1M followers
Across channels, grown in public with every number shared.
KimiaKnows.com · AI × Gen Z marketing
Your go-to guide for AI and Gen Z marketing.
AI, influencer marketing and brand strategy from someone who's been on both sides of the deal. Insider knowledge, zero gatekeeping.
What I cover
Five topics. One goal: you leave knowing something new.
Free tool
Got a brand DM that feels off?
Paste it in and see which of the five classic red flags it trips. It runs in your browser, so your DMs stay yours.
Road to 1M · built in public
I'm taking my own advice, live.
One year, one million followers, and a seat at Cannes with an AI brand. Follow along, copy what works, and tell me when I get it wrong.
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Where to find me
Every channel has a job.
The weekly essay
One idea, gone deep. Every week.
The Substack is the part of the internet I own, so it's where the long version lives. No spam, no gatekeeping.
About
Hi, I'm Kimia. I've read the brief and written it.
For a decade I've worked influencer marketing from both seats: the creator in the DMs and the marketer on the brand side. Add a life spent travelling and living abroad, and you get someone who explains AI and marketing the way it really works, not the way it looks on a slide.
Three lenses
One perspective, built from three seats.
What I believe
Opinions I'll defend in the comments.
Open one up. Each started as a video idea and got sharper from there.
Right now
What I'm building toward.
Cannes, with an AI brand
The room where brand and creator worlds actually meet.
My own brand or AI tool
Built from what Gen Z marketers keep telling me they're missing.
Stay close
Get the weekly essay.
The long version of the best idea I had that week.
Partnerships
Let's make something people actually watch.
I've written the brief and I've been the one reading it. That means clearer asks, a smoother process and content that still sounds like me. Sketch your idea below and send it straight to my inbox.
The wish list
Brands I'd love to build with.
My targets for the next 12 months. These are hopes, not announced partnerships.
Not on the list? Pitch me anyway.
Ways to work together
Pick a format, or mix them.
Campaign builder
Sketch your collab in 30 seconds.
Choose a goal, the channels and how long you'd like to run. You get a first-draft outline to react to, and one click sends it to me.
How a collab runs
Five steps, and no surprises.
Good questions
Before you ask.
Have a brief? Send it.
Start a conversationSamples of work
Don't read about my work. Poke it.
A working tool, a real script, my hook library and what's next on the calendar. Filter by what you want to see.
Brand DM red-flag checker
Built from my "5 red flags in a brand DM" video. Paste a message and see which patterns it matches. It's a pattern check, not a verdict, so always verify the sender's company domain too.
Your results show up here. Nothing you paste leaves this page.
5 red flags in a brand DM
My hook-first format, broken into beats. Press play to run it at 4× speed, or tap any beat.
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The first three seconds
A hook is a promise. Pick a style, shuffle, and see how the same ideas open differently.
What I'm making next
The topics I'm filming and writing now. Tell me which one you want first.
Campaign write-ups
Contact
Say hi. Be specific, I love specific.
Brand deals, collabs, press, questions or fan mail all go to the same inbox. The more detail you give, the faster I can say yes or point you somewhere better.