by Sterling Okura | Mar 16, 2008 | Blog
Photo by: d’n’c The freedom to work from anywhere is a wonderful benefit of being an internet-based freelancer. But what if your significant other has a career that is paper intensive and demands constant face-to-face interactions? This was my situation...
by Sterling Okura | Feb 17, 2008 | Blog
Are you opening a new web-store? Perhaps starting a Timothy Ferriss style 4HWW “muse”? If you are launching an online store with the anticipation of being wildly successful, this article will explain why open source enterprise software is right for you....
by Sterling Okura | Feb 7, 2008 | Blog
The business world has always venerated warriors and studied their strategies. The Art of War and The Book of Five Rings can be found in many business management libraries. Now a new breed of warrior has arrived. Mixed Martial Arts (the proper term for cage fighting)...
by Sterling Okura | Feb 3, 2008 | Blog
My fiancé Rebecca (also a small business owner) recently expressed her frustration with trying to keep up on the news articles, blogs, magazines, and trade journals she’s interested in. I understand the stress of information overload, so showed her how I use...
by Sterling Okura | Feb 3, 2008 | Blog
Photo by L. Marie I found an interesting article on the Putting Things Off blog calling for freelancers to stop using executive titles for themselves. The author, Nick Cernis, argues that a freelancer shouldn’t call himself a Creative Director when he is...
by Sterling Okura | Feb 2, 2008 | Blog
Photo by tj scene. Modified by bizlift. You love your website visitors. You experience “warm-fuzzies” every time you see your web stats climb up a notch. So prove your love and give your visitors what they all want: a targeted homepage. Many websites...