Past Events & Speakers

September 6th, 2016

Keynote Speaker – James Chun

Basics of effective Video Marketing for your company

James Chun

On Tuesday evening, September 6th, 2016, our keynote is the owner of Crane Media, James Chun.  His company has over 15 years of experience producing and editing video in Hawaii.  He will share his invaluable experience on how to you can produce an effective message and market your company using video. We are excited to bring James to the Hawaii Internet Marketers community so he can his message; “Basics of effective Video Marketing for your company”.

James has a reputation and passion for producing great video. He started his video career doing wedding videos.  He then expanded into shooting business commercials and info ads for small and large companies in Hawaii.  He will share with us why video marketing is so valuable to not just sharing your company’s message but how essential it is in acquiring new customers that will find you online.  To learn more about James, visit him at www.CraneMedia.com

Three key points you will discover this event:

– Why video marketing is vital to your companies marketing and online visibility

– How to formulate an effective message for your company

– How to use video to be unique and stand out from your competition

Please come join us at HiMA, this will be another great event! HiMA is a place where you will network with local business leaders and professionals, while learning from Hawaii’s best internet marketers. Seats are limited so reserve your seat today!

Lunch and Learn!

August 17th

Quick & Dirty: 3 Month Marketing Plan Workshop!

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Hawaii Internet Marketers along with Manoa Innovation Center are doing a lunch and learn workshop with one of Hawaii’s best internet marketers! On Wednesday afternoon, August 17th, 2016, our keynote is a Sharon Gutierrez! We are excited to have Sharon return after her exciting evening presenting the 20 point marketing audit. She is the successful owner of Shar’Enterprise, a local marketing and management company. On Wednesday she will be sharing her “Quick & Dirty: The 3 month marketing plan.”

Sharon has been helping local companies for many years with social media management, political campaign consulting, website revision and design, branding and rebranding, event planning, marketing strategy and marketing coaching. To learn more about Sharon, visit her at www.sharenterprise.net
Three key points you will discover this event:
 How to set short term and long term goals,
 Learn how to line up marketing efforts with those goals
 Create a marketing calendar draft or simple marketing calendar or something
Please come join us at HiMA, this will be another great event! HiMA is a place where you will network with local business leaders and professionals, while learning from Hawaii’s best internet marketers. Seats are limited so reserve your seat today!

August 2nd 2016 Meeting

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Keynote Speaker – Nate Burgoyne
Succeeding Online Beyond the Startup: The Endurance Sport of Entrepreneurship

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Come and meet one of Hawaii’s best internet marketers on Tuesday evening, August 2nd, 2016, keynote speaker, Nate Burgoyne! Nate is innovative and inspiring local marketer serving the Hawaii business community for many years. He will discussing how he helps local companies, “Succeeding Online Beyond the Startup: The Endurance Sport of Entrepreneurship”
On the business front, he is the founder of the website design and search engine optimization company Integrity Online Marketing LLC. In addition to his website design company, Nate founded the first stand up paddle school on the North Shore of Oahu, published both physical and e-books, founded an online magazine, and continues to assist both startups and corporations to grow their businesses by leveraging the internet.
As an ultra-distance runner, this year Nate ran the HURT 100 mile trail race, named as one of the 9 toughest races in the world, then also ran the perimeter of Oahu, 135+ miles, without rest. Nate draws on these experiences to teach memorable practical lessons that parallel what is needed for continued success as an entrepreneur. To learn more about Nate Burgoyne’s company and running adventures, go to www.integrityonlinemarketing.com and www.runwithnate.com.
In this workshop, you’ll enjoy Nate’s teaching style as he levels with us all, does away with the pie-in-the-sky fantasy, and in his fun tell-it-like-it-is manner, shares what it really takes, and some of the tools you’ll need to succeed as an entrepreneur beyond the startup phase.
These key points will be discovered at this event:
 *Learn how to leverage the internet for long term stability in your business.
 *Learn to hedge against business highs and lows so you can sleep at night.
 *Learn how to avoid common critical mistakes that stunt growth after startup.
 *Learn what elements your website may be missing to help you succeed beyond the startup.
Please come join us at HiMA, this will be another great event! HiMA is a place where you will network with local business leaders and professionals, while learning from Hawaii’s best internet marketers. Seats are limited so reserve your seat today!
HIMA Members: Free
Guests: Special rates for online preregistration, or $15 at door
Register Now at: http://bit.ly/natesucceeding

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Presentation Room, Manoa Innovation Center
2800 Woodlawn Dr. Training Room #173
Honolulu, HI 96822

July 5th 2016 Meeting

Ryan Hew

Ryan Hew

“When Compliance Fails”
When to legally defend your company

Hawaii Internet Marketers Association (HiMA) proudly presents, “When Compliance Fails” – When to legally defend your company from Ryan K. Hew, Attorney at Law. HiMA is honored to have Ryan return to our Association in 2016 with more great and sometimes scary information about the laws for Hawaii’s online businesses. Come to see Ryan speak and you understand how truly passionate he is in the Hawaii’s business community to the growing diversity of laws for online business and marketing.

