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: Life
WordPress 2.7 Is Teh Coolness
I’ve been beta testing WordPress 2.7 for the past few weeks and I have to admit, I am impressed to my highest degree of geek. It is so much cleaner looking, has cool new functionality, and the fact that you can upgrade and download new plugins from with the WP Dashboard is pretty sweet. Check out this video which explains how cool WP 2.7 actually … Continue reading
Awesome Podcast from John Reese & Frank Kern
I have been up all night listening to this awesome podcast from Internet marketing legends, John Reese and Frank Kern. I follow John and Frank on Twitter, and earlier today, Frank tweeted a link to a 6-hour podcast he and John recorded back in 2003. Now, I know what you are thinking… isn’t Internet marketing advice from 2003 outdated? That is exactly what I was … Continue reading
Win a Bathtub Full of Cereal and Help a Family
Everyone’s favorite wild man, and CEO of IZEA, Ted Murphy, loves cereal so much that he is giving away 52 boxes (enough to fill a bath tub) of it in his first “super promotional happiness giveaway.” How to Enter Each person can enter up to 2 times, once via their blog and once via twitter. Enter with your blog. To enter with your blog simply … Continue reading
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Blog World Expo ’08 – What A Blast!
Just like last year, Blog World Expo has come and gone way too quickly. This was my second appearance to the second annual Blog World Expo, held in Las Vegas Nevada. Overall, the BWE08 weekend far surpassed last year! Last year was our first conference ever and first time we exhibited, as well. This year, UBD designed and implemented the official Blog World Expo Blog, … Continue reading
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IZEA Fest!
IZEA Fest has been off to an incredible start. It has been great to meet and catch up with many of our past clients including John Chow, Shoemoney, Neil Patel, Israel Lagares, Michael Brito, Zac Johnson and Andrew Bennett. It has also been great to meet some familiar faces such as IZEA CEO Ted Murphy, Tamar Weinberg, Ian Fernando, Brian Clark, and John Reese. So … Continue reading
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Exciting September Plans
As many of you know, my work with UBD has dominated my time over the past year. We have been very fortunate to have met and worked with some of the top bloggers and companies online, including John Chow, Shoemoney, and Yahoo! Our networking experiences have been one of the most important factors that have helped grow our business. Last November, we attended Blog World … Continue reading
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You Gotta Love Automattic
I was lucky to meet the founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, at Blog World Expo last year. Matt is one of the founders of Automattic, the company that makes WordPress. I wrote an article over a year ago about how Matt was changing the web at age 21 with the massive popularity of WordPress as the bloggers’ platform of choice. I first started using WordPress … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Wordpress Development
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What’s Up In The Blogosphere
Zac Johnson put together a comprehensive post that included pictures of many top blogger’s workspaces. I regret not being able to send my workspace pictures to Zac in time, but I finally cleaned up my desk and I posted a few pictures of my setup at the end of this article. You can read the article here: Affiliate Bloggers Work Space I recently completed … Continue reading
Make Money By Promoting Free Stuff
There seems to be an unlimited number of ways to make money online these days. With so many different products and services to be affiliated with, how do we find a product/service that will convert well and be profitable? One of the easiest ways to make money online is by promoting free products, such as magazine subscriptions or software trials. Just because a product is … Continue reading
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Thanks To Bic Promo Pens
BIC Promo Pens is a company that specializes in creating promotional pens for corporate events and other functions. BIC Promo Pens was kind enough to send me this awesome golf shirt and a few of their latest and greatest pens. Notice the carbon-fiber weave on the silver pen – now, that is what I am talking about! If you are looking for BIC pens for … Continue reading