Est. 2013 · 50.45°N Kyiv · 52.23°N Warsaw · 32.78°N Dallas
Bring the soul, automate the rest.
In the age of AI, the human who tells the better story wins. We're the done-for-you studio behind the story — building the websites, funnels, and AI automation that turn your conviction into a growth machine. The soul stays yours; we build and automate everything around it.
"Strategy without story is just a spreadsheet nobody believes in."
Samuel P.N. Cook — Founder
The Stakes Have Changed
ChatGPT can write a blog post in four seconds. So can your competitors. The world is drowning in machine-generated content that sounds like everything and says nothing.
The experts who win are the ones with a story nobody else can copy. A real origin. Real conviction. Real results. Told with craft.
That's what James Cook Media has built since 2013 — before AI was a buzzword, when story was already the only thing that worked.
What We Do
Our flagship, done-for-you engagement. We build and run the whole growth machine around your story — website, sales funnels, email, content, SEO & GEO, and AI automation, end to end. It has generated over $10M+ for clients, with results like +50.4% revenue per visitor and 5+ seven-figure funnels. This is where serious experts start.
Work With Us →Bespoke, high-end websites and web apps worthy of your stature — the same craft behind storyos.dev, storyfunnels.ai, storypages.ai, and the Borderlands Foundation sites. Fast, beautiful, and engineered to convert.
See the work we've built →A capped mastermind for authors, coaches, and experts automating the age of AI — weekly live calls, direct access, and personal weekly tips. Application-based; founding seats $297, standard $497.
Apply to the Circle →Work We've Built
The strongest evidence of world-class craft is the work itself. These are properties we designed, built, and run — the same studio that would build yours.

The operating system for story-driven brands — the platform this very studio runs on. Design, build, and run every story-driven property in one place.
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Story-driven funnel software — build, host, and grow funnels that sell through story instead of pressure.
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Beautiful, story-driven web pages that load fast and convert — publishing built for experts, not template shops.
Visit the live site ↗A family of mission-driven websites built for the Borderlands Foundation — proof our craft scales to whole ecosystems, not just single pages.
Build yours with us →The Podcasting MasterClass
A podcast puts your story, your voice, and your thinking in front of your audience every week. The Podcasting MasterClass shows you how to turn one recording into a month of content — then automate the rest. You bring the soul; the system does the reach.
Get the Podcasting MasterClass →Our Process
It always comes first — that part is non-negotiable. One focused workshop, a few hours in person or online, and we've mapped your hero, your story, and your ideal buyer.
Website, sales funnels, podcast, ads, content, SEO & GEO, email — everything you could ever need, all built from one story.
Paid and organic. We built a best-in-class AI-visibility engine — so your story gets found by your audience and the AI they're asking.
Podcast, content, and email compound month after month. Your story becomes the moat no competitor — and no AI — can ever dig around.
What Clients Say
It completely redefined what marketing is for me. I'm really excited to get back to the office and make it happen.
I would highly recommend the StoryMatters system. It is the best value for money I have ever experienced in my life.
Having it all laid out for you — you can just see how effective it was. The result is really, really good.
No matter where you are in your business, the StoryMatters system has something for you. It changed everything.
I made a really good investment in myself. The benefit I will gain from this in the future is enormous.
It's the clearest marketing framework I've ever seen. Having it all laid out — you can see how effective it was. I loved it.
Start Here · The Entry Rung · $27 · Self-Paced
Not ready for done-for-you? Begin with the ideas. Our flagship — Storytelling in the Age of AI — is the belief and strategy underneath everything we build, joined by the AI MasterClass and the Podcasting MasterClass. $27 each, instant access, yours to keep for life, with Samuel Cook & Ievgen Krasovytskyi.
Browse the MasterClasses — $27 →The entry rung to working with us · Instant access · Yours to keep for life