3 Simple Ways to Make Your Website Stickier
Although they never say it in so many words, a lot of new clients come to us because they wish their websites could be “stickier.” In other words, they are tired of checking their web analytics package and finding that new potential customers have come to their websites, looked around for half a minute or… Read More »
The Importance of Installing an SSL Certificate on Your Website
Online security is paramount in today’s connected world. It seems that every other day we’re seeing news articles about high-profile hacking attempts, ransomware, identity theft and DDOS attacks. All this press means that your website visitors quite possibly have an inherent lack of trust toward websites, especially when entering their personal and payment information (as… Read More »
Thoughts on Paid WordPress Themes and Their Drawbacks
It’s no secret that we think WordPress is a great thing. Nashville Interactive uses it as the CMS (content management system) on 90% of projects we do. While it’s a very flexible and easy-to-use system, there’s a trend of developers and agencies using pre-fab, paid WordPress themes to build their client’s websites. While this isn’t… Read More »
Why Every Musician Needs a Great Website
Wouldn’t it be great if the business of being a musician really could be “all about the music?” In reality, The best artists know that marketing, promotion, and even branding are all necessary skills. You can’t make it in Nashville, or any other town, if you don’t know how to find and attract new fans…. Read More »
What to Look for in Nashville Web Design
If you’re the kind of person who spends your days running a company, and not thinking about the ins and outs of business web design, then finding the right creative team to help you build a strong web presence can be challenging. Most business people simply don’t know how to compare the different companies that… Read More »
Custom WordPress Development vs Pre-Built WordPress Themes
At Nashville Interactive, we are first and foremost a custom WordPress developer. WordPress is by far the leading content management system used for websites. There are a number of reasons for its popularity including ease of use, rapid development, a readily available support community and of course, it’s open source. For these reasons, most website… Read More »
Don’t Hide From Your Brand Behind Your Business
You have a brand whether you like it or not. Musicians, businesses, You, Me; we all have a brand. Think of your brand as what people think of you. A brand is in everything that your customers, fans and friends experience when they look, see, smell, hear and/or taste things having to do with you…. Read More »
What Happened To Artist and Musician Brands?
A quick disclaimer that this is basically a just a rant by the slowly aging designer in me. I can already hear myself saying, “back in my day…”. With that being said, when I think of artist or musician brands, logos, etc., I automatically think back to Aerosmith, Van Halen, Run DMC, Misfits, Wu-Tang, The… Read More »
World Travelers Tell Their Stories Via a New Blog Design for Belmont University
Nashville Interactive just launched a fresh website design for Belmont University’s Lumos Travel Awards Blogs. The Lumos Travel Awards allow students to travel the world and engage in a wide array of projects to better communities abroad. The blog design project itself entailed custom design and WordPress development to allow dozens of users to tell… Read More »
Mobile App Development vs A Dedicated Mobile Website Design
The Question Clients are frequently asking the question, “Should we look in to developing a mobile app or create a mobile version of our website?” That’s a tough question and with more and more users relying on mobile devices and tablets to access the web, it’s a very important question. The answer will differ depending… Read More »
Belmont University Athletics Media Guide Launches
We love Belmont University as a client. The work that comes out of these projects is always portfolio quality and fun to work on. The Belmont Athletics Department was looking to create a magazine-style flipbook for their media guide. The solution was a javascript page turn script that includes video and is mobile friendly. Some… Read More »
Belmont Massey Graduate School of Business Website Launches
Nashville Interactive recently redesigned and handled the front end development for Belmont University’s Massey Graduate School of Business. The Massey School needed a website that was on par with its contemporaries and reflected the quality of the program. The final design is meant to look and feel like a unique section within the larger belmont.edu… Read More »