Logos – Here’s How To Do It
Here at UBD, we build a TON of sites and blogs that require custom/unique logos. Considering that, we figured we should put out some great info on how to tackle this step in your business’ development. Plain and simple – logo creation is not that easy (and really not that cheap). Hiring a premium-level firm [...]
Read More »The Ultimate Comments For Your Blog – Standout Comments
Standout Comments is a joint venture product between John Chow, Alex Shalman and Jeff Rose. Their goal was to create a WordPress plugin that would not only engage your readership and keep them coming back to your blog but it will make you money as well. We think they hit on all targets and Standout [...]
Read More »7 Reasons Why All Blogs Need a Facebook Fan Page
Facebook is the #2 most visited website in the U.S. When you create a Facebook Fan Page, you are pitching your blog to a potential audience of 400 million active users. Here are some facts you should consider: 20 million people become fan pages everyday. There are over 5.3 billion Facebook fans overall. The typical [...]
Read More »Revealed: A Proven System for Creating Powerful Blogs
At UBD, we work with a wide range of bloggers. Everyone from top 100 bloggers like John Chow and Jeremy Schoemaker to bloggers who haven’t even written their first blog post yet. Whenever we come across a valuable resource for new bloggers, we like to pass it on. Our good friend and blogging mentor, Yaro [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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?