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2 Trends All Member-Based Organizations Need to Know

Discover two key strategies member-based organizations are using to grow: stronger storytelling and smarter, modern website experiences.
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Kentico

BizStream Earns Kentico’s Upgrade Expert Badge

BizStream is now a Kentico Upgrade Expert! As a trusted Kentico Gold Partner, we specialize in seamless Xperience by Kentico upgrades, ensuring optimized performance and future-ready solutions. Learn more about our expertise and how we can help with your upgrade.
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Events

Stir Trek 2025: Catch Brian McKeiver’s Talk on Building Your Own Copilot

Join BizStream’s Brian McKeiver at Stir Trek 2025 in Columbus, OH. On May 2, catch his session, How to Build Your Own Copilot for .NET Devs, and explore Azure AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel SDK, and Copilot Studio to build your own AI assistant. Don’t miss this one-day tech event with expert talks, networking, and a screening of Marvel’s Thunderbolts!
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KenticoNews

Brian McKeiver Among the First to Earn Xperience by Kentico Content Modeling Certification

BizStream's co-owner and Solution Architect, Brian McKeiver, is among the first to earn the Xperience by Kentico Content Modeling Certification! Learn why structured content is essential and how this achievement reinforces BizStream’s expertise in content modeling and Kentico solutions.
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Events

Brian McKeiver Speaking at AAM Summit 2025

Join BizStream's Brian McKeiver at the AAM Summit 2025 in Phoenix, AZ, where he’ll share insights on website personalization. Learn how delivering the right content at the right time can enhance client engagement and business growth.
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Kentico

Xperience by Kentico’s Taxonomies: What’s New & Why It Matters

Discover the latest enhancements to taxonomies in Xperience by Kentico. Learn how improved content organization, omnichannel support, and smarter filtering can boost SEO, streamline personalization, and make content management more efficient.
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Events

Join BizStream and Kentico at Swaay.Health Live 2025

Join Kentico and BizStream in San Diego for Swaay.Health Live 2025—the premier event for healthcare B2B and B2C marketers.
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Events

Join Brian McKeiver at the Midwest Collegiate Computing Conference

The Midwest Collegiate Computing Conference (MWC3) will be held on March 21-22, 2025, at the Grand Valley State University Eberhard Center in Grand Rapids, MI.
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Advice

How to Connect with—and Win—Customers: Build Better Buyer Personas

To generate effective leads, you need to market to the right people at the right time. Do you know how to change your personas so that you can reach your best customers?
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News

BizStream Expands Strategic and Digital Capabilities with Acquisition

BizStream’s acquisition of Refactored, a leading digital agency, expands its strategic capabilities to deliver innovative and scalable solutions. This partnership strengthens BizStream’s offerings with advanced marketing strategies, unparalleled expertise in Storyblok Headless CMS, and a custom Web Accelerator solution designed to simplify technology adoption, reduce costs, and minimize project risks for clients.
Events

Join Brian McKeiver at GVSU’s Innovation Day: Celebrating 40 Years of Computing

Attend GVSU’s Innovation Day 2024 on December 6 to celebrate 40 years of computing! Hear from Brian McKeiver, proud GVSU alum and BizStream co-owner, during the Distinguished Alumni Panel.
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Events

Brian McKeiver Speaking at CodeMash 2025

Catch Brian McKeiver, co-owner and solution architect at BizStream, as he speaks at CodeMash 2025, sharing insights on developer estimates and MACH architecture for web development. Join him and other tech experts at this unique conference in Sandusky, Ohio, January 14-17.
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Kentico

Enhance Kentico 13 Search Index with Azure AI Search Semantic Ranker

Learn how to enhance your Kentico 13 search index by integrating Azure AI Search with a Semantic Ranker. This guide covers setup, implementation with .NET 6 MVC, and key tips for improving your site’s search functionality, offering a more refined user experience.
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KenticoNews

Six BizStream Team Members Earn Xperience by Kentico Sales Certification

BizStream celebrates six team members earning the Xperience by Kentico Sales Certification, further enhancing their ability to guide clients through the digital experience landscape.
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KenticoTutorials

Simple Guide for Creating an Azure AI Search Index in Xperience by Kentico

Learn how to set up an Azure AI Search index in Xperience by Kentico with this step-by-step guide. From project configuration to search strategy implementation, this post walks you through the integration process using .NET 8.0, Visual Studio, and the Kentico Xperience Azure Search NuGet package, ensuring optimized search functionality for your website.
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Advice

Breaking the 10x Developer Hype: Your Path to Rockstar Status

Have you heard about the mythical ‘10x developer’ who’s supposedly ten times more productive than everyone else? According to our Web Developer, Will Dixon, it’s all just hype. Read on to discover what he believes truly sets great developers apart from the rest.
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Tutorials

From .bak to .bacpac: Managing Azure Migrations with Non-Standard Backups

Migrating a project to Azure can come with unexpected challenges, especially when dealing with non-standard backups like .bak files instead of the expected .bacpac format. In this blog post, we share how we navigated these obstacles, providing a step-by-step guide to overcoming Azure's limitations and ensuring a smooth transition for complex database migrations.
The image showcases the Kentico Xperience dashboard with a customizable interface. The dashboard is titled "Welcome to Xperience" and displays various application icons in a grid layout, including "Marketing automation," "Email marketing," "Pages," "Media libraries," "Facebook," and more. Above the grid, there's a navigation bar with the title "Dancing Goat MVC," and in the background, there is a soft purple and blue gradient with circular ripple designs, creating a modern and clean aesthetic.
Kentico

Using Page Builder With Custom Routing in Xperience by Kentico

When our team encountered challenges integrating Xperience’s Page Builder with custom routing for status code pages, one of our developers resolved the issue by manually retrieving page data and initializing the context. Read on to learn how he overcame this hurdle and enabled seamless custom routing.
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Events

BizStream to host Grand Rapids MarTech Summit at Tech Week Grand Rapids 2024

BizStream is excited to host the Grand Rapids MarTech Summit 2024 during Tech Week Grand Rapids on September 19, 2024, featuring industry experts discussing the latest trends in digital marketing, AI, and SEO strategies.
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Kentico

Xperience by Kentico Content Querying Updates

The latest updates to Xperience by Kentico have introduced a modular, service-oriented architecture that enhances flexibility and performance for developers. With the removal of the TreeNode concept and the introduction of powerful new APIs for content querying, developers can now create more precise and efficient queries, improving both the developer experience and application performance.
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Advice

The Power of Effective Communication in Project Management

In this blog post, project manager Brand Grace explores how effective communication can significantly impact project management and shares real-world examples and practical tips for enhancing communication within your team.

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