We are Blend Interactive
We make complex websites
Why choose Blend?
So, what makes us so unique? The real question is: how can we help guide you through your complex web and content problems?
WE EMBRACE CHALLENGE
It doesn’t matter how complex your design or implementation project is. You’ll leave with a sense of order and understanding.
WE’RE ON YOUR TEAM
There’s no need to worry about communication problems: we work best when we’re part of a cohesive team — either alongside a marketing partner or serving as integration lead, internal or distributed.
WE’RE ADVOCATES FROM START TO FINISH
Above everything, we advocate for you and your audiences. We help make decisions that lead to sustainable, maintainable, and user-focused web projects.
Featured work.
Our goal — with every project — is to make YOUR goals easier to achieve.
Providing a Usable and Accessible Banking Experience
To some, a bank’s front door is the website, which means the website needs to be as inclusive as the building itself.
A Fresh Look for a Minnesota Institution
Updating the design for Minnesota State University Mankato in a way that didn’t remake the entire website.
Iterative Technical Planning: A Smoother Development Cycle
Gradual technical scoping leads to a more informed — and smoother running — project. Here’s how we did it.
The Web Project Guide
A guide to understanding the web design and development process. Buy the book, read each chapter, or listen to the podcast!
Digital Optimization at Blend
Blend maintains a website's progress and performance after launch through our Digital Optimization practice.
News and thoughts from Blend Interactive.
One of Blend’s core values is a dedication to advocacy and progress — to expand upon and give back to the community that fuels us.
Multitenant Episerver Sites on IIS Express
IIS Express allows for fast, license-free local development. But, it has its downsides as well. Blend's Director of Development Bob Davidson explains how to navigate IIS Express in order to bind multiple Episerver sites and languages in this Coding with Bob video.
BEEP - A Mentee’s Perspective
A former mentee — and current employee — talks about his experience with BEEP: Blend's Education Exchange Program, a mentoring program straight from Blend Interactive's own team.
Making the Choice Between Umbraco and Wordpress
At Blend, we try to be selective about the technologies we work with: we strive to pick the right tool for the right job; given a client's budget, needs, and long-term goals, we want to use the content management system (CMS) that best fits their needs.
Optimizely Release Notes — November / December 2021
The following release notes highlight major or interesting changes in Optimizely's products in November and December 2021.