Ryan K. Hew, is a local attorney who provides transactional and compliance services for small and medium-sized businesses. Some of the services include: entity formation, corporate governance, contract drafting, and licensing with government agencies. When not working directly with clients, he provides informational resources on the benefits of business entities, social media use, marketing and branding issues, B2B relationships, and the legislative process through seminars and his blog. When not at his computer, he can be found dining out at the newest restaurant, watching a movie, or taking his dogs for a walk.

Ryan will discussing these key points for your business:
• Difference between government action and private lawsuits
• The importance and organization of record keeping
• When to Collaborate and when to Fight
• Learn about disputes between members of the LLC and the LLC against others
Be sure you don’t miss this event with local attorney, Ryan K. Hew! Seating is limited so reserve your seat today.

Tuesday, July 5th 6:30pm-9:00pm
Manoa Innovation Center
2800 Woodlawn Dr. Training Room #173
Honolulu, HI 96822

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June 29th 2016 Workshop!
How To Turn Your Hobby Into a 6 Figure Business
Using The Power of The Internet.

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This quarters workshop features this powerful woman entrepreneur who rocked our monthly meeting a few months ago. So clear your schedules and book us on Wednesday evening, June 29th 2016. We are lucky she has agreed to come back and reveal more on, “How To Turn Your Hobby Into a 6 Figure Business Using The Power of The Internet”. Our keynote, Sloane Ketcham, has done it and she will show you her system so you can do it too.

Sloane, now a professional speaker, author, and corporate trainer, started online in 2009, learning everything from coding, building wordpress blogs, capture pages, video, blogging, and lead generation. She’s studied with top multi-millionaires in the industry, but it wasn’t until 2014 that she found true success online through her online business coaching and mentoring program.

Come to this powerful workshop and discover this;

• How to build a customer base online while having fun and working part-time
• How to Leverage the power of Social Media to reach people across the country and the world
• What are the latest trends on interactive platforms and how to take

June 7th, 2016 Association Meeting

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Keynote Speaker – Paul Leo Klink”Aloha ≠ Weakness: How to protect your company and brand against attacks on Social Media”On Tuesday evening, June 7th Hawaii Internet Marketers Association (HiMA) is proud to present, “Aloha ≠ Weakness: How to protect your company and brand against attacks on Social Media” with our keynote speaker, one of Hawaii’s top business consultant and expert social media maven, Paul Klink.Paul will discuss real life situations and stories on how he managed and protected his personal and business image from attacks and how you can too. Paul has successfully balanced his message of ‘Living Aloha’ while defending himself from many attacks on different media forums. He will share how the power of social media has given him a venue to deliver his message as well as the power to fight back against any media. Learn from one of Hawaii’s most successful local marketer and event promoter the techniques to monitor and defend your business from attacks.Paul is a Father of 2, mate, social media & information alchemist, philanthropist, author of “Live Aloha”, television and motion picture actor, Certified Life Coach, internet visionary, loves to volunteer when possible and has been a creative entrepreneur in Hawaii for over 29 years. He is recently known as the founder and organizer of the very successful luxury fundraising events put on with his LUX VIP Events and www.LUXatTheTRUMP.com events. Paul is not only known for being a powerful speaker but always bringing fun and entertaining to every event he is a part of.Paul is also well known for his iconic speech on TEDxHonolulu of how to Live Aloha available to be seen through www.LiveAloha.org. Although he has a life threatening heart condition, you will not find anyone with a bigger heart and spirit that will represent the definition of how to Live Aloha on a local and on a national scale.You can’t miss Paul’s best social media tips, great for any local business and how he sees the future for Hawaii’s business media marketing,How to quickly mitigate attacks from HatersWhat websites Paul uses and how to use them to monitor attackersWhat is the best procedures to use when wackadoodles cross the line

May 3rd, 2016

Keynote Speaker – Sharon Gutierrez

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20 Point Marketing Audit: How to Take Action and Gain Credibility

Don’t miss another great event with one of Hawaii’s best internet marketers. On Tuesday evening, May 3rd, 2016, our keynote is a Sharon Gutierrez! She is the owner of Shar’Enterprise, a marketing and management company for local businesses. She is excited to share with us her topic; 20 Point Marketing Audit: How to Take Action and Gain Credibility.

