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Thoughts and Articles from Blend Interactive

Shannan Anderson  |  March 26, 2025

Keeping Your Website Fresh: 10 Post-Launch Web Tasks

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A website's success doesn't hinge on what happens on launch day — it's an ongoing balance of maintenance and improvement after your site has already launched.

Development  |  Project Management

March 15, 2025

What is a Digital Experience Readiness Roadmap?

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How a Digital Experience Readiness Roadmap helps organizations align on strategy, technology, team capability, and governance before a major digital initiative.

Content and IA  |  Strategy

Joe Kepley  |  March 12, 2025

Maximizing Your Project Budget

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At Blend, one of our core values is advocating for our clients. One of the ways we do this is by trying to maximize the value we can provide for our client's project budgets. Understanding the cost drivers behind web development can often be confusing.

Discovery and Scoping

February 15, 2025

What is an Organizational AI Readiness Assessment?

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How an AI Readiness Assessment helps organizations take stock of AI usage, identify real opportunities, and build a governance framework before problems emerge.

AI  |  Strategy

Bob Davidson  |  February 11, 2025

Getting the Most Out of Optimizely Cloudflare Edge Logs

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Optimizely is introducing the ability to access Cloudflare's edge logs, which gives access to some information previously unavailable except through support.

Development  |  Optimizely

January 15, 2025

What is Web Experimentation Guidance?

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How web experimentation guidance helps organizations move from random A/B tests to a structured, sustainable testing practice — and build a culture of learning.

Digital Optimization  |  Strategy

Karla Santi  |  December 30, 2024

Reflecting on Blend’s “Nine-Ender” Year

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Blend is at a pivotal moment, celebrating 19 years in business and a year of bold decisions and growth.

Shannan Anderson  |  October 16, 2024

The Basics of a Content Entry Plan

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Feeling overwhelmed by content migration? No worries. Lead Project Manager Shannan Anderson breaks down the process from start to finish on how to incorporate content planning into your web project. 

Content and IA  |  Migration  |  Project Management  |  Strategy

Joe Kepley  |  October 16, 2024

Must Have Features of a Children's Hospital Website

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Your website can often be the first impression of the level of care your healthcare team provides – giving you a chance to welcome a child and their family to your children's hospital long before they set foot in the front door. 

Healthcare  |  Content and IA  |  Development  |  Strategy

September 6, 2024

Blend is an Optimizely Platinum Partner

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Blend Interactive has been named a 2024 Optimizely Platinum Solutions Partner — a partnership that has withstood the test of time. 

Development  |  Optimizely