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The success of our company, and our clients, lies is in
the talents, skills, and training we receive; combined
with our experience, insight and the continuing challenges presented to
us by our clients.
founder and president
Pete Martinez Photo by Dave Livingston
Pete Martinez
Pete founded eBizHawaii during the summer of 1994.
Since then he has been instrumental in shaping Web Site design
and Internet marketing solutions in Hawaii.
He served as professor of e-Commerce at Hawaii Pacific University
for three years (1996-1999). Previously he was owner of Desktop Publishing
and Printing from 1983-1995. Pete is a frequent guest
speaker on Internet marketing, e-Commerce, Internet
technologies and e-Business law seminars. He is highly
experienced in consulting with businesses and organizations
on their Internet projects. When living in the U.S.
mainland, he was the owner of a professional search
firm in Columbus Ohio and previously served in the U.S. Air Force
from 1966 to 1970, in Great Falls Montana, Bangkok Thailand
and London England. A pioneer in the areas of Web Site
design, development and marketing, Pete has forged a
place in the business community as Hawaii's premier
Internet marketing solutions specialist.
Team Members: Design, Technical and Programming
Our firm retains leading graphic artist and technical support personnel for programming and advanced Internet applications. Our staff members are highly competent and recognized as leaders in their respective fields.
Our design team includes commercial designers that own advertising agencies and work closely with our Web Designers. Both staffs have extensive design and artistic backgrounds and have served in many capacities including operating their own design firms.
Our Programming team includes our senior developer (since 1994) as well as numerous additional professionally trained programmers and developers. Pete and his team at eBizHawaii.com
continue to lead Hawaii in Web Site design, development,
marketing strategies and database programming. Their
expertise in Web Site management, hosting and maintenance
is validation of their belief in developing strong marketing
partnerships with their clients.
Pete is active in the following Honolulu,
Hawaii organizations:
Links, Links and Links to Links . . .
Here are some links that
we have seen and would like to share. Some of these are
courtesy of Honolulu and Business Week magazines
as well as personal friends (Ron Martin) and organizations
we're associated with (HEA, HSCP, SMEI, H.U.R.T., AAF-Hawaii). These links focus
on many different areas, including Blogging, Podcasting, Social Networking, the IRS, Charity Donations, Travel, Baby Boomers, Shopping and anything that we may find of interest to us that we would like to share.
This page was updated
Saturday, August 8, 2009
A few Search Engines you (probably) don't know about:
- http://TopTenWholesale.com: One of the biggest hurdles for new retailers is finding wholesale merchandise to sell. Prescott aims to place all those product sellers in one place so that when you search for shoes, you receive wholesale results, not http://Zappos.com. The site also offers news, a blog, directory listings, forums and classifieds, fulfilling Prescott's goal to create not just a wholesale search site, but a wholesale portal.
- http://ThomasNet.com: ThomasRegister has been a leader in the business information field for more than 100 years, and ThomasNet.com is the place to go if you're in the market for industrial and manufacturing goods and services. This robust site allows you to search by product/service, company name, brand name, industrial websites or CAD models. You can narrow your search by U.S. state or Canadian province. Browse by category, download 2D and 3D CAD models of mechanical parts, and even download a search plug-in for your Firefox browser.
- http://FindLaw.com: Both FindLaw.com and http://Lawyers.com serve the same primary functions: They allow users to search for attorneys by location and specialty. But FindLaw has an easier-to-use interface, making its extra information quicker to find, such as the free form examples, free full-text books and legal dictionary. Both have general search functionality, message boards and blogs, but again FindLaw.com wins us over with its small business section.
- http://USA.gov: The government has a labyrinthine web of sites, and if you're looking for information, it's easy to get lost. This all-things-U.S.-government portal/search engine has a tab specifically for businesses and nonprofits, and you can browse by topic. By far, the most helpful area in the business tab is Get It Done Online, an area with links to business necessities that, yes, you can take care of online.
- http://IT.com: Rather than offering a plain vanilla directory or just one basic search bar, IT.com provides several tech-oriented search options. This includes product and service categories (enterprise networking, open source, product development) or industry solutions (government, SMB, financial markets). The interface takes non-tech folks into consideration as well; each search choice has a roll-over with an explanation of the terminology. In the main search bar, you can choose to search for news, companies, white papers or webcasts.
