Posted on March 16, 2009 by Nate Whitehill

WordPress has become the content management system (CMS) of choice for not just blogs, but also websites and even landing pages/review sites for affiliate marketers!
Why? Ease of use, familiarity, and more uses than Grandpa’s Swiss army knife.
We have worked closely with and picked the brains of some of the top names in blogging and [...]

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Nate Whitehill

In September, my biz partners and I spent three weekends of the month at blog and Internet conferences. One of the conferences we attended was IZEA Fest in Orlando, Florida, where my biz partner, Matt Blancarte, gave a speech on blog design for the Blog Design Makeover panel.
Needless to say, IZEA Fest and the Blog [...]

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Nate Whitehill

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 [...]

Posted on September 02, 2008 by Nate Whitehill

Back in the Olden Days, when I used to work at the Apple Store, I met friend and fellow Apple enthusiast, John Ellenich.
Almost two years since I started working at and quit Apple, John and I decided it would be smart to design and release a premium theme together in conjunction with Unique Blog Designs. [...]

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Nate Whitehill

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 [...]

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Nate Whitehill

I wanted to make a formal announcement that our first Wordpress plugin has recently been released. It is called the UBD Block Ad Plugin and it allows you to manage, format, and automatically rotate your 125×125 block ads.
Block ads are the same ads you see on the right hand sidebar on sites just John [...]