Meet The McCord Web Services Team

Nancy McCord is a Google AdWords Qualified Professional

Nancy McCord
President and Web Expert

Nancy is the Owner, Web Expert and Web Designer for McCord Web Services LLC. She has received her web design training from the College of Southern Maryland. She has also received a Bachelor's of Science degree from the University of Florida.

Nancy is a certified and Qualified Google AdWords Advertising Professional and is skilled and experienced in setting up and managing Google AdWords advertising accounts. Find out more about this credential.

Nancy is also a Yahoo! Search Marketing Ambassador and is skilled and experienced in setting up and managing Yahoo! or Overture advertising accounts. Find out more about this credential.

Microsoft adCenter has just recently created a professional certification program. Nancy was awarded early entrance to the program and has received her Microsoft adCenter certification called Microsoft adExcellence. Find out more about this credential and our Microsoft adCenter Smart Start program.

She is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of search engine marketing, Web visibility, and in using blogs for creating Web authority and organic placement. Nancy is available for speaking and consulting projects. Read more about Nancy McCord's consulting and speaking engagements.

Nancy has been a professional sales consultant and managed several multi-million dollar businesses during her professional career. This allows her to understands your business needs from in-depth personal experience.

Ms. McCord is a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, member of the International Webmaster Association, the HTML Writers Guild, and is active in her church. She adheres to the AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Artists) Standards of Professional Practice on all her projects.

Nancy received the Meritorious Public Service Award from the Navy and the Naval Sea Systems Command, for her work on a 400-plus page website for the NAVSEA Reserve Program and Naval Reserve Engineering Duty Officer Community in 2004. Read more about this prestigious award.

She has been providing professional web design and Internet marketing services for over seven years. With over 16 years of experience in developing advertising copy, she is superbly qualified to assist you in developing the content for your website.

Ms. McCord has developed an exacting color sense and superior visual design skills from her past career as a licensed professional Interior Designer. She is innovative, creative, and highly skilled in the use of color and design for your personal web design project.

Nancy McCord is an expert in the use of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe GoLive, and Dreamweaver. Nancy likes to "hand code" her HTML for greater control. She is fluent in the use of Cascading Style Sheets and is an expert in cross browser compatibility issues. She is an expert in HTML, XHTML, and DHTML.

Nancy has an easy, sincere, and friendly-style working with people. Clients find her patient, a good listener, and easy to work with. She is able to explain complex Web communication issues in understandable terms. Her experience with the Web and business allows her to offer Web solutions that will really work for you!

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Sue Guirl
Writing Director & Ghost Blogger

Sue Guirl is one of our top writers and writes much of our content for websites, and e-newsletters. She is a prolific ghost blogger for clients at our premium level. Additionally, She write web content for marketing purposes, researches and writes feature articles in our "link bait" program for organic search placement purposes, and assists clients with topic selection for a wide variety of writing projects. As Writing Director, Sue actively assists in training our new writers and bloggers.

Sue has an excellent writing style that is interesting and engaging. She is well-versed on performing Web research in order to be able to write authoritatively on many different topics. She is a prolific writer and writes for a wide variety of clients, many with significant national exposure and subscriber bases.

Sue is a professional journalist and has received her Bachelors of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri in St. Louis.

Sue is a key employee and plays an integral part in deciding and implementing the expansion of our writing services both for Web use and print.

Michael McCord
Technical Director

Michael is highly skilled in the preparation of technical copy, and is the McCord Web Services expert in digital photography.

He tests all of our websites for correct grammar and spelling errors. He has an eye for detail and reviews all of our sites scrupulously before they are launched.

Michael holds Bachelor's of Science and Master's of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Maryland and Washington, DC. He is an expert in underwater acoustics, power supply management, and computer networks. He has received several patents for his unique and innovative electronic circuitry designs.

Michael is the writer of our popular web syndicated Tech Notes articles. You will find technically advanced articles in our Tech Notes section written on topics about computers, digital photography, and networking issues. Send us a note asking Michael to discuss your problem or question in one of his next articles.

Barbara Ransom, Ph.D.
Web Reviewer & Ghost Blogger

Barbara reviews content, graphics, and page layout for usability, overall appearance, and style. She is in charge of our various focus groups that we use for testing. In addition to her position with us, she works as a content editor for several firms in the United States and internationally. In her spare time she sometimes helps with ghost blogging needs.

She has been a scientist for the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in California and the Academic Coordinator for the California Space Institute, as well as a Program Manager for the American Chemical Society in Washington DC.

Barbara received her Ph.D. from The University of California at Berkeley. She is the successful author of several books on science and grant writing.

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