Color Palette in a Box
Have you ever visited a blog or website that had a poorly chosen color scheme? I can’t tell you how many I’ve seen over the years… When we do consultations with our clients, prior to starting the design, colors are always a paramount piece of information that we must have. Choosing a color palette for [...]
Read More »Don't Be a Cannibal – Call to Action Explained
If you’ve been around the internet marketing scene for a while, you know that having a site or blog with the proper “calls to action” is key to your success. These calls can include RSS signup, email capture, lead generation, affiliate sales, and the list goes on. Here are three rule-of-thumb steps that you can [...]
Read More »Improve Your Monetization Strategy With SocialSpark Affiliate Opportunities
Monetizing a blog can be a mysterious and confusing task. Luckily, SocialSpark has come along and launched Affiliate Opportunities. Their new program will help you filter through a TON of awesome affiliate deals, and turn your posting into cash. The Low-Down Once you’ve signed up for SocialSpark, head over to their Affiliate Opportunities page. Here [...]
Read More »5 Ways to Increase RSS Conversion
One of the most common questions that we get from our clients is, “How do I increase my readership?” Well, a great place to start is making sure that you have a good call to action for RSS. You know that having a lot of subscribers is great for your brand, regardless of the online [...]
Read More »What Blog Conferences Can Do for Your Small Business
As a small business owner, you don’t have a lot of money to throw around on marketing. What if you could take a little trip and be surrounded by hundreds or thousands of reporters, potential clients and great connections? You know that exposure is a vital piece of your marketing puzzle, and that the more [...]
Read More »New Blog Design for UBD's Director of Marketing, Josh Mullineaux
Our Director of Marketing, Josh Mullineaux, has redesigned and relaunched his personal blog. Josh is one of the co-founders of UBD and a long time friend of Matt and myself. Josh has been blogging since May of 2007 on the topics of personal finance, business, and personal development. Josh’s previous blog design was one of [...]
Read More »Matt Blancarte's "Blog Design Makeover" Speech @ IZEA Fest
UBD’s own Matt Blancarte recently spoke on the “Blog Design Makeover” panel at IZEA Fest in Orlando, Florida. Matt also spoke with Scott Allen and Christopher Schmidtt, two other incredibly talented web designers. For the panel, Matt was asked to redesign a British Columbia boating blog, www.boatinginbeautifulbritishcolumbia.com. This blog is owned by Heather, an attendee [...]
Read More »John Chow dot Com Version 3.0 Launches
We are proud to report that we recently had the opportunity to work with John Chow on the next generation design of his blog. We first redesigned John’s blog back in August of 2007, which was also the launch of our brand. We are happy that John chose us to redesign his blog again this [...]
Read More »UBD 1-Year Anniversary Contest Winners
WOW! I never expected that we would receive such an overwhelming positive response to our 1-Year Anniversary Contest, especially given the short time frame. Let me be the first to say, thank you to everyone who left a comment or wrote about the contest!. 606 comments and 113 trackbacks later, we have a few winners. [...]
Read More »Blog World Expo Relaunches Blog with Help from UBD
We are proud to announce we recently redesigned and helped relaunch the official Blog World Expo blog. Blog World Expo is a new media and blogging convention being help September 20-21 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The blog design was done by UBD’s Senior Designer, Matt Blancarte. Meet Us At Blog World Expo Last [...]
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From working with thousands of bloggers and companies, such as MySpace, Inc. and Yahoo!, Inc., to exhibiting at the Blog World Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, and IZEA Fest in Orlando, Florida, Unique Blog Designs (UBD) is known by much of the online world. How did they get started?