
Benjamin Kepner
AI Marketing Instructor | CEO | CMO | MS - AI | Data Strategy
Studied at Purdue University
Works at Shirofune
Available Thursday at 9:00 PM UTC
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Benjamin's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $100/hr
Get help with AI Fundamentals, Email Marketing Automation, and .
Benjamin’s AI for Sales & Marketing Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Executive
100+ people coached for AI for Sales & Marketing
Welcome to my profile! With over a 15 Years of experience in digital marketing and AI integration, I am passionate about helping businesses leverage cutting-edge technology to enhance their sales and marketing strategies. As the CEO of Global Social Media Marketing, I have led a full-service digital marketing agency, providing comprehensive solutions from Google Ads to AI marketing. My role as an Advisory Board Member at Shirofune further enriches my expertise in AI-powered ad management and strategic guidance. Additionally, I founded Suite Courses, an e-learning platform where I teach AI Prompting and other advanced marketing skills. Having coached over 100 individuals, I am dedicated to empowering clients to harness AI for transformative results. Let's connect and explore how I can support your journey in AI-driven sales and marketing!
Benjamin can help with:
AI Fundamentals
Email Marketing Automation
AI Agents
Personalization & Segmentation
AI Automation
Outbound Automation
Lead Generation & Scoring
Marketing Analytics
AI Graphics Creation
SEO & Content Marketing
CRM Automation
Freelancing
Ad Copywriting
About Benjamin
I’m a 2× CEO/CMO, AI marketing strategist, and global instructor specializing in Artificial Intelligence consulting, Google Ads strategy, BI reporting, social media marketing, and data-driven digital marketing transformation. With 15+ years of B2B and B2C multilingual experience, I help brands and teams scale through omni-channel marketing, advanced data analytics, AI workflows, and performance marketing systems that drive measurable business outcomes. As Founder & CEO of Global Social Media Marketing, I lead integrated marketing and AI consulting initiatives across Paid Social, Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Email Marketing, SEO, Paid Search, Traditional Ads, Programmatic Ads, SEO, Website Development, CRM automation, Social Media Marketing, BI dashboards, martech stacks, and full-funnel strategy. I’m also the Founder & CEO of Suite Courses, an education platform built to help marketers, executives, and organizations adapt to the future of marketing. Finally, I serve as a Strategic Advisor to Shirofune and a Global Sales Executive for DigiMarCon/TECHSPO. I currently teach AI marketing, digital marketing, data analytics, and AI prompting globally through universities and enterprise programs, helping thousands of professionals across 160+ countries build skills in Google Ads, BI reporting, GA4, AI prompting, and modern growth marketing. I’ve partnered with organizations such as Google for Education, Udacity, Ziplines Education, Madecraft, and ThriveDX to deliver training on AI marketing and digital transformation. I’m also pursuing a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence at Purdue University, where my academic focus includes AI research, AI management, AI Policy, and the evolving relationship between data, automation, and business decision-making.
Why do I coach?
Love to help others learn and grow.
Work Experience
Advisory Board Member
Shirofune
October 2025 - Present
Product test an AI-powered omnichannel ad management platform that automates bidding and budgeting across paid media channels. Provide strategic guidance on the company’s business model, sales and marketing strategy, measurement framework, and technology integration roadmap, while promoting its lifetime value predictive analytics to agencies and brands. Participate in quarterly board meetings to deliver recommendations on go-to-market strategy, support U.S. and international market expansion, strengthen competitive positioning, and drive product adoption among new customers. Marketing Strategy, Go-to-Market Strategy and +8 skills

Global Sales Executive
Digital Insight
March 2025 - Present
Sell Global Sponsorship & Exhibitor packages in the United States and New Zealand for the world's largest marketing conferences company. Upcoming 2025 events include speaking slots, exhibit booth spaces, networking opportunities, advertising placements, and exclusive opportunities. DigiMarCon Conferences bring together hundreds of senior top brand marketers, experts, and entrepreneurs to collaborate and network for 2 days across top agencies, publishers, and technology/service providers addressing the biggest challenges brands are facing today. Emcee the DigiMarCon Denver Conference working with teams across events, audio/video, speakers, sponsors, hotels, and partners to create valuable experiences for 200+ attendees.
CEO
Suite Courses
February 2024 - Present
Marketing e-learning platform that teaches expert marketing skills with data, internships, and C-suite instructors. Launched at the world's largest pre-seed accelerator, The Founder Institute, in the Silicon Valley 2023 Cohort. Teach the first-ever AI Prompting course to university partners for adult learners related to Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Chatgpt. Provide technical training, live sessions, and affiliate martech tools. Produce presentations, videos, scripts, online courses in LMS, quizzes, exercises, and teach courses on SaaS, Digital Marketing, AI, and Video. Recruit new subject matter experts as course creators. Course Creation, Negotiation and +15 skills
CEO
Global Social Media Marketing
April 2011 - Present
Full-service and result-driven digital marketing agency founded in Denver, Colorado. Credentialed Google Partner, HighLevel Partner, and Manychat Partner with 50 digital marketing certifications and 60K social media fans. The team provides Google Ads, Paid Social, Search Engine Optimization, Email Marketing, Video Production, Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, Social Media Marketing, Media Planning and Buying, Marketing Automation, Highlevel Setup and Management, Wordpress Website Development, Sales Funnels, AI Marketing, Marketing Consulting, and Business Intelligence Reporting services. Copywriting, Digital Media Integration and +19 skills
Education

Purdue University
Masters of Science, Artificial Intelligence
2026 - 2029

University of Georgia
Bachelors of Business Administration, International Business, Marketing
2008 - 2011