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: Business Development
The PageRank Is Coming Soon… Have You Been Preparing?
Even if you are not paying attention to the calendar, you can always feel it when the PageRank (PR) is coming because there is an an insatiable buzz within blogosphere and webmaster communities. Every three months (or so), Google updates it’s proprietary PageRank. PageRank is Google’s special algorithm for determining the authoritative value of sites and where they appear in the search engine results pages, … Continue reading
Posted in Business Development, Featured, SEO/SEM
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The Right Friends Make the Difference
Everyone aspires to be successful and live a better-than-average life. Unfortunately, not everyone actually follows through with their aspirations. Just like there are many paths to success, there are also many complexities which determine how successful we become. One aspect that I have talked a lot about is goal setting. Another important and determining factor of success is who we choose to associate with. Are … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business Development
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Why Risk Is Worth Taking
In the business world, everyone weighs risk and reward. The more risk you take, the more potential reward you will see. Quitting my day job five months ago to run my business full-time has been the best decision I have ever made. When I first decided to go into self-employment, I felt some excitement, but there was also a lot of anxiety and uncertainty. For … Continue reading
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My Simple Trick to Easily Accomplishing Daily Goals
Last week I wrote about the importance of setting goals with a timeline. In the world of business development, it is vitally important to set reachable goals with a timeline that you will accomplish them by. At first, it may seem many of the goals may be long term goals, but by breaking these goals into daily goals, you are making it that much easier … Continue reading
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Business Updates & Happenings
I wanted to take this time to fill you in on some my recent business developments. As many of you know, I am working on several ventures with my business partners, Josh and Matt. I made it clear a few months ago that I want my businesses to be case studies. Additionally, a huge part of blogging objective is to provide an inside perspective into … Continue reading
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Welcome to June. What Are Your Goals?
It’s June now. Did you accomplish your goals for May? If not, what got in the way? I like to set goals for both my blog and businesses. It’s an important part of my life and I would like to share with you why I believe that setting short-and long-term goals is something everyone should do. Why Is Goal Setting So Important? Ask anyone who … Continue reading
Posted in Business Development, Life
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How Blogging Has Changed My Life
The last four months have changed my life. Those who knew me four months ago would say that these changes have resulted from taking my fate into my own hands. However, it’s actually more complicated than that. I have always been an “all-or-nothing” kind of guy. I have to put 110% effort into what I am doing or I find no use in doing it. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business Development
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New Month, PageRank & Marketing Experiments!
Well, it is now May and I am officially going on my fourth month of blogging. The past three and a half months have been great – I have managed to crank out 106 posts and there has been 847 comments, so far. I am currently averaging around 140 or so RSS subscribers per day. My goal by the end of May is to have … Continue reading
Posted in Business Development, Life
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5 Steps You Must Take Towards Self-Employment
Being self-employed is not for everyone. This kind of lifestyle is certainly a riskier proposition than working at a traditional job. I have just recently become self-employed. Before that, I had been working odd jobs and running my web-dev business, infinFX, on the side, since I graduated from high school in 2003. It was frustrating because I had very little time to market the business … Continue reading
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How to Name a Business – Brand & Purpose
The other day I received an email from a loyal reader, Mike, asking me how I decide on naming a particular business. Naming a business is usually one of the first steps in developing your business plan, and it is crucial that you give this step proper time and thought. The name is essentially the first thing people hear or see when they first come … Continue reading
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