Who Is Behind This Blog?
Welcome to my blog! My name is Nate Whitehill and I am the co-founder of Unique Blog Designs, a company that provides blog design and marketing solutions to individuals and small businesses, and Highlighter.com – a new startup in the e-reading space.I have been self-employed/running Internet businesses for over four years, since January of 2007.
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Category Archives: Blogging
IMCoach.com – the Internet Marketing Training Community
A few months ago, we acquired the fantastic domain name, IMCoach.com. We knew this would be the perfect web address to launch our new Internet marketing training community and blog. Everything on IMCoach.com is completely free – there is nothing to purchase. We created this blog as a “thank you” to our customers and to give back to the Internet marketing community. The writing/managing team … Continue reading
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Blog Profit Camp Now Live (Closes Friday, July 9th)
I have been working with John Chow over the past few months on his new program, Blog Profit Camp. I am happy to report that it has finally gone live and will be open until Friday, July 9th at midnight. Blog Profit Camp is a 12-week interactive course that will show you step by step how to make big money with blogging. John started blogging … Continue reading
Happy Birthday UBD! 1-Year Anniversary Contest
Today, August 22nd, 2008, is the 1-year anniversary of Unique Blog Designs. One year ago, UBD was born with the redesign of John Chow dot Com. Fast forward one year, and we have worked with over 200 clients, including John Chow, ShoeMoney, Zac Johnson, Uber Affiliate, Fat Man Unleashed, Alex Shalman, MakeUseOf, Here.org.uk, Blog World Expo, Entrecard, and now, Yahoo! Enter the UBD 1-Year Anniversary … Continue reading
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New Blog Design For My Biz Partner and UBD Designer, Matt Blancarte
I am happy to announce that my long-time friend and business partner, Matt Blancarte, has unleashed a new design for his personal blog, Matt Blancarte dot Com. I have known Matt since we were juniors in high school, so it is cool to see his new brand materialize online. Matt has been working with UBD since its August 2007 inception, but he has been blogging … Continue reading
Hello Nate Whitehill dot Com 2.0
Let me get straight to the facts: I started my blog in January of 2007 (almost 1.5 years ago). I started a blog design company in August of 2007 (almost 9 months ago). Since then, I have been using a free, but highly customized theme by Ed Merritt called Ocean Mist…until now. Welcome to Nate Whitehill dot Com 2.0. Now, you may ask yourself, “why … Continue reading
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Tagged blog design, john chow, nate whitehill, new blog, unique blog designs
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Why I Started Blogging…From Motivation to Game Plan
It has been exactly one year now since I wrote my first post. Funny story: Vinay Menon was the first person ever to comment on one of my posts. I became friends and have kept in touch with him and his business partner, Anthony, over the past year through our mutual interest in exotic sport cars. In November of 2007, I was fortunate to meet … Continue reading
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1000 Subscribers!
It took me 362 days, but, today, January 10, 2008, my blog finally registered over 1000 RSS subscribers, 1009 to be exact. My first blog post ever was on January 13, 2007. What can I say? It’s been an incredible journey and one that I plan to continue for as long as possible. On August 8, 2007, my blog hit 500 subscribers and I wrote … Continue reading
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What Are Last Year’s Top Bloggers’ Plans For 2008?
I asked some of 2007′s top bloggers (that I personally know) what their plans and goals are for 2008. I received some pretty interesting responses from some of the most well respected names in online marketing and blog design. Here are their responses…
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Magazine Style WordPress Themes Are Here!
Magazine-style WordPress themes have been all the rage lately. What is a magazine-style WordPress theme? Well, unlike a traditional 2 or 3 column WordPress theme, a magazine style theme attempts to resemble more of a web-based magazine, instead of a traditional blog layout. Superbloggers such as ProBlogger and Emoms have embraced the magazine style layout for the home pages of their blogs. Magazine Style Themes … Continue reading
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Does Blog Design Really Matter? (Video by Yaro Starak)
Yaro Starak just posted a great video addressing the question of, “Does blog design really matter?” Yaro echos a lot of the same sentiments I have been expressing about the importance of a unique blog design. In the video, Yaro says: Blog design matters. Having a unique design is better than using a theme that someone else uses or using the default theme from WordPress, … Continue reading
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