This is my first in a series of videos I made from my trip to Affiliate Summit West. In this video, super affiliate Zac Johnson talks about Facebook advertising and it’s pros and cons. This video was shot using a Flip Mino HD (video quality needs to be worked with) and was recorded at the [...]

All of UBD will be heading up to Las Vegas this weekend for Affiliate Summit West. This will be our first time to vegas where we are not exhibiting, which is kind of a relief given the hassle and stress of setting up and managing a booth.
Yep, this goal of this trip will be exclusively [...]

Out with the old, in with the new. 2008 was, by far, the hardest working, yet most productive year of my life. I have been fortunate to discover an incredible useful array of different tools that have made my life as a web developer MUCH easier. Now, I want to share them with you!
Here they [...]

Unique Blog Designs is finally on Twitter! It is certainly about time, as I have been using Twitter for over a year now.
Make sure you follow UBD on Twitter to stay up to date on all of the cool things happening.
We have a lot of exciting things planned for 2009 that will definitely surprise you! [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

With the recent election of Barack Obama, there is going to a new Presidential precedence in using the Interwebz to communicate with the US citizens.
There was no question Obama’s Internet marketing was top notch. He and his team had the most effective marketing of anyone who ever ran for office.
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr – Barack [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]