Sharon has been helping local companies for many years with social media management, political campaign consulting, website revision and design, branding and rebranding, event planning, marketing strategy and marketing coaching. To learn more about Sharon, visit her at www.sharenterprise.net

Three key points you will discover this event:

– Quickly gain perspective of how comprehensiveness of your marketing and branding strategy. – Compare and brainstorm how to hone in on your target market and get your message out! – How to stand out by sending a unique brand message for professionals and business owners.

* (Sharon will be giving away her Action Plan Checklist) Checklist to market your business better.

Please come join us at HiMA, this will be another great event! HiMA is a place where you will network with local business leaders and professionals, while learning from Hawaii’s best internet marketers. Seats are limited so reserve your seat today!

Tuesday, May 3rd 2016, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Presentation Room, Manoa Innovation Center

2800 Woodlawn Dr. Training Room #173

Honolulu, HI 96822

April 5th 2016, Monthly Association Meeting

‘Enhancing your Market Message By Rediscovering Your Life Purpose’

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signUpButton_1 On Tuesday evening, April 5th 2016, our keynote is a professional speaker, author, and one-on-one life transition coach, Lani Kwon, MA, Founder and CEO of Creating YOUR Calling LLC. Lani will share with you her 2 decades of experience how to create your unique marketing message to stand out from your competition by rediscovering your life purpose. Lani is a Newfield Network® Graduate Coach (2012) and has been a member of the International Coach Federation since 2006. She participates in ongoing trainings and conferences internationally, including Dr. Robert Holden’s upcoming Coach Camp in June 2016. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Pearl City High School in 1987, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in 1991 with a BA in English with Honors and earned a Master’s degree in English Literature with a Specialization in Creative Writing from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1995. Lani is an established author and has had multiple non-fiction, poetry and fiction publications. In this event you will learn from Lani:
•What is your life purpose?
•Clues are found in your passions, interests and goals.
•Overcome obstacles that prevent you from actively pursuing your calling and enhancing your market message by utilizing positive psychology scientific research proven to get results!

Please come join us at HiMA, this will be another great event! HiMA is a place where you will network with local business leaders and professionals, while learning from Hawaii’s best internet marketers. Seats are limited so reserve your seat today! HIMA Members: Free Guest are pre-register online $10, $15 at door , %50 off special for first time Guests Register Now at: http://bit.ly/LanisLifePurpose Tuesday, April 5th 2016, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Presentation Room, Manoa Innovation Center 2800 Woodlawn Dr. Training Room #173 Honolulu, HI 96822

March 1st. 2016,

‘Social not Salesy’

Sloane Ketcham- Online Mompreneur On a Mission

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www.SloaneKetcham.com

We are excited to highlight a local business owner who has leveraged her online marketing to grow a national business. On Tuesday evening, March 1st 2016, our keynote is a professional speaker, author, and corporate trainer, Sloane Ketcham. Sloane will share with you her unique experience on what it took for her overcome many years of struggling to build a strong online brand and company.

Sloane’s been rock’n the online world since 2009, learning everything from coding, building wordpress blogs, capture pages, video, blogging, and lead generation. She’s studied with top multi-millionaires in the industry, but it wasn’t until 2014 that she found true success online through her online business coaching and mentoring program. Please come join us at HiMA, this will be another great event! HiMA is a place where you will network with local business leaders and professionals, while learning from Hawaii’s best internet marketers. Seats are limited so reserve your seat today! HIMA Members: Free

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February 17th, 2016

Awesome Sauce Workshop:

‘Helping you leverage the gifts and talents of Others’

