BrownBoots is now offering affordable websites for nonprofits while giving financials the opportunity to contribute to half (or more!) of the cost.
A sitemap doesn’t have to be complicated; in fact, a straightforward, streamlined approach is preferred whenever possible.
To help you avoid hours of busy work, BrownBoots provides banks and credit unions robust estimates — promptly and painlessly.
Many marketers eagerly embrace the premise of AI-driven copywriting while others caution against a promise too good to be true.
Here’s what we discovered while comparing all our bank websites’ stats from the first half of 2023 with 2022’s data.
The new WCAG 2.2 criteria build upon the foundation of earlier versions with nine updates, of which six are required for Level AA compliance.
After many months of exploring the new interface and modernized metrics, we’re ready and eager to take advantage of GA4.
Not even the best bank websites last forever, so we’re proud that the site we built for Woodford State Bank served them well for more than six years.
You tell us what you want, and we find the best way to make it happen — that’s the foundation of our custom bank website services.
Google’s “Helpful Content” algorithm caters to people, not bots. Here are some tips for optimizing your bank website for human beings.
Interactivity, usability, accessibility — these interrelated concepts require a balancing act to achieve the best custom website design.
For the past year, BrownBoots has evolved the way we handle website evaluations and reports by adopting a robust system called AgencyAnalytics.
Roughly six years after its debut, the .bank top-level domain (TLD) fails to dominate. Here are the current pros and cons of a .bank domain.
Our developers have been diligently adding and testing new features, which will soon reach our bank clients in the form of CMS 2.0.
Our case study explores whether the Business Loans page belongs under the Business menu, the Loans menu or in both locations.
Due to technology’s ceaseless march forward, no two years are ever the same at a custom website agency like BrownBoots Interactive.
We’re a big fan of every bank website we build, and the two newest ones showcase our latest and greatest.
It’s time to refine your social media strategy. Otherwise, you risk a reactive approach and spans of radio silence sprinkled throughout the year.
When it comes to bank website design and development, our process is just as important as the product at BrownBoots Interactive.
Few things intimidate a bank marketer like the esoteric terminology of IT, so here are the basics of website hosting in plain English.
Here’s what we discovered while scouring seven months’ worth of data — January through July 2022 — for our bank and credit union websites.
We’re so committed to continuous improvement that we continuously improve our own approach to it. Introducing the Post Launch Success Plan!
Now that the DOJ has stated its current stance on ADA compliance, some website agencies might find themselves scrambling to catch up. But not BrownBoots!
The path to enlightened acquisition begins with SEO, the process of improving the quality and quantity of unpaid website traffic from search engines.
Here’s what you need to know so you can take control of your Google Business Profile and update the information displayed there.
The release of CMS 1.6 went smoothly, with many clients eager to start leveraging the latest versions of each tool.
We love celebrating the launches of our custom bank websites. We love it even more when our clients celebrate with us!
BrownBoots is kicking off 2022 with a new version of our CMS, complete with more custom tools for financials that are easier to use than ever.
In most of First Security Bank & Trust’s markets, it is the biggest bank in town, and the new bank website needed to reflect that.
Recently, BrownBoots implemented a dual-server network to augment our already-robust secure web hosting features.
We often find ourselves carving away the fat when it comes to bank website redesigns, but the other extreme is equally problematic.
Horiconbank.com is the first bank website to take advantage of our updated CMS, which will keep the site effective for years to come.
It’s no longer enough to just read a bank website; today’s customers want to react, which means successful sites must provide interactivity.
Sometimes new clients come to us because their current bank website is, well, a big mess. But Peshtigo National Bank was more proactive.
Because we are firm believers in continuous improvement, we’ve been busy finetuning our proprietary content management system (CMS).
Search engine optimization and search engine marketing are two distinct marketing tactics. Depending on your goals, you may need SEO, SEM or both!
With our content management system, you can manage your own website easily — and your feedback helps make the CMS even better!
When you think of your finances, does the word “kindness” come to mind? It will now, thanks to KindMoney’s brand-new bank website.
Proven processes produce amazing bank websites. It turns out the best bank websites can also improve those processes.
The best bank websites leverage many inroads, including email marketing, social media marketing, organic SEO, paid SEM and more.
BrownBoots doesn’t build cookie-cutter websites. In addition to the common elements that best practice demands, we strive to make each bank website unique.
If your bank website isn’t evolving with the times, it’s falling behind. Here are five features to take your website to the next level.
2020 brought some big challenges, but it wasn’t all bad news for this bank marketing agency — and 2021 will be even better!
The new Investors Community Bank website is perhaps the largest site we’ve ever launched — and the level of quality easily matches its quantity!
Incorporating local photography and the friendly faces of bank staff, ladysmithfederal.com has a homey atmosphere that customers have come to expect.
For the second consecutive year BrownBoots presented to the attendees of the WBA LEAD360 conference, but this year the content was delivered virtually.
