About Us

The People Behind TrueNorth Rank

A designer with three decades of creative experience and a web, SEO and AI automation specialist. Two people, one accountable team.

Barbi Braude & Rubel Miah

Meet Barbi

Barbi Braude

Design, branding & digital production Chilliwack, BC

For more than three decades Barbi has helped small businesses, non-profits, entrepreneurs and families make sense of marketing and digital communications, so they can use technology to be more productive and powerful.

Her work spans book design for memoirs and family histories, brochures and annual reports, websites she keeps current for long-time clients, and photography and fine art. She turns tangled situations into simple, all-in-one solutions, and patiently teaches clients to make everyday updates themselves.

“Think. Design. Solve.”
  • Brand & print design
  • Book design
  • Web design
  • Digital consulting
  • Photography & fine art
barbi@truenorthrank.com
Portrait of Barbi Braude
30+ years of design
“Very creative, and easy to work with.”
Vita Kolodny, Feldenkrais Centre Vancouver
Portrait of Rubel Miah
9 years on the web WordPress · SEO · AI

Meet Rubel

Rubel Miah

Web development, technical SEO & AI automation

Rubel has spent nine years building and optimizing websites for clients around the world. What started as a freelance practice grew into long-term retainer relationships with agencies and publishers across Iceland and Norway.

He’s rebuilt and migrated more than 150 websites and delivered 700+ projects. His focus is fast WordPress and WooCommerce builds, technical SEO and Core Web Vitals, and AI automation with n8n, GPT and Claude that turns busywork into systems.

“A great site isn’t just beautiful. It works.”
  • WordPress & WooCommerce
  • PHP / JavaScript
  • Technical SEO & Core Web Vitals
  • AEO & GEO
  • Site migrations
  • n8n · GPT · Claude
rubel@truenorthrank.com

Why Two Is Better

Design Sense Meets Technical Depth

Most businesses juggle a designer, a developer and an SEO person. With us you get all three, talking to each other.

Barbi brings
  • A clear brand and visual identity
  • Thoughtful layout, copy and imagery
  • Print, book and report design
  • Patient, plain-English guidance
Rubel brings
  • Fast, secure WordPress & WooCommerce builds
  • Technical SEO, AEO & GEO
  • Clean migrations without downtime
  • AI chatbots & n8n automation
You get
  • One accountable team, start to finish
  • A site that looks right and ranks
  • A website you can update yourself
  • Support long after launch

Let’s Build Something That Grows Your Business

Tell us where you want to go. Barbi and Rubel will map the plan to get you there.