We are a marketing tech studio.
Founded 2011. Dallas-based. Built so you don’t have to be everything-savvy too.
Right about social. Right about digital. Right about AEO.
Jolt has been early to every wave of this category. The pattern is the same each time — we get there before the category has a name, then we stay long enough to teach the market what to call it.
- 2011 — Jolt Social Media. When no one was hiring for social.
- 2015 — Shifted to digital marketing as the ecosystem matured.
- 2026 — Marketing tech studio. Early to AEO, AI-augmented practice, and the marketing-tech intersection.
Why this matters to you: the canonical position on the next thing pays off when the market catches up. We have done it three times already.
The work, in plain language.
We untangle marketing technology so you can keep being business-savvy without having to be tech-savvy too. We connect the dots across strategy, technology, and growth. We build, integrate, and operate. We are platform agnostic by principle and editorial by instinct.
John, the principal.
John McCarley founded Jolt Social Media in 2011, rebranded as Jolt Co in 2023. Fifteen years inside marketing stacks at companies most people have never heard of and a few they have. A journalism and PR degree means he writes for a living. Luxury retail at Burberry, Neiman Marcus, and Beretta means he knows what premium standards actually feel like. Solo by design. The hand that pitches the work does the work.