Previous Projects
Abalone Designs Inc - www.abalone.ca - Courtney oversaw and continues to run the design and SEO of this site as well as day-to-day business. She founded Abalone Designs Inc. in 2001 and has worked hard to make it the number one SEO firm in Canada that can be found consistently in the top position on Google for "search engine optimization canada". Abalone Designs Inc. has had many company highlights including being able to work with the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Two Small Men with Big Hearts, an incredible author as well as being invited to search engine launch parties. Abalone Designs has also had the pleasure of having their articles published in respected industry periodicals such as Web Pro News and Site Pro News.
Genpop - www.genpop.org - Courtney founded this non-profit blog devoted to bringing prison issues to light. As a devoted human rights activist, Courtney spends a considerable portion of her free time volunteering. Genpop is posted to most days and focuses on the American problem of innocent people in prison, or wrongful convictions. The Genpop.org site has experienced instant success, gaining hundreds of subscribers in the first month of being live. It has also picked up a massive Twitter following that grows daily. The web site itself ranks consistently in the top 4 on Google for "prison blog" which is a highly competitive key phrase, and it experiences high traffic volumes on a daily basis, both from organic Google searches as well as direct traffic from RSS feed subscribers, Twitter followers and click-throughs from outside links.
Cathy's Natural Remedies - www.naturalremediesblog.net - Courtney began this blog for her mother, Cathy as a way to inform people about the natural remedies she discovers almost daily. As soon as the blog began publishing, a massive following was created. The blog has experienced incredible success, with hundreds of RSS feed subscribers, and fans and Cathy now receives numerous emails asking for advice. As far as search engine optimization goes, the blog ranked number one for "natural remedies blog" on Google as quickly as a month after the site went live. The site continues to collect natural links from fans, subsribers and readers.
Influx SEO - www.seo-firm.ca - Purchased in 2008 as a part of Abalone Designs Inc. Influx SEO has experienced rapid successes. It has instantly shot up in the Google results for "canada seo firm" and "seo firm canada". This small SEO firm works almost exclusively for small business clients as it offers extremely affordable prices and guarantees to meet your budget no matter what it is. It has picked up quite a few clients in it's short time as a branch of Abalone Designs Inc. and has oustanding customer service. As the firm grows, we expect it to gain ranking on Google organic results for "seo firm" and hope to be able to work with many, many more clients.
Travel with Bob - www.internationaltravelblog.com - Courtney started this blog to which many friends and family members contribute, as the whole Heard family are afflicted with the travel bug. Within the first month of being live, the Travel with Bob site ranked number one on Google organic results for "international travel blog". It has also picked up many, many RSS subscribers, as well as email subscribers and a constant flow of traffic from organic search results as well as direct referrers from other sites. Look for Travel with Bob to feature small travel businesses from all over the world.