Hawaii is quickly becoming the destination of choice for conventions, conferences, and trade shows. Thanks to its idyllic location, tropical weather, and abundance of great places to stay, event organizers from the mainland and even Asia are now putting the Aloha State at the top of their wish lists for their next big event. From academic conferences to industry trade shows to huge conventions, one thing all of these events have in common is the need for video. Seminars need to be recorde...

Do you have a can't-miss idea for a great TV show? Maybe it's a reality show. Or perhaps it's an informational program that appeals to do-it-yourselfers. It could even be a scripted drama or situation comedy. Whatever your idea, if you think it's a sure-fire hit that needs to be made, why not produce it yourself? In today's streaming entertainment environment, there is a nearly bottomless need for new programs -- especially programming that is well-made and is aimed at an existing market ...

Trade shows, conventions, and other industry events are important for sharing ideas, networking, and learning about what's new within your field. But they aren't always convenient for everybody, especially if they are held in Hawaii. Documenting your trade show or convention with professionally produced videos lets those who couldn't attend keep up on what they missed while providing organizers with a permanent digital record that can be referenced and distributed without limits. Keynote...

What if you could make one video and then use it for years to recruit new customers, new employees, or even new students to your school or university? Recruitment videos are a genre of marketing that can pay huge dividends over the long run. The digitization of video allows the recruitment video you produce today to be viewed on any device from anywhere in the world as many times as you like with zero additional cost to you. That means recruitment videos are one of the best long-term inve...

A lot of realtors use video tours to market the properties they are promoting. But in Hawaii, nearly every property can be viewed online. Why? The answer should be obvious. In Hawaii, properties are just as likely to be purchased by buyers from the mainland as they are from local residents. This is one of the unique features of being a tropical paradise that is more than 3,600 miles from the continental US. People Love Hawaii It's nearly universal: People who visit Hawaii want to live h...

One of the biggest changes in the post-COVID world is the decline in business travel. Prior to 2020, people would fly to and from Hawaii to the mainland regularly to attend meetings, conventions, seminars, and other business-related events. Today, people are still reluctant to fly. And businesses are wary of spending money on unnecessary travel. For all of its tragedy, the global pandemic taught us one positive thing: There's no need to waste time, energy, and money on all that travel. In...

It's one thing to tell your employees about your business's core values and expectations. But it's something else to show them -- again and again and again if necessary. Training employees is one of the most time-consuming and frustrating elements of running a business, especially when the same employees keep failing to follow your policies and procedures consistently. But when you illustrate your expectations with professionally produced policy and procedure videos from Hawaii Video Pro,...

We all receive numerous direct messages (DMs) from businesses on our phones, tablets, and laptops every day to the point where most people ignore them rather than click through. But what if rather than text messages we received professionally produced videos that offered real value? Direct Videos (DVs) are the newest and most exciting ways for businesses to make genuine connections with their customers. Typically, they are brief yet packed full of useful content that entertains, educates,...

If you have a great idea for a movie or TV show but aren't sure what to do with it, here's a suggestion: Create a professionally produced video of yourself pitching the idea to a Hollywood studio. Then send it around "The Town". You never know. Stranger things have happened. It might just get picked up. And you could be a creator of tomorrow's next breakout entertainment property. Pitching Your Idea So, in order to give your idea the best possible chance of getting "green-lit", it needs...

About a decade ago, only a handful of realtors offered video tours of the properties they represented. Today, nearly all of them do. The rise of the use of video in real estate marketing was born out of the hugely favorable response from prospective home buyers. It didn't take long for people to realize they no longer had to schlep across the region looking at countless homes that by the end of the tiresome day all looked alike. Instead, they can simply look at their phone. Fast, Simp...