September Offers Valuable Lessons

September was a learning month for me. One of the things digital nomads need to do is create a reliable source of money. As a digital nomad, you are most likely your own boss. Maybe not. Maybe your boss lets you do work from the beach. That’s cool. You have a salary. You’re golden. Yet the majority of digital nomads and cubicle escapees end up as their own boss or trying...

September 26th, 2009 by admin 

Can You Make It In Every Niche?

Besides running this site, and numerous travel sites, I have a SEO client in Bangkok run a guitar site. In the 8 months I’ve been helping him with his website, I’ve come to realize one thing: not all niches work well. Everyone wants to turn their passion into a website so you can live wirelessly. Everyone wants to have a successful website with lots of visitors, readers, and sales....

August 19th, 2009 by admin 

The Power of Twitter

A lot has already been written about Twitter and more will still be written about it. But this is a new blog and so this is a new topic to discuss.  On my travel site, I wrote about how powerful a travel tool twitter can be.  Twitter is the next internet revolution. What makes it superior to blogging is its ability to allow people to have real time conversations and share things at...

July 24th, 2009 by mattkepnes 

Turning My Back on the Cubicle

I can’t remember my life before now. I broke out of the cubicle early. Lots of people want to leave the cubicle behind but most never do. Office life isn’t inherently bad. I have many friends who work in offices doing jobs they love. But those same friends lack the one thing that breaking free gave me: time. That’s what leaving the cubicle is about. It’s about getting time....

July 15th, 2009 by mattkepnes