takes one or two days to have them in hand after design approval. She then told us that she went to one place in Hilo, where she lives, and two places...Read More

New employees of one of our clients came to us about 24 hours ago. They have a manufactured product that needed to be labelled in Honolulu 12 hours from when I write this. The labels need to be at the airport to be overnighted, so the whole turnaround times needed to be about a day....Read More