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Julissa Cotillo
operator-led// AI marketing ops

I build AI content engines. Right now I run them for 7+ brands.

Operator-led AI marketing automation for small teams. Built in Florida 🌴 by way of Peru 🇵🇪, with my co-founder Alan.

architect of freedom ✨

One lane. Three ways in. 💖

I do exactly one job here: AI marketing operations. Three engagement shapes, same underlying work.

AI Content Engine Builds

I design and ship the full pipeline: keyword research, content calendar, multi-agent drafting, sanity gates, and distribution to Ghost / WordPress / socials. I run this for 7+ brands right now — including mine.

AI-Powered SEO & Content Ops

Ongoing operations for teams that have content but no engine. Keyword strategy, internal linking, publishing cadence, refresh sweeps — automated where it should be, human where it shouldn't.

n8n / Mastra Automations

Workflow engineering for marketing and operations. I migrated my own stack off n8n to Mastra — I can do yours either direction depending on what fits.

Need broader AI consulting, a fractional CTO, or short-term rental cohosting? Those live in sibling brands so this lane stays sharp.

Build Logs & Insights

Honest notes from the journey. Wins, fails, and the boring middle.

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Five Months In: Why I Left a Six‑Figure AI Career to Build My Own Systems

Five months ago, I walked away from a six‑figure AI career I’d spent more than a decade building. Not because I hated it, I actually loved most of it. The teams, the offsites, the late‑night debugging sessions that turned into breakthroughs. But after ten years of great jobs, I realized I wasn’t chasing a dream role anymore. I was chasing control. The irony? I’d spent years teaching machines to optimize for efficiency while my own life ran on autopilot. That tension, between building intelligen

Jun 9, 2026
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How I migrated 3 open-source apps off a flaky VPS in one afternoon — and saved ~$80/mo doing it

How I migrated 3 open source apps off a flaky VPS in one afternoon and saved ~$80/mo doing it For months I’d been running three open source apps on a single Coolify VPS: Ghost for my blog, Rocket.Chat for agent notifications, and a Mastra based web scraper that occasionally went feral. It wasn’t catastrophic, just unreliable enough that Google Search Console started flagging 5xx crawl errors and UptimeRobot pinged me awake every few days. I even built a Cloudflare Worker watchdog that redeploy

May 22, 2026
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AI Consultant for Small Business: Real Value, Not Just Hype

What an AI Consultant Actually Does for Your Small Business (and What's a Waste of Money) In today's fast-paced digital world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) isn't just for tech giants anymore. Claude Small businesses are increasingly leveraging AI to streamline operations, delight customers, and unlock new growth opportunities. But navigating the AI landscape can feel like a maze! That's where a skilled AI consultant comes in. They cut through the hype to deliver practical, impactful solutions t

May 21, 2026

Want a content engine that ships on autopilot? ✨

If you have something to say and no time to ship it, that's the job. Let's talk.