Remember the old days when THE place to advertise was the yellow pages? Businesses would take out huge, full-page ads, because, well, they worked. That, however, was in the early 1990s. Nowadays, most businesses do not even bother with paid yellow pages ads, because they are expensive and mostly ineffective. Some people say the same […]
Everything has a cost. This, most would agree, is a fundamental truism in business. The cost might be in capital (money), time (labor, money), or in opportunity cost (the cost of choosing one course of action over another). Paying with capital is pretty straightforward. The cost of a new printer, for example, is $XXX.XX. But, […]
We certainly do not claim to be a “green company”, but we like to say that we seek to reduce our environmental impact. Here’s what we do: 1. All green waste–coffee ground, filters, banana peels, apple cores, etc.–is composted and used in our gardens 2. Paper waste is shredded and used in our worm farm, […]
I couldn’t help but notice the other day all the new construction I have seen near our office in “downtown” Kailua-Kona. This is a good sign for the future of our our town, especially those who are doing the building and those who will be working. Here are a few within a few minutes of […]
Here’s another vehicle with see-through window graphics. Another way to get your business in Kona recognized!
If you are a service-related business, especially one that drives around town, one of the best investments you can make is vehicle graphics. Simply put, a vehicle with graphics gets noticed, whether it is a vehicle magnet, applied vinyl or window graphics. Here is a window and cut vinyl install we completed a few days […]
Many of Kona Impact’s clients are people who are making transitions in their life: from employee to business owner, from at-home business to a business with a shop or storefront, and in the case of Ed’s Cleaning, a business that is rebranding. Ed used to own the COIT carpet cleaning franchise in Kona, Hawaii. After […]
There is a woman in Nevada suing Match.com, the online dating site, for ten million dollars claiming that it did not provide enough overt warnings to site users of dating dangers. The story is, indeed, tragic: the woman did meet a man on Match.com, and after a few dates, he brutally attacked her (and later […]
The other day I came across a really poor construction job. The job was to resurface some areas, and lo and behold, a week after they finished a strong rain washed away a lot of paint and created bubbles in many places. When a licensed contractor stopped by our office, he commented on the poor […]
One thing the Hawaii Island loves is Thai restaurants. We are blessed to have several excellent Thai restaurants, with at least one in each of the main communities. When it comes to Thai food in Waikoloa and Waimea, our choice is Charley’s Thai Cuisine. We have visited Chaley’s many times over the years. Now they […]
