About

Hi, I’m Jon. I lead web strategy and search.

I’ve spent 13+ years in search and web strategy: agency director, in-house at BOLD, enterprise work for Intuit TurboTax and Elevance Health, and my own consultancy.

You work with me directly, from the first audit to the last report. I like messy migrations, accounts that need a rebuild and teams that want someone senior in the room.

Jon M. Larson
Jon M. Larson
Web strategy & search consultant
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Taking new projects
At a glance
Experience
13+ years in web strategy and search
Channels
SEO · AEO/GEO · Google & Microsoft Ads
Platforms
Adobe Experience Manager · WordPress · Webflow
Analytics
GA4 · Tag Manager · Search Console · Python · SQL
Training
B.S. Marketing, University of Louisville · Data Analytics, Code You (2026)
Industries
Healthcare · Legal · Real estate · Security · SaaS
Career

Where the 13 years went.

Search and web strategy since 2012: agency, in-house, enterprise and independent.

2025 – Now
Elevance Health · Carelon.com
Marketing Manager, Website Strategy & SEO (contract)

New site architecture for a $50B healthcare business unit, a content measurement framework, and the hand-off to a new agency.

Carelon.com case file →
2017 – Now
Manifest SEO (Square Limit LLC)
Owner, independent consultancy

SEO, PPC, analytics and Webflow development for agencies and growing brands.

See the work →
2023 – 2025
BOLD · Resume-Now
Sr. SEO Manager

SEO for 10+ brands in 13 countries, a team of 10, and the AI tools that took Resume-Now to #1.

Resume-Now case file →
2022 – 2023
Intuit TurboTax
Marketing Manager, Holistic Search (contract)

SEO and PPC for online tax products driving $1B+ in revenue; organic traffic +27% year over year.

TurboTax case file →
2020 – 2022
Caring.com
Sr. Technical SEO Strategist

SEO revenue +22% year over year across 6 brands and 1.5M localized pages; 5 sites moved to a headless CMS.

Caring.com case file →
2014 – 2020
LEAP Agency
Director of Search Marketing

Promoted from Sr. Search & Media Strategist. Built the search team; SEO and PPC for Kindred Healthcare, Kubota USA and Progress Software.

Agency case files →
2012 – 2014
Contagious Advertising
Lead Generation Analyst

Where it started: lead generation and web analytics.

Education
University of Louisville · Code You
B.S. Marketing and Management · Data Analytics (Python & SQL), 2026

Plus PMP coursework, Google Analytics, Tag Manager and Google Ads certifications, and Webflow CMS training.

Data Lab project →
How I work

Three rules I don’t break.

01
Senior from start to finish

No account managers and no junior hand-offs. The person who audits is the person who ships.

02
Strategy before pages

Audience, structure and measurement first. Pages and campaigns follow the plan.

03
Numbers you can trace

If a number can’t be traced to a real engagement, it doesn’t go on the site or in a report.

Off the clock

Ultimate frisbee, built from the ground up.

As VP of Operations and Marketing, I helped launch a semi-pro ultimate franchise (2011–2013), then directed Three Ring Rally, a USA Ultimate sanctioned tournament with 250+ attendees (2014–2016).

Ultimate Frisbee Association and Three Ring Rally case files →
What clients say

“Jon has delivered impressive results for a number of our clients. His efforts have resulted in huge jumps in website traffic.”

DG
Dan Galvin
Content-1, agency partner
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Need a senior web and search lead? Let’s talk.

Agencies, in-house teams and growing brands. Tell me where search is stuck and I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help.

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Taking new projects
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