About Brent Nickles
From billion-dollar job sites to getting you found.
I’m the founder of multiple digital marketing companies, an SEO specialist, and a leader known for managing complex projects and building high-performing teams.
- running major commercial construction projects
- ~20 yrs
- in project value overseen before marketing
- Billions
- mechanical engineer by education
- ME
The story
Built on job sites. Proven online.
Before launching my businesses, I spent nearly two decades overseeing major commercial construction projects valued in the billions — including the Comcast Center in Philadelphia, the U.S. Census Bureau headquarters in Washington, D.C., and projects in Waikiki.
Today, I help businesses get found online through SEO, digital marketing, and growth strategies. My clients have included well-known influencers, real estate investment groups, and dozens of growing businesses across the country.
I’m a mechanical engineer by education — and a husband, father, avid snowboarder and surfer. I believe that radical transparency is the foundation of great leadership and lasting business success.
Landmarks along the way
- 01Comcast CenterPhiladelphia, PA
- 02U.S. Census Bureau headquartersWashington, D.C.
- 03Projects in WaikikiHonolulu, HI
- NowGetting businesses found onlineJDS1 Marketing · Dental SEO Pros · Your Messy Million
Meet my co-founder
Jen Nickles. The brains of the operation.
Jen helps founders build legacy-level companies by getting them found everywhere — across Google, Maps and AI Search.
Before building agencies, Jen spent 16+ years leading high-stakes clinical research operations at PPD — managing complex programs, global teams and outcomes that couldn’t miss. She brings that operator mindset to SEO and growth: strategy that moves revenue, with execution that holds up under scale.
As CFO and co-founder of JDS1 Marketing and Dental SEO Pros, she works with growth-minded service business owners who are done gambling on marketing and ready to treat visibility like a real business asset.
What clients come to Jen for
- CEO-level SEO strategyPositioning, buyer-intent content and keyword strategy designed to win in modern search.
- Search Everywhere visibilitySEO built for Google and AI-driven discovery — where decisions actually get made now.
- Scalable growth systemsLead flow, tracking, reporting and decision frameworks that work at 7 figures and beyond.
- Founder partnership supportBuilt in partnership with her spouse — a real-world edge in helping founder teams scale with clarity and clear roles.
Same job, different building.
A skyscraper and a search ranking have more in common than you’d think. Both get built on foundations nobody sees, by teams that have to execute on schedule.
Foundations first
You don’t pour the 50th floor before the footings. SEO is the same: fix the fundamentals, then build up.
Complex projects, simple plans
Big jobs succeed on clear scopes, clear owners and clear schedules. So do marketing plans.
High-performing teams
The work gets done by people. Build the team and the systems, and the results follow.
Off the clock
Husband. Father. Snowboarder. Surfer.
JDS1 Marketing is a family business — and the reason for all of it is my family. When I’m not building growth engines, you’ll find me on a mountain or in the water. The daily mindset side lives on my Instagram as one-minute Self Trust Pickups.
Be happy. Be yourself. Be your potential.
Let’s build your game plan.
Radical transparency, a clear plan, and a team that executes. Grab 25 minutes and let’s see if it’s a fit.