- http://Zibb.com: Reed Business is one of the leading vertical publishers with more than 200 business titles. Zibb.com is the company's new online venture, a vertical search service for business that offers not only websites and blogs in the results, but also Reed Business content. This site has a strong UK bent to its information, but it's one to keep an eye on because of its strong news element along with the typical search results and directory listings.
- http://VerticalSearch.com: VerticalSearch gets super meta as a vertical search engine for vertical sites. The homepage offers pre-determined categories, but you also can choose your own keywords. Results pages offer feeds of headlines and research papers, and you can choose to pull an RSS feed from any search that you choose.
Success Dynamics - Ron Martin: http://www.SuccessMadeEasy.com
Retail store owners, and salespeople world-wide are delighted with the vast increase in customers and sales. Ron has been a personal friend since the mid-90's - after you meet him, you'll say the same!
http://www.PCmike.com
“PC Mike” Wendland is a nationally syndicated technology reporter and columnist and has been doing special PCMike tech segments for NBC-TV affiliates since 1995.
NOTE: We like PC Mike (and so will you). His Website has tons of links to wondeful information. On 11/28/08 we saw him on NBC talking about the following shopping Websites. They were so good that we made notes and are including them below. Thanks PC Mike!
http://www.CyberMonday.com
Aggregating online bargains for 500 merchants
Best hourly bargains.
http://www.GottaDeal.com
Like a spy site for shopping bargains
Emails sent daily for the best deals.
http://www.GottaDeal.mobi
Specials via your cell phone.
http://www.DealsOnTheWeb.com
Tech gear and big-ticket electronic items.
http://www.eBizMBA.com
Toys, boys, clothes, gift ideas
Keeps track of the 20 largest sites for bargain hunters.
http://www.Overstock.com
Works with leading name brand companies and helps clear out overstocked items.
Give One. Get One.
Why give a laptop to a child in the emerging world? If you replace the word "laptop" with "education" the answer becomes clear. You don't wait to educate until all other challenges are resolved. You educate at the same time because it's such an important part of all the other solutions.
The XO laptop was designed especially for children. So no matter who they are or where they live, this computer has the perfect features and software to get them excited about learning. Just imagine how the world would change if every child had the tools to unleash their full potential.
For more about the project explore the links above or visit:
http://laptop.org
http://www.Amazon.com/xo
Watch the video: http://laptop.org/en/vision/index.shtml
UHERO
University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization
http://www.uhero.hawaii.edu/
First Hawaiian Bank News & Events
http://fhb.com/hm_news.htm
The Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism for the State of Hawaii
http://hawaii.gov/dbedt
Window Shopping the Amazon Way
Amazon just launched Windowshop.com. When you get there you see a wall of images that you can then scroll across using a mouse or keyboard. By zooming in you get a preview of a particular album or film or book. If you want to purchase it, just click through.
MY FAVORITE BUSINESS MAGAZINE:
www.BusinessWeeks.com
Want to know more about Blogging? Read this May,
2005 article from Business Week magazine. By the way,
there are presently 9 million Blogs and 40,000 new Blogs
are being created each day.
HAWAII TRAFFIC ASSISTANCE
http://DriveAkamai.org
Honolulu Traffic - This website will help drivers be informed of road work and lane closures due to major construction projects, in the area from Downtown Honolulu to Waikiki. Check back often, because we'll be providing daily updates - thanks to a new $400,000.00 Website (as reported on 7/6/07).
DONATIONS:
We all want to make donations to good causes. Before doing so, you can search for information about them.
The IRS maintains a list of all organizations that are classified as charities for purposes of tax deductions at: http://apps.irs.gov/app/pub78.
Also , the Better Business Bureau operates a website that tracks many charitable organizations and grades them on twenty standards at http://www.give.org.
Make your donations count! Check CharityWatch.org
NOTE: The American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) is a nationally prominent charity watchdog service whose purpose is to help donors make informed giving decisions.
This web site will provide you with information about our organization, the charities we rate, and their method of grading charities. Special features will focus on top salaries, top-rated groups, and hot topics in America's most popular causes such as: Abortion, Animal Protection, Cancer, Child Sponsorship, Environment, Human Rights, International Relief, Senior Citizens, and more.
http://www.walletpop.com
WalletPop is the Web's first full-fledged personal finance and consumer finance site. Learn about your money, ask and answer questions and read opinions from the blog.
