ATTN: Smashing Magazine Readers – We Are Hiring!
Hopefully, eye tracking works and you are reading this sentence. Are you a talented web designer/developer? If so, we may be very interested in working with you! Why are we telling you this? This past day, we have received an enormous amount of traffic from Smashing Magazine. We thought it would be smart to use [...]
Read More »Yahoo! Mail Blog Relaunches
You may be asking yourself, why is UBD reporting that the Yahoo! Mail Blog relaunched? Well, we are truly honored that we recently had the opportunity to work with Yahoo! to redesign and relaunch the official Yahoo! Mail Blog. Our Chief Marketing Officer, Josh Mullineaux, met Ryan Knight from Yahoo! at the Blog World Expo [...]
Read More »New Blog Design For UBD's Lead Designer, Matt Blancarte
I am happy to announce that UBD’s Lead Designer and Chief Operating Officer, Matt Blancarte, has officially rolled out a new design for his personal blog, Matt Blancarte dot Com. Matt has been blogging since July of 2007, and he has been working with UBD since its August 2007 inception. Matt’s blog focuses mostly on [...]
Read More »The Official UBD Recommended Resources List
We have put together what we think are the best resources for new and seasoned bloggers looking to take their blogs to the next level. We have put together a list of resources for: Recommended Blogs Stat Tracking Tools Advertising Programs Photo Sharing Social Media Marketing Email Marketing If you believe we should add a [...]
Read More »Five Easy Ways to Increase Your Blog's Comments
We are often asked, “How do I get readers to comment on my posts?” It is regularly the case that a blog might look great, have great content, and yet no comments. Seeing the benefit in building a community around your blog; encouraging people to comment is an important aspect of any blog. Here are 5 easy [...]
Read More »General Motors Is Doing It…Are You?
For those who haven’t heard, the car manufacturing conglomerate General Motors is now using blogging as a way to connect to different market segments. Thats right, GM is blogging. Make your way over to GMnext.com, you will find articles written by executives, proper use of podcasts and other forms of new media. To me, this [...]
Read More »Social Bookmarking Podcast with Neil Patel
Are you using social media to market and promote your blog? If not, you are missing out on a potentially significant source of traffic! Recently, the UBD team (Josh, Matt, and myself) participated in a podcast with Neil Patel on social bookmarking and how to leverage social media for your blog. For those of you [...]
Read More »Basic SEO Tips For New Bloggers
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a topic that every new blogger eventually has to learn about and become aquainted with. We pride ourselves on creating SEO-friendly blogs, but there are always more things that can be done to enhance the SEO functionality of your blog. Below, are a few tips from Ahson Rafiq, a young [...]
Read More »Ad Placement: A Few Simple Tips
What do private ads, affiliate ads, Google ads, and pretty much all other forms of advertising have in common? They all can benefit from proper placement on your blog. In this article, we will go over the basic blog layout (i.e. header, sidebar(s), content, footer) and a few very simple ways that you can more [...]
Read More »Unique Blog Designs "Must Have" WordPress Plugins
Choosing plugins that truly benefit your blog design can be difficult if you’re a WordPress novice. With over 1,400 plugins available at wordpress.org, you’ll find yourself looking for a few needles in a very thick haystack. Luckily, there are plenty of WordPress veterans that have been around long enough to sift through the masses and [...]
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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?