Jeff Bow JeffBowCoaching.com

We are excited to announce our first workshop of 2016! This workshop is a follow up to the packed event, Chocolate and Malasadas. : ‘Awesome Sauce Workshop: Helping you leverage the gifts and talents of Others’ with Master Certified Life and Business Coach, Jeff Bow. In this three hour mastermind workshop with Jeff, he will show you how to connect creative minds and how to use it on your road to success! We will focus on creating dynamic solutions and show you how to overcome some of your most daunting problems. Jeff has helped entrepreneurs, small business owners and individuals create a more meaningful and fulfilling life for the last 13 years. He has helped them to reach their goals, dreams and vision quicker and faster. Jeff’s background gives him specialized knowledge in advising in the field of Sales and Marketing at multi-million corporations. To learn more about amazing man go to www.JeffBowCoaching.com During this event, you will discover: * Have you ever wanted to toss up an idea to a creative group of talented individuals? * Are curious about how a mastermind group can support you in your goals, dreams and vision? Please come join us at HiMA, this will be a great event! HiMA is a place where you will network with local business leaders and professionals, while learning from Hawaii’s best internet marketers. Seats are limited so reserve your seat today! HIMA Members and MIC tenants: Free Guest Online registration: $19.95 http://bit.ly/JeffsAwesomeSauce At the door: $27.95 Wednesday, 17th 2016, 6:00p-9:00pm Manoa Innovation Center 2800 Woodlawn Dr. Training Room #173 Honolulu, HI 96822

February 2th 2016

Facebook Business Campaigns:

‘The ins and outs of real FB marketing campaigns for 2016’

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This month we are excited to highlight a local business owner and how she leverages social media, in particular FB to grow her business. On Tuesday evening, February 2nd, 2016, Hawaii Internet Marketers Association (HiMA) proudly presents, ‘Facebook Business Campaigns: The ins and outs of real FB marketing campaigns for 2016’ with Co-owner of North Shore Embroidery – Route 99 Hawaii, Mrs. Charlie Teixeira. We are lucky to have Charlie share her experiences of what has and what has not worked for her business and how you should position your business to grow in 2016.

Charlie and her husband, Washington has run a successful local business for over 12 years. They produce all of the custom embroidery out of their home in Waialua. Their lifestyle brand, Route 99 Hawaii, can be found online & in more than 30 retail stores state-wide. Charlie attributes the company’s growth to three C’s: consistency, creativity, and curiosity. To learn more about Charlie and her family’s company go to, www.northshoreembroidery.com

During this event, you will discover:

  • Real-live tips on successful Facebook/Instagram campaigns
  • Real-live pitfalls to avoid on social media
  • Some (free) resources on building social media accounts

 

January 5th 2016 Association Meeting

Chocolate and Malasadas:  ‘Helping you to Create the Recipe for Success in 2016’

Jeff Bow JeffBowCoaching.com

Jeff Bow
JeffBowCoaching.com

We are excited to announce our first meeting of 2016! Let’s start of your 2016 business success right with some Chocolate and Malasadas! On Tuesday evening, January 5th, 2016, Hawaii Internet Marketers Association (HiMA) proudly presents, Chocolate and Malasadas: ‘Helping you to Create the Recipe for Success in 2016’ with Master Certified Life Coach, Author of ‘Stop thinking, Start believing’, and one of HiMA’s experienced business advisors, Jeff Bow.

Jeff has helped entrepreneurs, small business owners and individuals create a more meaningful and fulfilling life for the last 13 years. He has helped them to reach their goals, dreams and vision quicker and faster. Jeff’s background gives him specialized knowledge in advising in the field of Sales and Marketing at multi-million corporations. To learn more about amazing man go to www.JeffBowCoaching.com

During this event, you will discover:

  • Are you ready to create a more fulfilling life?
  • Would you like to have more fun in your life?
  • Could you use help in identifying some of the blockages that may from thriving in the past and may do so again the future?
  • Are you ready to ‘stop the talking’ and ‘start taking action’ in manifesting what matters most to you?
  • Are you curious to find out what Chocolate and Malasadas has to do with your business and life?

December 1st, 2015

Monthly Association Meeting

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Rosetta Thurman HappyBlackWoman.com Blogging Expert

Blogging 101: How to Create a Professional Blog, Build an Authentic Online Brand and Grow Your Business 

We are excited to announce our last meeting of the year!. On Tuesday evening, December 1st, 2015, Hawaii Internet Marketers Association (HiMA) proudly presents, “Blogging 101: How to Create a Professional Blog, Build an Authentic Online Brand and Grow Your Business” with bestselling author and professional blogger Rosetta Thurman.  HiMA is very excited to have Rosetta Thurman from www.HappyBlackWoman.com.

Rosetta is a coach and mentor since 2010. She have become an expert in building and maintaining an online community that focuses on empowering business women from around the world. With over 275,00 Facebook fans and 24,000 email subscribers that have generated her nearly 1M in sales over the last 5 years, she definitely has a lot of experience to share with us.

During this workshop, you will discover:

  • Exactly how to set up your blog properly so that it positions you as an expert in your industry
  • The 3 most popular blog post types you need to master if you want an engaged online community
  • 10 different ways you can MONETIZE your blog based on your passion, skills, expertise and experience