Bank websites must do more than simply share information. Make sure your site features the right calls to action (CTAs) to generate leads.
By listening to your visitors talk/type about your products in their own words, your bank website will be better equipped to assist them.
Community Bank Owatonna needed a bank website that made the financial institution look as good on the outside as it already was on the inside.
With a CMS, you can manage your own website — but what kinds of content should be added or altered? And how often should such changes take place?
We love building big, robust bank websites, and CSB.bank might just be the most customized bank website we’ve created yet.
The COVID-19 pandemic proved that CMS tools and the power to manage your own website are not only convenient, but crucial.
BrownBoots has augmented its team by hiring a new project manager: Kathleen-Dawn Bernander — or KD for short.
Here are a handful of tips for making your bank website landing page capitalize on traffic from SEM, email marketing and other digital marketing campaigns.
A BrownBoots bank website, powered by our proprietary content management system (CMS), lets you manage your own website — but is it easy to use?
We’re always looking for ways to make our content management system (CMS) even better. Here are a handful of recent improvements to our simple CMS.
While there is no magic number when it comes to the lifespan of a bank website, here are six scenarios that often require a website redesign.
With more and more customers seeking online solutions for their banking, why wouldn’t you add another channel for customer service and sales?
You don’t have to reinvent the wheel when creating a custom bank website design, but sometimes you can revolutionize it.
We’re thrilled to share 2019’s highlights as well as where BrownBoots Interactive is headed in the new year.
By helping PWSB out-community other banks, we’ve shown BrownBoots can out-customize other bank website providers.
We’ve set up a quick survey to gather data about how financials address the season of holidays with their customers. Please participate!
BrownBoots Interactive has tapped into the power of Siteimprove’s website analysis tools to help keep bank websites in optimal condition.
Whether you need a landing page for a bank marketing campaign or creating an online application, webforms are a godsend. Now our simple CMS can make them!
As summer makes way for autumn, we anticipate cooler temperatures, colorful foliage and an influx of bank marketing estimate requests.
In case you missed any of the BrownBoots blog’s 2019 “season,” here is our very own summery summary for your convenience.
We recommend using the summer months to perform a website audit to ensure your site is functional and accurate. Here are some tips!
We want to be your hero. Often that means creating a custom, responsive bank website, but sometimes we save the day in other ways.
A stagnant website is a dying website. We believe the same to be true for content management systems (CMS).
While we cater to financials of all sizes, smaller banks often enjoy an extra benefit from working with BrownBoots on their new bank website.
The pros outweigh the cons when it comes to displaying interest rates. Here are 4 reasons why you should show rates on your bank website.
Community becomes even more important to smaller banks when their branches are contained to a single city, such as The Bank of Salem.
Following an April Fools’ joke full of fake digital marketing tips, we’re delighted to deliver the real thing for your digital marketing strategy.
We have pooled our knowledge with the insights of other industry experts to provide you four digital marketing recommendations for banks and credit unions.
To increase collaboration with financials across the country and alleviate pain points across the industry, we recently sent out a survey.
Lately, we’ve become aware of a problem plaguing our bank and credit union clients: bad bank intranets.
A regularly scheduled website review is kind of like flossing: you know it’s important, but it’s easy to put off.
Here at BrownBoots Bank Websites, we can sum up our New Year’s resolution in three words: be even better.
Just like the promise of a paper-free office, the age of digital-only marketing is a fable. Print marketing is here to stay.
Creating a custom bank website from the ground up allows for evaluation of what came before and enhancement for what comes next.
The beauty of a custom bank website is you can adopt the resources and functionality that larger banks boast but put your own spin on them.
At BrownBoots, creativity and technology always work together to make something beautiful. It’s just the natural order of things.
Perception surveys might sound boring on the surface, but they often come with a surprise or two for banks and credit unions.
Any bank website provider can call themselves a partner, but BrownBoots strives to be a true collaborator.
A bank or credit union has many tactics and tools to consider as part of their digital marketing strategy. Should geofencing be included in your mix?
When we say we play nicely with other vendors and service providers, we mean it. The result? A better bank website.
A bank website design is only as strong as its weakest page. When it comes to a website review, we recommend a page-by-page checkup.
Every bank marketing project is unique — even when it’s something we’ve done for a client twice before.
We love celebrating the launch of a new bank website or credit union website. So it’s only natural that we’re excited to share with you the rebirth of our own site!
Nearly three years after its debut, the .bank top-level domain (TLD) continues to confuse financials. Fortunately, we have answers.
Product wizards lead bank website visitors through a series of questions to calculate a recommendation.
BrownBoots kicked off the new year with a flurry of excitement by launching three bank website design projects in the first month alone.
Few things necessitate a bank website update like new branding guidelines. We put financials in control of the look of their bank website.
Every bank website design project requires a series of decisions. Here are a few situations that could make a big impact both website accessibility and aesthetics.
