Latest Articles by Mike Wills

Mike Wills | Director of Development

With over 20 years' experience, Mike has developed solutions ranging from shrink-wrapped software to high-profile websites. A Kentico MVP since 2020, Mike manages several technical squads at BlueModus, providing guidance and support to help each team deliver complex and custom solutions for our customers. Whether consulting an enterprise or a startup, he consistently guides customers through tough technical challenges and leads teams to achieve their business goals.

Leveraging Kentico Marketing Automation in a GDPR & CCPA World

Leveraging Kentico Marketing Automation in a GDPR & CCPA World

Mike Wills | Jul 16, 2020

Step-by-step tips on using Kentico's Marketing Automation functionality with and without cookie consent from the user.

How to Customize Kentico to Provide Form Response Emails with Rich Marketing Content

How to Customize Kentico to Provide Form Response Emails with Rich Marketing Content

Mike Wills | Apr 30, 2020

Learn this Kentico trick: Mike Wills shows how to customize Kentico so that you can send form response emails to customers that include rich marketing content.

How to Leverage Kentico’s Newsletter Subscriptions in a Headless Architecture

How to Leverage Kentico’s Newsletter Subscriptions in a Headless Architecture

Mike Wills | Mar 12, 2020

Kentico MVP Mike Wills shares how to enable Kentico’s subscription and confirmation features within a headless architecture, by adding integrated API endpoints.

Kentico Headless Email Marketing – Creating Email Tracking Endpoints

Kentico Headless Email Marketing – Creating Email Tracking Endpoints

Mike Wills | Feb 11, 2020

Kentico MVP Mike Wills explains how to build a Kentico headless architecture that supports email tracking endpoints, allowing headless use of email marketing.

Bring Content to Customers with a Headless Kentico Architecture

Bring Content to Customers with a Headless Kentico Architecture

Mike Wills | Nov 22, 2019

Mike Wills explains how using a headless CMS like Kentico provides meaningful, structured content to public platforms where your audience is already engaged.

A Headless Architecture Enables Enterprise Adoption of Kentico EMS

A Headless Architecture Enables Enterprise Adoption of Kentico EMS

Mike Wills | Nov 06, 2019

We explain how implementing a headless Kentico EMS architecture can be a solution for an enterprise-level website with an established, complex architecture.

Kentico Extensibility: How to Identify Unique Visitors in a Headless Architecture

Kentico Extensibility: How to Identify Unique Visitors in a Headless Architecture

Mike Wills | Oct 17, 2019

Mike Wills explains how, when implementing Kentico with a headless EMS, we were able to implement contact management and activity tracking through a Web API.

Kentico Extensibility: How to Enable Double Opt-In with Kentico Forms

Kentico Extensibility: How to Enable Double Opt-In with Kentico Forms

Mike Wills | Oct 10, 2019

Mike Wills explains how to enable Kentico's double opt-in subscription to work in conjunction with online forms, by using a custom marketing automation action.

Kentico Extensibility: Logging Contact Activities in a Headless Architecture

Kentico Extensibility: Logging Contact Activities in a Headless Architecture

Mike Wills | Oct 01, 2019

Learn how we were able to easily customize Kentico CMS to fix a form submission error encountered when using a Web API for form data submitted by end users.

Kentico Optimization Tip: Improving SQL Server Round Trip Performance

Kentico Optimization Tip: Improving SQL Server Round Trip Performance

Mike Wills | Sep 17, 2019

Learn a helpful tip to optimize Kentico performance: we explain how to leverage Kentico's ObjectQuery API to reduce the number of SQL Server query round trips.

Kentico Optimization Tip: How to Measure SQL Server Round Trip Performance

Kentico Optimization Tip: How to Measure SQL Server Round Trip Performance

Mike Wills | Jul 09, 2019

Learn how to accurately test SQL Server round-trip performance for a Kentico site. BlueModus Kentico expert Mike Wills provides the step-by-step procedure.

Kentico Tip: How to Manage Scheduled Publishing of Cached Content

Kentico Tip: How to Manage Scheduled Publishing of Cached Content

Mike Wills | Jun 10, 2019

Using long cache intervals along with the scheduled publishing feature in Kentico? Learn how to ensure content gets displayed at the proper time, not cached.

Solving the Organizational and Integration Challenges of Privacy Regulations

Solving the Organizational and Integration Challenges of Privacy Regulations

Mike Wills | May 21, 2019

Adhering to privacy regulations continues to be a challenge. We provide hands-on examples on how to solve organizational and integration issues using Kentico.

Solving Design Challenges in a Headless CMS

Solving Design Challenges in a Headless CMS

Mike Wills | Mar 26, 2019

Designing a headless CMS requires collaboration among designers, developers, and strategists to balance the challenges. The payoff is a strategic game changer.

Taking a content-first approach in a multi-channel world with Kentico

Taking a content-first approach in a multi-channel world with Kentico

Mike Wills | Feb 12, 2019

Implementing a CMS or redesigning your site? Here's why you should take a content-first approach and implement a platform that supports multiple channels.

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