Social Networking Websites - "The average human will be a member of five to seven different networks," says Marc Canter, chief executive officer of Broadband Mechanics..." (Source: Business Week magazine, June 19, 2007)
Social Networking in Plain English - This video is short & sweet and gets the point across in a manner that anyone can understand. Worth some time if you're looking to get a better understanding of Social Networking.
MySpace.com - MySpace is an online community that lets you meet your friends' friends. Create a community on MySpace and you can share photos, journals and interests with your growing network of mutual friends! See who knows who, or how you are connected. Find out if you really are six people away from Kevin Bacon. (About Page on Myspace.com)
Facebook.com - Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.
Anyone can join Facebook. (About Page on Facebook.com)
Twitter.com - A global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing? Answer on your phone, IM, or right here on the web!. (About Twitter from their Blog).
LinkedIn.com - LinkedIn is an online network of more than 14 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries. When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional accomplishments. Your profile helps you find and be found by former colleagues, clients, and partners. You can add more connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you. Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to thousands of qualified professionals.
(About Linkedin on Linkedin.com)
MeetIn.org - MEETin.org is the largest friends social group in the world - Make friends in the real world using the web. MEETin.org is a word-of-mouth effort to bring people together from all over for fun, low-key events without paying membership fee's. MEETin Groups is an example on how the internet can be used as a powerful tool to help make new friends without cost. Each group is run by local volunteers in the area of the group's city with the main purpose of bringing people together to find new friends and network around the globe. Unlike other sites, We are not a dating service, we invite all people whether you are married, single, in a committed relationship, etc to come and meet people in your area. (About Page on MEETin.org)
Social Networking Aggregators
ProfileFly - ProfileFly recently took advantage of that new openness and launched a widget that lets Facebook users bring links from their ProfileFly.com account directly into their Facebook profile pages. It's one of the first instances of a major social-networking site linking to a social-network aggregator.
ProfileLinker.com - Supports the linking of over 85 social networks and are adding new networks as they launch. The ability to provide a single interface to check notes, get friend updates and find out what's going on on multiple social networks is what ProfileLinker.com is all about.
Tabber - Think of Tabber like an online address book....on crack. You can use Tabber to manage your contacts, look up an address, or watch live information about your contact as they update it. Tabber isn't like many sites out there, and the important thing to always keep in mind is that it's your online address book. (About Page on Tabber.com)
MyPW is an online service that enables websites, Linux Server users and more to easily and affordably upgrade their security with our revolutionary patent-pending, two-factor authentication system.
Antiphishing.org - What is Phishing and Pharming? Phishing attacks use both social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal consumers' personal identity data and financial account credentials. Social-engineering schemes use 'spoofed' e-mails to lead consumers to counterfeit websites designed to trick recipients into divulging financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames, passwords and social security numbers. Hijacking brand names of banks, e-retailers and credit card companies, phishers often convince recipients to respond. Technical subterfuge schemes plant crimeware onto PCs to steal credentials directly, often using Trojan keylogger spyware. Pharming crimeware misdirects users to fraudulent sites or proxy servers, typically through DNS hijacking or poisoning.
Open Authentication.org: OATH is an industry-wide collaboration to develop an open reference architecture by leveraging existing open standards for the universal adoption of strong authentication.
