About James Kosur
An operator, not a spectator.
I've spent more than 25 years building media businesses — founding and selling companies, leading teams at some of the most-read publishers on the internet, and guiding brands and executives through growth, change and reinvention.

The short version
My career has run through every era of digital media: the portal years, the rise of search, the social-referral boom, the shift to video, and now the arrival of AI answer engines. Each time, the playbook changed faster than most organizations did.
I've been on the operating side for all of it. I've founded companies and sold them. I've led content, audience and social teams at publishers read by hundreds of millions of people. I've managed more than 500 million followers across social and video platforms, and helped drive more than 100 billion content sessions.
Along the way I coached executives for the national spotlight, built press and brand programs from a blank page, and negotiated distribution and revenue partnerships with the largest technology platforms in the world. More recently I've been building the tools too — AI content systems, search intelligence and video production tooling.
Now I work independently, with a small number of publishers, e-commerce platforms and brands at a time. You get me — not a junior team behind a senior name.
How I work
Five commitments to every client.
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Diagnose first
No retainer starts without a real look under the hood. Prescribing before diagnosing is how budgets get wasted.
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No surprises
Scope, price and terms are fixed in writing before work starts. The proposal confirms what we agreed on the call.
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Operator judgment
Advice comes from having run the thing, not from a slide library. When I don't know, I say so.
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Build to hand off
SOPs, training, dashboards and code stay with your team. Success is you needing me less.
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Few clients at once
I cap the number of engagements so every client gets senior attention every week.
Practices
Where I can help now.
SEO & GEO
Strategy and technical optimization for Google, Discover, News, AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity.
ExploreSocial & Video
Full social media management — strategy, posting and team — from someone who has managed 500M+ followers.
ExploreOperations
Hiring, training, retraining, executive communications, partnerships, sales and PR — the operating model behind growth.
ExploreProprietary Technology
Custom AI systems, internal tools and WordPress plugins, designed by an operator and owned by you.
ExploreLet's find out what's holding growth back.
Start with a fixed-price Strategy Intensive or Diagnostic, or configure an ongoing engagement in the builder. Retained engagements start at $5,000 a month.