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There's a Better Way: Brains Over Bots!
If you’re running a small business, you probably already feel like you’re wearing a million different hats. Lately it feels like we’re supposed to add “AI expert” to the stack, right next to the accounting hat and the customer service hat.
Here’s the thing: you don’t need another hat.
The promise of AI marketing sounds amazing. Automated content! A marketing team in your pocket! But if you’ve tried it, you’ve probably noticed the results sound robotic, generic, or like they were written for a company that isn’t yours.
That’s not because the tools are bad. It’s because AI doesn’t know what makes YOUR business different. It can’t. That knowledge lives in your head, built from years of experience, instinct, and real conversations with real customers.
That’s where I come in.
I start with the thinking: what makes you different, who you actually help, and how to say it so the right people recognize themselves. Then I write the copy. I use AI as my production tool, so you get faster turnaround, but the strategy, the judgment, and the voice stay human.
That’s Brains Over Bots. Human strategy drives everything. AI just helps me deliver it faster.
You don’t need to become an AI expert. You just need marketing that sounds like you.
Start Here: Your Marketing DNA Worksheet
Take 15 minutes to capture what makes you different:
✅ Who you actually help
✅ What problem you solve
✅ Why your approach works
✅ What makes you different
This simple exercise is the foundation for everything, whether you work with me or tackle it yourself. Includes a video walkthrough so you can complete it in one sitting.
Get Your Free Marketing DNA Worksheet Below!
About Karen Kanakanui
Karen Kanakanui is a messaging strategist and copywriter who helps business owners over 50 get clear on what makes them different, then writes the marketing that says it.
She spent 14 years in Hollywood, where she learned that technology is only as powerful as the story it helps tell. At Universal Pictures, she solved complex business challenges with cutting-edge technology while managing high-stakes projects and personalities.
After Hollywood, she spent 10 years as a freelance copywriter and three years with one of the world’s largest blogging websites, developing expertise in digital storytelling across industries including tech, food and beverage, and real estate.
You could say she’s been around the block – and the studio – a few times. After experiencing everything from movie star tantrums to diva dramas and competitive client meltdowns, she’s still standing, fairly normal, and eager for what comes next.
She developed her storytelling skills through a combination of formal education (master’s in TV/Radio/Film from Syracuse University), hands-on experience at Universal Pictures, and years of helping businesses tell their stories effectively. Along the way, she’s been a trusted partner for many clients, including serving as an indispensable contractor on one client’s marketing team for more than eight years.
Her specialty has always been helping clients tell personal and brand stories grounded in integrity and strategy. Today, she pairs that experience with AI as a production tool, delivering messaging and copy that sound like her clients, not like a machine.
You can get in touch with Karen here.