Meet Jared Gerling

SEO Expert

The truth is, most of us discover where we are heading when we arrive. — Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes)

Jared's journey into digital marketing started with answering a classified ad for a company looking for people with writing backgrounds for a position in SEO. As a graduate of Michigan State University with a degree in Creative Writing, this sounded like the perfect opportunity.

This small agency taught him SEO from the ground up, and, after taking a break from digital marketing to receive his MA from DePaul University, Jared jumped back into the field at a medium-sized agency out of Chicago as an SEO analyst.

Since then, Jared has worked for large and small marketing agencies for over a decade, providing expert SEO services in almost every industry that has a website on the internet. And with his background in writing, Jared feels most at home in the content and customer facing side of SEO and digital marketing.

It was first and foremost the people that drew Jared to MKG. Everyone at MKG has been so in tune with his values and his personality, and they've made his time at MKG easily the best experience of his career.

Fun Facts:

I love to travel with my wife. We've been to many incredible places over the years, and are always on the lookout for our next destination.
I was a college rower in my younger days. I rowed mostly eights as a port, and competed against some of the best schools in the nation...and lost to most of them.
I love a really good French Martini.

Two people looking over a page of charts and results

MKG Marketing works with you.

Our digital marketing team consists of expert-led service lines built to unify your brand experience and dominate the modern search landscape.

Marketing Leadership + Activation

Own the narrative across the digital ecosystem. We provide the senior strategy to unify your brand voice, ensuring every tactic contributes to a dominant, authoritative footprint.

Marketing Strategy

Stop guessing where your customers live. We build data-backed roadmaps that identify high-intent visibility gaps, aligning your content and channels into a single revenue engine.

Search Visibility Optimization (SVO)

Beyond rankings: we optimize for authority. Ensure your brand is the definitive answer in AI LLMs, conversational chat, and traditional search as the cited source for your industry.

Digital Advertising

High-intent amplification that reinforces your authority. We deploy targeted campaigns that don’t just buy clicks, but create a unified experience from discovery to conversion.