Oh, hey there!
I'm Erika Stanley
Branding Expert, AI Strategist, and your guide out of the overwhelm cycle
For almost 20 years, I've been helping business owners build systems that work FOR them. First in digital marketing, then brand strategy, now AI systems that eliminate busy work.
But here's why you're really here: AI feels like everyone's secret but yours.
You tried ChatGPT and got garbage. You think you're "not tech-savvy enough." Or you're stuck in your business wondering if AI is finally the key to scaling without losing your sanity.
Plot twist: It is. But not how everyone's teaching it.
Here's What Nobody's Telling You About AI
Everyone teaches prompts. I teach systems that think like you, work like you, and scale your business without sounding like everyone else.
Most people get mediocre AI results because they're missing strategy. They create tools that don't work and content that screams "AI wrote this."
You don't have to.
My Brand-to-Bot Blueprint helps women create AI systems that actually work, saving 10+ hours per week while keeping your unique voice.
Because AI without strategy is just expensive busy work.
Where it all began
2004-2012
The Digital Marketing Years
Learning the foundations of online business and what actually drives results
2011
Watched Watson beat Ken Jennings on Jeopardy. Was immediately obsessed.
2013-2020
The Brand Strategy Years
Building campaigns and strategy for small biz to multi-million dollar clients, and discovering that most business owners struggle with the same thing: brand clarity and strategic systems
2021
My CEO Era
Founded Mile End Digital as a way to serve small business owners who were underserved by the traditional creative agency model.
Status quo = not good enough.
2022-2023
AI Curiosity > Tinkering > Obsession
Lots of testing, failing, and figuring out what actually works vs. what just wastes time. (My 2023 Midjourney is full of gen-AI cat images.)
2024-Present
The AI Queens Movement
Launched the podcast, the Society, and started proving that women + smart automation = unstoppable
Things that
light me up
Watching the light bulb moment when a client realizes she just built an AI system that she can actually use and that actually sounds like her
The moment a room I’m teaching goes from "Eh, I don't know about this AI thing" to "I can't believe I waited this long" (happens more often than you'd think)
Proving that ethical and safe AI use is possible when you know what you're doing and have the right strategy
Travel, cats, novels, and my chaotic Notes app where I spill all of my crazy ideas (yes, I'm that person)