Blog Update 9/26/06: Now there are 75,000 new Blogs every day (Source: Business Week Sept. 26, 2006) and here are some of the best, as rated by Business Week Magazine readers:
Seth's Blog
http://sethgodin.typepad.com
Who: Seth Godin, 46
Since: January, 2002
Known for: Marketing ideas, advice, and reflections on various companies
TechCrunch
www.techcrunch.com
Who: Michael Arrington, 36
Since: June, 2005
Known for: Profiling, reviewing new companies and products from the Web
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed
http://paul.kedrosky.com
Who: Paul Kedrosky, 40
Since: April, 2003
Known for: Kedroskyís take on technology, finance, and venture capital
Gothamist
www.gothamist.com
Who: Jen Chung and Jake Dobkin, both 29
Since: February, 2003
Known for: Up-to-date information on everything New York City. Co-founder Chung, in a telephone interview, likened the site to a ìfriend at a party who seems to know everything about whatís going on.î
Chris Baggottís E-mail Marketing Best Practices (write-in)
www.chrisbaggott.com
Who: Chris Baggott, 46
Since: May, 2004
Known for: Tips on creating effective e-mail marketing strategies
Scobleizer
http://scobleizer.wordpress.com
Who: Robert Scoble, 41
Since: December, 2000
Know for: Thoughts about the tech industry, blogs, and new Web products; earned props for candid criticism of his then-employer, Microsoft
Blog
Maverick www.blogmaverick.com
Who: Mark Cuban, 48
Since: March, 2004
Known for: Opinionated posts on everything from the media to technology
Internet
Outsider www.internetoutsider.com
Who: Henry Blodget, 39
Since: October, 2005
Known for: His banner says it best: ìAnalyzing the Internet Business: companies, trends, research, and more...î
Scripting
News www.scripting.com
Who: Dave Winer, 51
Since: April, 1997
Known for: A mix of links, quotes, and news on everything from tech to current events
BoingBoing
(write-in) www.boingboing.net
Who: Mark Frauenfelder, 45
Since: January, 2000
Known for: Posts about everything from media to new tech products. The slogan under the title describes the blog as ìA Directory of Wonderful Thingsî
Engadget
(write-in) www.engadget.com
Who: Peter Rojas, 31
Since: March, 2004
Known for: The latest technology news
Feld Thoughts
www.feld.com
Who: Brad Feld, 40
Since: May, 2004
Known for: Posts ranging from personal information about Feldís vacations and favorite books to thoughts about entrepreneurship and venture capital
travelpod.com A travel Blog can replace postcards.
At TravelPod (www.travelpod.com), you can upload video
(MPG, AVI, WMV and MOV files) and photo (JPG, GIF, PNG,
BMP) files. You can also upload MP3 audio files. Storage
space is limited to 5 megabytes, which TravelPod says
is enough for 600 compressed photos. CLICK HERE to read an article about travelpod.com that includes information about more Blog hosting services.
BLOG
HurtHawaii.com H.U.R.T. is the "Hawaiian Ultra
Running Team" and this is their BLOG - updated throughout
the week with HURT Trail Series as well as Saturday
training runs, upcoming races and photos and discussions
of past races.
BLOG
0rg-fitness.blogs.com/ Robert McAllaster (Kailua,
Hawaii) has a Blog that is a discussion and resources
for Organizational Consulting, Training, and Developmental
Coaching.
BLOG
www.Poinography.com Doug White has a Hawaii Blog
about the local political scene (Poi-Nography . . . did you catch that?).
BLOG
fastlane.gmblogs.com Blogs are in the mainstream
. . . this is a Bolg run by General Motors.
BLOG
www.iLind.net Ian Lind, formerly with the Honolulu
Sar-Bulletin, has daily comments on events in Hawaii.
He's a cat lover, so be prepared!
BLOG
www.tsunamilessons.blogspot.com
Tsunami Lessons This web log was created one week after the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Media reports blamed the staggering death toll on the lack of a high-tech early-warning network similar to the Pacific Rim system. Missing was any mention of whether U.S. scientists called the media to sound an alarm once they suspected a tsunami had been generated. This blog will focus on the crisis response preparedness of U.S. agencies and their readiness for low-tech, fast-reaction response to future tsunami.
Travel BLOGs
www.TravelBlog.com
www.TripAdvisor.com
www.HotelChatter.com
www.BusinessWeeks.com
The Lowdown On Podcasting - By Stephen Baker
- June 06, 2005 - Now it's a lot easier to listen than
it is to send your own audio programs into cyberspace.
But stay tuned -- this party's just getting started!
PODCAST www.HawaiiPodCasting.com
Podcasting has been called "Tivo for Radio" or
"Audio Blogs." Whatever you call them, they are new
(founded by Adam Curry in 2004). This is a growing list
of Hawaii Podcasters.
PODCAST
www.HawaiiUP.com Podcasting in paradise - a husband,
father, and web geek in Hawaii shares music and musings,
tackles the news, wanders around town, and talks. Also
many interesting links on this site.
Boomer Websites:
eons.com
Cranky.com
BoomerGirl.com
irememberJFK.com
AgingHipsters.com
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