Mortgages Experts on Maui

Posted in: Blog, Maui by MauiHawaiiUpdates on November 2, 2011 | No Comments

Tricia Morris at Hawaii’s Premiere Mortgage Company

Facebook: Premiere Morgage Hawaii
Twitter: @TriciaMaui
Web: Mortgage Maui

Tricia Morris and her team have been working on mortgages for 20 years in Hawaii.  Their dedication is Read more…

Social Media for Business

Posted in: Blog, SEO, Social Media, Twitter by MauiHawaiiUpdates on October 22, 2011 | No Comments

For most people, social media for business is a waste of time.  In order to utilize it successfully, it requires:

• TIME
• More TIME
• And an increasingly complex knowledge of how to convert, which only comes from an obnoxious amount of testing and research. Read more…

Maui Sunset Cruise

Posted in: Blog, Maui by MauiHawaiiUpdates on October 15, 2011 | No Comments

Sunset on Maui is unparalleled in the first place, but when you add viewing it from the ocean, the bar is moved up.  We LOVE going on sunset cruises.  There’s really nothing better than being with friends on the water with warm winds blowing and a cold tropical cocktail in your hand.  Good times.

One of the best boats to go on for these Maui sunset cruises is the Aikane X5.  This vessel is a 62 foot power catamaran that only allows a maximum of 12 passengers onboard for a shared trip.  That means you get A LOT OF BOAT for very few people.  Perfect.  The reason we bring this up is because some boats will send  you out with 50-100 people beating each other up over a spot to sit and watch the sunset.  Not fun.

Give Kelly a call and reserve this one-of-a-kind sunset cruise boat for your next visit.  1-800-490-0849 They also do the same 12 passenger limits for their shared snorkeling trips and whale watches!  If your group is larger than 12, you can bring them all on with a private charter.

Maui Web Design

Posted in: Blog, Graphic Design, Maui, SEO, Web Design by MauiHawaiiUpdates on October 1, 2011 | No Comments

We’re building websites for clients again! We know, it sounds strange that at one point we had even stopped.  I’ll explain:  We took a short hiatus from designing websites for clients in order to concentrate on our own network of Hawaii websites.

Now we’re back and building!  Our goal is to build no more than 6 websites per year.  because of our detailed methods involved in designing, we can’t take as many clients as we’d like.  Below we’ve listed a few prerequisites required of our clients.

1. Flexibility – This is very important.  Hawaii Web Group builds websites for local businesses in order for them to grow their exposure and brand.  Ultimately, the website has to help the business become more popular and increase their sales.

This means that we have to have the final say in design.  Again, this sounds strange.  You know your business, but we know the web.  If you want someone to build a site exactly as you want, we recommend you find different designers.  We’ll do everything in our power to make your site look the way you want, but some things shouldn’t be done if you want to reach the largest amount of your ideal visitors.   You have to trust us.

2. Content – You know your business better than we do.  We need you to write the content for your pages before we even start.  This point will make or break a business relationship.  Right off the bat, I can tell you that most people we deal with are amped to begin the project and ready to pay, but they’ll never get us the materials we need.  This kills the project. We can make things up for your business, but it won’t be entirely accurate, it will take longer to write and fix mistakes, and it will cost you more for us to write it.

3. Commitment – Once you’ve decided to go with us, you need to be committed 100%.  When we need your input, you’ll need to give it to us in a timely manner. That means getting us answers within hours, not days.

I know this sounds strange to have prerequisites for clients, but we have high standards for what we build, and it takes time.  If we’re going to build, we’re going to do it right!  Give us a shout!

Maui Surf Pool

Posted in: Blog, Maui by MauiHawaiiUpdates on September 11, 2011 | No Comments

It’s back in action!  Da Rush Hawaii, a Flowrider wave pool, has recently been reopened by entrepreneur Christopher Williams of south Maui.  This is Maui’s only man-made wave and available to the public in Kihei, Maui.
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Road to Hana CD

Posted in: Blog, Maui by MauiHawaiiUpdates on May 13, 2011 | No Comments

We’ve recently become acquainted to a new product on Maui called “Experiencing The Road to Hana and Beyond”, which is an audio CD for visitors to Hana.
You can visit them at Road to Hana CD.

At first, we thought it was just another Hana CD sending visitors to the best spots on the way to Hana.  After closer examination, I found some characteristics that have earned our respect.

Here are a few of those points:

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Taking Over Twitter!

Posted in: Blog, Twitter by MauiHawaiiUpdates on May 9, 2011 | No Comments

What?  Can it be True?

Yes, Hawaii Web Group has acquired the Twitter Handle @Maui!  So now you can follow us at this easy address:

http://twitter.com/maui

This falls along the lines of our ongoing effort to secure the highest quality visitors by being the most visible.  Simplicity is also our goal here.  We’ll still be using @MauiHawaiiInfo for our business here at Hawaii Web Group.  Follow @Maui for updates on the island.

Upcountry Maui Rental

Posted in: Blog, Maui by MauiHawaiiUpdates on April 8, 2011 | No Comments

Just minutes away from Makawao town is the beautiful Upcountry area of Kula, Maui. Here you’ll find large expanses of rolling pastures sitting high above Maui’s central valley. Very few people take advantage of vacation rentals up in this area. Most people crowd beaches in front of costly resorts and try to relax. At the Kula Cottage, you can truly relax by being high above the hustle and bustle. Read more…

CS5 Photoshop Tutorial

Posted in: Blog, Graphic Design, Hawaii Videos, Web Design by MauiHawaiiUpdates on April 5, 2011 | No Comments

Here we’ve made a tutorial of a new logo Hawaii Web Group built for a new surf/skate shop opening up on Newport Blvd. in Southern California.  The logo will be featured on the homepage of Newport Surf until the new site is completed.

Video Transcription

Aloha and welcome to Hawaii Web Group‘s CS5 Photoshop tutorial.  This is a sped up version of a logo design for a new surf and skate shop on Newport Blvd  in California for Newportsurf.com. Here you can see us using the 3D text tool where we’re tweaking position, perspective, and adding spotlights. To do this, you have to go to 3D, Repousse, and then Text Layer. If it won’t let you because it says you have a faux bold text, go ahead and select the text with your text tool, and then right click and then toggle off the faux bold. When you do finally render the text for spotlighting and shadowing, make sure you have a lot of time because it takes a while.

Here we’re extending the background because we don’t have enough room, and we’re positioning the words to fit better and look like they’re kind of sitting on top of eachother.

What we’re gonna do is fill in each letter, so we’re not really interested in what the front face looks like other than having it be clean and white.  There’s a lot of different ways to do anything in Photoshop.  And here we’re using it for the web so we’re not too concerned about the high high quality you might need to print something. Read more…

Visiting Maui

Posted in: Blog, Maui by MauiHawaiiUpdates on April 1, 2011 | No Comments

The one thing we would encourage visitors to do while visiting Maui is to make an effort to experience the people and land. Luaus are all good fun, but take it a step further by immersing yourselves in the culture. Read more…