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Thoughts and Articles from Blend Interactive

Corey Vilhauer May 21, 2025

Neurodivergence and Accessibility

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Neurodivergent users face real barriers online that standard accessibility checks miss. Learn how designing for clarity and focus helps everyone.

Accessibility

May 15, 2025

What is a Design Audit?

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How a design audit evaluates your website's visual design, brand consistency, and UI patterns — and helps you decide between a refresh, a redesign, or targeted fixes.

 

Design and Front-End  |  Digital Optimization

Bob Davidson May 13, 2025

On Technical Debt

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It doesn’t matter how fast you move or how much you plan; websites accumulate technical debt.

Development  |  Strategy

April 30, 2025

Blend Interactive Partners with Contentstack

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Blend Interactive is now a Solutions partner to another industry-leading CMS platform – Contentstack.

Development

Corey Vilhauer April 16, 2025

Things Take Time. Take Time.

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Business moves fast, and communication needs to move fast with it. But, while our world values efficiency and speed, we can't rush the work that needs to be done.

Strategy

April 15, 2025

What is a Content Strategy Audit and Roadmap?

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How a content strategy audit goes beyond inventory to assess message, structure, and editorial direction — and produces a roadmap for what to publish and why.

Content and IA  |  Digital Optimization

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