From zero inbound leads to 62 MQLs in 14 months.

CyberCrest is a cybersecurity and compliance firm whose website was a digital dead end. Outdated design, zero inbound leads, and a structure that buried whatever traffic showed up. We rebuilt the site on Webflow in 2 months, then ran SEO and content for the 14 months that followed. The result: 62 MQLs, 14.3x visibility growth, and 100+ keywords ranking in Google’s top 10.
"The web design was cost-effective and excellent."
John Huckeby
President, CyberCrest Inc.
62 MQLs
Across 14 months of SEO partnership after the website launch
14.3x
Visibility growth on Google search results
100+
Targeted keywords ranking in Google’s top 10
Live project
14.3x
Visibility growth on Google search results
"The web design was cost-effective and excellent."
K.O. Orias
John Huckeby
President, CyberCrest Inc.
From zero inbound leads to 62 MQLs in 14 months.

Challenge

CyberCrest had a website that produced zero leads. They were getting business through partnerships and referrals, but the site itself was dead weight. They had no in-house writers either, so any SEO investment had nothing to convert traffic into once it arrived. They needed a new site and a system that could keep generating pipeline once it launched.
Client:
CyberCrest
Year:
2021
Industry:
Cybersecurity & Compliance
Location:
CA, USA

Approach

Brand identity reborn from “brutal tech” to authoritative cybersecurity.

CyberCrest’s previous identity leaned hard into metal gradients, carbon textures, and dated glow effects. The look read as “2012 cybersecurity poster.” Their target buyers were CISOs and CIOs who wanted technical credibility, and the aesthetic was working against that.

We reinterpreted the “brutal tech” DNA into a modern visual system: sharp typography, a deliberate blue palette, custom 3D animations on the homepage, GSAP-powered micro-interactions, and Lottie animations across key sections. The new design carries cybersecurity weight while shedding the 2010 feel.

A 2-month Webflow rebuild with technical SEO baked in.

The full design and development shipped in 2 to 3 months on Webflow. Component-based architecture so the marketing team can ship new pages without dev tickets. CMS structured for blog posts, case studies, and resource content. The technical SEO foundation went in before launch: structured data, proper meta hierarchy, optimized sitemaps, internal linking logic, and crawlable content structure. Day one of being live was day one of being indexable.

A living semantic core that powers every content decision.

Keyword research at CyberCrest is a continuous system. We built and maintain a living semantic core: clusters of intent-mapped keywords prioritized by commercial value and ranking opportunity. Every content piece slots into a cluster. Every cluster maps to a CyberCrest service or solution. New clusters get added as their service offering expands.

Content briefs detailed enough that any expert can write the article.

CyberCrest’s content is written by their internal experts in SOC 2, compliance, and security. They know the subject matter cold. The briefs handle the SEO side for them.

Each brief specifies the target keyword cluster, the search intent, the structure with subheadings, internal links to include, references to study, and the technical SEO requirements. The expert focuses on the subject matter. The brief handles the rest.

SEO review on every draft, every time.

Once the marketing team writes, we review every draft for on-page SEO before it publishes. Meta tags, internal linking, schema markup, image alt tags, heading hierarchy, keyword targeting. We catch what experts miss in the rush to ship. Content goes live only when it’s ready to rank.

The team

The team behind
CyberCrest
website

Lina Filippova
Lina Filippova
Head of Projects & Operations
Pavel Petruchenia
Pavel Petruchenia
Web Design Lead
Aleksandr Novikov
Aleksandr Novikov
Webflow Developer
Anastasiia Lazovskaia
Anastasiia Lazovskaia
Webflow Developer
Anna Ryabova
Anna Ryabova
Webflow Developer
Vasilii Samarin
Vasilii Samarin
Webflow Development Lead
Alina Satalova
Alina Satalova
SEO Team Lead
Darya Yafimava
Darya Yafimava
Marketing Manager
"The web design was cost-effective and excellent."

“Project management was excellent and kept us on track with consistent Slack communication. The web design was cost-effective and excellent. Only thing I suggest is more attention to detail on marketing materials developed.”

John Huckeby
John Huckeby
President, CyberCrest Inc.
CyberCrest
62 MQLs
Across 14 months of SEO partnership after the website launch
14.3x
Visibility growth on Google search results
100+
Targeted keywords ranking in Google’s top 10

Before / After

Before

  • Outdated website with zero inbound leads
  • Dated “brutal tech” identity working against CISO and CIO buyers
  • No in-house writers and no SEO infrastructure
  • Untargeted keywords with no commercial alignment
  • Inconsistent, sporadic content publishing

After

  • 62 MQLs in 14 months from organic search
  • Modern, authoritative cybersecurity brand built on the original DNA
  • Internal experts writing to detailed briefs that handle SEO for them
  • 100+ targeted keywords ranking in Google’s top 10
  • 14 months of compounding content on a structured semantic core

Your website should be generating leads every month. If it’s not, your SEO has nothing to compound on.

Most cybersecurity firms get leads from LinkedIn and email and treat the website like a brochure. The website is supposed to compound. CyberCrest’s has been compounding for 14 months and stacked 62 MQLs. Tell us where yours is stuck.
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