We are excited to now offer custom golf ball printing in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Custom Printed Golf Balls These are perfect for golf tournaments, pro shops, and just about anyone who wants to add a bit of pizzazz to their golf game. They are also a great gift for the golfers in your life or a...Read More

Custom Water Bottles and Wine Cups You can now get custom printed water bottles and wine cups made locally in Kailua-Kona! The best part is our turnaround time is usually a day or two depending on inventory. These customized bottles and cups can be imprinted with your business’ logo, names, and photos. They are double-walled,...Read More

I am not one to look at adversity as a negative. I can certainly remember adversity bringing Kona Impact to the precipe of failure, but each time–there were two big ones in our history–we were able to right the ship and carry on and become something better than before. Perhaps the worst part of 2020...Read More

We’re excited to announce that we’re now able to create customized tumblers here in Kona, Hawaii. We can put you name, logo, photo or just about any digital image on tumblers. These tumbers will keep your hot beverage hot for hours, and your cold beverages cold for hours. The best part about our customized tumbers?...Read More

Kona Impact installed a UV flatbed printer in our office today. We now have capabilities for printing directly the following: Aluminum PVC/Sintra Acryllic Foam Core Coroplast Golf Balls Water Bottles/Hydroflasks This means we can print directly to materials that are thick and have irregular shapes and sizes with state-of-the-art UV cured inks. We are excited...Read More

330 pounds We are excited about our new UV flatbed, direct to substrate printer that will be arriving soon. We will have capabilities that no other provider on Hawaii Island will have. Stay tuned for more details!Read More

It’s now early September, 2020 and there seems to be some light at the end of the 2020 COVID pandemic tunnel. The CDC and other sources have indicated that we might be able to begin vaccinations in early November. That’s the first good news we’ve heard in months. I am an optimist by nature, but...Read More

One of the not-so-secret secrets in business is that companies do not treat all customers the same. This should not be shocking: retailers have “preferred customer” programs; the TSA has a PreCheck program that allows some to skip the long lines; our local big box hardware stores have preferred parking for some customers. Our favorite...Read More

Marketing is the activity of promoting and, hopefully, selling products. It is rare that a business can become sustainable without significant marketing efforts. One website has identified 52 types of marketing, giving a great overview of the possibilities for businesses. In our experience, a small business might focus on a handful of these, and a...Read More

A cognitive bias is a deficiency, an error in the way we process information. We’re all guilty, at times, of letting our cognitive (thinking) biases cloud rational decision making. Good business decision making will sometimes come from “the gut” unexplained–at least to some–ways of reaching decisions. That said, rational decision making based on good data...Read More