Pāhoa · Keaʻau · Hilo · all of Puna
AI help for small businesses in Puna and Hilo
Most of what you hear about AI is hype. Some of it is real and gives you back hours every week. Sit down with me for half an hour, free, and we'll sort out which is which for your business.
The work nobody has time for
This is where AI earns its keep for a small business: the typing that eats your evenings.
- Replying to reviews on Google, Yelp, Booking, Expedia, and the rest
- Quotes, estimates, and the follow-up emails that win the job
- Keeping your hours, menus, and details the same everywhere people look you up
- The customer emails you write over and over: directions, check-in details, what to bring
- Weekly posts for specials, events, and live music
You keep the parts that make your business yours. I take the typing.
How it works
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A free 30-minute sit-down
In person or by phone. You tell me where your week goes, and I listen.
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An honest answer
If there's nothing there for you, I'll say so. Some of what I show you, you can do yourself, starting that day.
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If it's a fit, we set it up together
We build it around how you already work, and I show you how to run it so you're not dependent on me.
Fair questions
I don't trust this AI stuff. Why should I?
You shouldn't take it on faith. A lot of what you hear about AI is hype, which is why the sit-down is free. If there's nothing in it for your business, I'll tell you so to your face. And I'm right here in Pāhoa, not a call center.
What does it cost?
The 30-minute sit-down costs nothing, and the ideas are yours to keep either way. Some of what I show people, they end up doing themselves. If you want help setting something up, we'll talk about that plainly once you know what you'd be getting.
I'm too busy for this.
That's exactly who this helps. I'll work around your schedule. Tell me your slowest day and we'll meet then.
How do I know this isn't a scam?
Fair question these days. FURSTMEDIA LIVE is a registered Hawaiʻi LLC, and you can look it up on the state business registry. The only thing you hand me is thirty minutes.
Who's behind this
I'm Jim Furst. I started Furst Computer Services in 1980 and have been helping people get their computers to do what they need ever since. Before and alongside that, I spent more than ten years in Oregon radio, where a big part of the job was writing ads for local businesses. So I know what a small business sounds like when it's at its best, and I know how little time the owner has.
Book your free sit-down
Thirty minutes, no charge, no pressure. Would this week or next work better?