Really Hawaiian Blog » made in hawaii festival http://www.reallyhawaiian.com/blog Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:45:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Best from the Made in Hawaii Festival http://www.reallyhawaiian.com/blog/2009/09/best-from-the-made-in-hawaii-festival/ http://www.reallyhawaiian.com/blog/2009/09/best-from-the-made-in-hawaii-festival/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:33:19 +0000 aloha http://www.reallyhawaiian.com/blog/?p=146 There are so many unique, unusual, fun, new, yummy products to post from the Made in Hawaii Festival that we decided to keep a dedicated list for our viewers.  Under the group Made in Hawaii Festival you’ll find all the great finds from this year.  We’re starting out with just a few – check back often, there will be over 100 new listings in the next few weeks.

Here’s a quick link:  http://www.reallyhawaiian.com/huli2/category/made-in-hawaii-festival/

]]> http://www.reallyhawaiian.com/blog/2009/09/best-from-the-made-in-hawaii-festival/feed/ 0 Wrap Up http://www.reallyhawaiian.com/blog/2009/08/wrap-up/ http://www.reallyhawaiian.com/blog/2009/08/wrap-up/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:25:06 +0000 aloha http://www.reallyhawaiian.com/blog/?p=132 Wrap up from the Made in Hawaii Festival has been one big memory blast after another as we review the products, business cards, notes and in some cases, recipes.  And how very exciting to hear back from a lot of our new friends, that the show was successful and the turn out more than expected.  The Statehood Commemoration (holiday on Friday) sure added to the numbers and it was good to see the ‘ohana supporting Made in Hawaii products and services on that day.

In all we have just under 200 special and unique products to share with you over the coming weeks.  In addition to all the other discoveries from other sources, so we’re going to start publishing more often to speed up the process in presenting all these great finds.

See you soon with more updates … and some thinking on marketing.  We uncovered a huge gap in the online opportunities for most of the presenters at the show.  We’ll be sharing ideas and information on successfully promoting your products online.

Hoho’i  (to return often) …

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To all the fun folks we met – we’ll be in touch after a little break from the show and right after we close up the bag of Hawaiian chips, wash off off the Hawaiian chocolate fudge from our face with hand made Hawaiian soap, finish the organic chicken chili, gift wrap the adorable personalized baby blanket for Anna, send Mom her favorite oil and sunscreen lotion, call Princess and the girls at the office to tell them about the coffee’s we found (they live off the stuff), and sort out the over 200 incredibly and unique ReallyHawaiian.com finds from the show.

Back on Monday ….  Mahalo and A Hui Ho!

]]> http://www.reallyhawaiian.com/blog/2009/08/made-in-hawaii-final-day/feed/ 0 More Made in Hawaii Festival http://www.reallyhawaiian.com/blog/2009/08/more-made-in-hawaii-festival/ http://www.reallyhawaiian.com/blog/2009/08/more-made-in-hawaii-festival/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:31:49 +0000 aloha http://www.reallyhawaiian.com/blog/?p=110 Arriving at the show at around 11am we were immediately overwhelmed with the incredible number of ono’licious food products.  And it was almost lunch time so of course everything was "Really Hawaiian" to our hungry tummies.  We talked story first to make sure the yummy was "really" made in Hawaii then we dug right in.  WOW we have some really fabulous treats to dish about in our October edition for the foodies out there. You are in for some Really Hawaiian treats.  Ok, here’s a sample – Ahi Jerkey – no kidding folks, this stuff is just fantastic.  Made by Hawaii Fish Bites, and only found in select stores (we’ll be connecting you directly in our September edition). We’re all used to beef jerky but just wait to get your hands on this mouth watering stuff.  Another BIG fav at the show are the t-shirts Big is Back – and "Biggah mo Bettah" line of t-shirts.  From 5x to XL (smallest size is XL).  Hand made on the Big Island, these tee’s are branded with what we love best about Hawaii – a great attitude.  

ReallyHawaiian.com talked story with over 50 really Hawaiian companies today – Mahalo to everyone for your sharing with us your story.  We can hardly wait for tomorrow and more incredible finds.   It’s also really hard to keep a secret and we have about 49 of them coming your way!

We’re having a great time in Hawaii!

Aloha – The Really Hawaiian Hui

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