About Menekse

Menekse is an award-winning AI & marketing specialist, and the creator of Marketing Magic, an AI-powered business growth tool that helps thousands of small business owners save 40+ hours a month. She is also the founder of popular creative Christian brands including Cheerfully Given, Cheerful Business, and the Creative Christianity Summit.

Menekse started her marketing journey in 2005 as a freelance SEO writer, earning $3 per article to rewrite medical advice on the internet. From there, she worked as a freelance SEO specialist and digital marketer with agencies and 1-1 clients in sectors from arts & craft, to automotive, finance, and agriculture, through to SaaS, ecommerce and knowledge commerce, as well as founding & running a successful ecommerce marketplace.

A Certified Master Marketer, Menekse has gone on to work as a freelance head of marketing for a variety of well-known authors and thought leaders, as well as teaching other senior marketing professionals from a variety of industries as an occasional lecturer for University of the Arts London and ELLE Education.

Over the years, some of Menekse’s personal business projects have included building a marketplace, raising £15,000 on Kickstarter, creating Choose Your Own Adventure chatbots, crafting a 5-outcome quiz funnel (each with its own 8-part sequence), developing a Wordpress membership site including over 1,000 pieces of content, and automating a CRM system for a high volume project.

Today, Menekse helps thousands of creatives and creators to make their marketing sparkle with Marketing Magic (which saves small business owners up to 40 hours a month) so they can put the joy and ease back into their businesses.

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Topics + Titles

How to Save 40 Hours a Month Using AI in Your Business
Content to Context: How AI is Changing Digital Marketing
Can Robots Be Creative? Using AI in Marketing
From Functional to Fun: Using AI to Make Your Marketing Sparkle
Content Marketing Must-Haves in the Age of AI
Marketing Strategy for Creatives & Creators

Question Suggestions

How exactly can AI save business owners over 40 hours a month? Can you give us some practical examples?
What do you think the future of content creation and marketing looks like in the age of AI? What changes are we going to see in areas like SEO?
What advice would you give to someone wanting to start using AI in their business but doesn’t know where to begin?
What are some easy steps to automate marketing for time-strapped entrepreneurs?
What ethical considerations do you think are important when using AI in marketing and business?
How do you address privacy and data protection concerns when using AI tools?
What is the biggest mistake you see companies making when they start using AI in their marketing?
What is the most important skill set for marketers and online service providers to develop in the age of AI?

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Speaking Experience

Menekse has spoken at a variety of events & summits (both in-person and online), and is a regular guest speaker for memberships, masterminds, and communities, as well as being an occasional guest for both radio & podcast interviews.

Podcasts, Interviews & Livestreams

Podcasts

Talk Copy to Me with Erin Ollila
- AI for Copywriting, Content Creation, and All the Other Marketing Tasks | Episode Link

The Empowered Podcast with Monica Froese
- Make Your Marketing Easier with AI | Episode Link
The Building Your Brand Podcast with Liz Mosley

Sales Funnels Simplified with Menekse Stewart | Episode Link
Getting to Grips with Email Marketing with Menekse Stewart | Episode Link

The Ascribe Podcast
- Marketing Strategies to Grow Your Business | Episode Link
TakeFive with TBN
- Building a Creative Business | Episode Link

Blog Posts + Radio

Brand Shoot Spotlight on London Marketer, Menekse Stewart | Wild Kind Photography
How to Get Great SEO & Direct Traffic to Your Website | The Pedddle Blog
Interview with Frances Finn for BBC Radio Nottingham

Teaching, Training, & Workshops

Monthly Teaching and Q&A Sessions for 500+ Ecommerce Business Owners inside The E-Com Growth Hub by Amanda Perry | Topics included:

Chatbots
Search Engine Optimisation
Keyword Research
Blogging & Content Marketing Strategy
Organic Traffic for Shopify
Google Search Console
Google Analytics

Sessional Lecturer | University of the Arts London’s Short Courses

Search Engine Optimisation
Email Marketing
Google Analytics

Lecturer | ELLE Education’s “Marketing and Communications for Fashion & Luxury Brands” university programme
The SEO Action Plan | The Design Trust’s Business Club
SEO for Artists | Guest Expert for Alice Sheridan’s Connected Artists Membership
Simple SEO Strategy: The SEO Action Plan | Guest Expert for the AMotherBrand Membership
Guest Masterclasses for The Creative VA Clubhouse | Training for online service providers to develop their professional skillset.

SEO 101 Masterclass
SEO for Blogging

Ask the Expert Session with Lara Sheldrake’s Found & Flourish Academy | Covering the importance of owning your own data, nurturing your email community and ways to provide value to your audience whilst increasing retention. (more info about the academy)
All Things SEO | Babes on Waves Business Club (more info about the club)
Lone Design Club | LDC Accelerates
Creative Industries Mentor for Younger Leadership College (18-25 stream) | Diocese of Nottingham

Summits & Virtual Events

The Neurodiverse Entrepreneur Summit 2023 | Event Information
Low Ticket Live 2023 | Event Information
How To Grow Your Product-Based Business with SEO | Create Make Earn Summit (more info)
Resilient Retail Online Summit with Catherine Erdly (2020)
The Creative Christianity Summit (2020, 2021, and 2022)

Virtual Reality & the 'Metaverse' as a Christian (2022)
Creativity: Hobby or Profession? (2021)
A Jesus-Centered Mindset (2021)
Jesus the Artist with Menekse Stewart (2020)
Running a Christian Business (2020)

StrongerNetwork’s Stronger Conference 2021 | Business & Finance Stream

Events:

Panellist at “Faith and Social Media” in West London (2019) | A pilot event seeking to offer practical advice for anyone looking to grow their social media engagement and influence.
Speaker at Creatival Manchester by The Creative Business Network | Talking about developing a longer-term mindset when it comes to marketing for creatives in business.
Speaker at ChristianAid’s SALT Network | Sharing about being a confident Christian in business spaces, and what it looks like to start a faith-based business.
Speaker at Entrepreneurial Generosity by 40acts & Stewardship (2017) | Sharing the journey of creating a business, explaining how faith informed foundational decisions, and explaining how to weave generosity into a business model.
Host & Speaker | Creative Christianity Conference in London (2019)
Host & Speaker | Creative Christianity Conference in Northern Ireland (2019)