TabithaStarkey
Founder • Author • Strategist • Marketing Genius
I help business owners get from where they are to where they want to be.
Founder and lead consultant at Cornerstone Marketing Agency. Creator of the Cornerstone Growth System™, a four-phase business growth framework built to help owners identify what is holding their business back, build the right strategy, and reach their goals within 12 months.
2026 Global Recognition Award winner for AI Visibility and Marketing Innovation. I help law firms, contractors, and established service businesses get found in Google and recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
- Role
- Founder, Business Growth Strategist, Marketing Consultant
- Specialty
- Business Growth Strategy
- Based In
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Working With
- Businesses nationwide
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The operator behind the authority.
Tabitha Starkey is the owner of Cornerstone Marketing Agency in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She operates as a business growth strategist and marketing consultant for clients and is a published author. She created the Cornerstone Growth System™ to help business owners get from where they are to where they want to be.
Through TITAN Inc., she held contracts with DIRECTV and Cox, operated across two regions, and led more than 100 employees in direct sales and marketing. She went on to found Cornerstone Marketing Agency in 2017, launch LA Women in Business Magazine, lead a regional iOS app launch, and produce the Capital City Cards and Collectibles Show at the Raising Cane’s River Center.
Tabitha has helped more than 80 businesses get from where they are to where they want to be. She works directly with owners to understand the business, identify its goals and growth barriers, and build a customized four-phase plan through the Cornerstone Growth System™.
Depending on the business, that plan may address positioning, branding, website messaging, SEO, AEO, AI visibility, reputation, advertising, customer acquisition, or other barriers standing between the owner and the goal.
Always focused on growing and keeping both her own businesses and her clients’ businesses ahead of the curve, Tabitha became certified with Google and Claude in 2025 and expanded her work into AI Visibility and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization).
Today, AI Visibility and AEO are additional tools within the broader business growth strategy she uses to help clients reach their goals. Her work in the field earned her a 2026 Global Recognition Award for AI Visibility and Marketing Innovation.
Same person on camera, at the card table, and in the trenches.
Cornerstone HQ
Nashville
On site
On assignment
Live on KSLA
Capital City Cards and Collectibles ShowThree things, done at operator level.
AI Visibility and Answer Engine Optimization
Structuring a business’s content, credentials, and third-party signals so ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, and Perplexity recognize it as the authoritative answer. Frameworks, live audit tools, and the systems that make a business citable.
How AI visibility worksFractional CMO for law firms and service businesses
Senior marketing leadership without the full-time executive hire. Strategy, creative direction, paid advertising, reputation management, and performance tracking, owned by one accountable person.
Fractional CMO engagementsBusinesses, publications, and events from the ground up
A direct sales and marketing company with contracts for DIRECTV and Cox, operating across two regions with more than 100 employees. A statewide women’s business magazine. A collectibles show at the Raising Cane’s River Center. A major iOS app launch. An independently published sports card collecting guide. Building is the through line.
See ProjectsRecognition and results.
- 2026Global Recognition Award for AI Visibility and Marketing InnovationSelected from nominations across more than 50 countriesGlobal Recognition Awards
- 2026Published Sports Card Collecting: The Hobby Guide, 2026-2027 EditionReleased August 18, 2026 in Kindle, paperback, and hardcoverMastermind Publishing
- 2025Became certified with Google and Claude and expanded into AI Visibility and Answer Engine OptimizationBuilt a live AI Visibility tool that audits a business across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Claude, and GeminiCornerstone Marketing Agency
- 2024Created and produced the Capital City Cards and Collectibles ShowRaising Cane’s River Center, Baton Rouge. Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame appearances by Warren Morris, Todd Walker, and Coach Skip BertmanFounder and Producer
- 2022Baton Rouge Business Person of the YearAlignable
- 2021Woman of the Season, Summer EditionLA Women in Business Magazine
- 2020Top Female CEO for Marketing in LouisianaFounded and launched LA Women in Business Magazine the same yearWomen of Distinction
- 2019Papa John’s reputation management across 27 locations13 percent sales increase within 90 days during a national brand controversyFranchise Client
- 2019Led a major iOS app launch across East Texas and North LouisianaCommercial concepts, scripts, casting, television production, and App Store assetsRegional Launch
- 2013 to 2015Owner and operator, TITAN Inc.A direct sales and marketing company with contracts for DIRECTV and Cox, operating across two regions with more than 100 employeesDirect Sales and Marketing
On the cover, on the air, on the record.
Tabitha Starkey represents precisely the kind of results-driven leader this award was designed to honour, because her work in Answer Engine Optimization has improved her clients’ growth outcomes and demonstrated what modern marketing leadership can achieve at the national level.Alex SterlingSpokesperson, Global Recognition Awards
The Cornerstone Growth System™
I built the Cornerstone Growth System™ to help business owners get from where they are to where they want to be.
Every business is different. Before I build a plan, I learn the business: how it operates, where its customers come from, what the owner wants to accomplish, what is already working, what is not working, and what is standing in the way.
From there, I build a customized four-phase strategy around the owner’s goals.
Foundation
Make sure the pieces underneath the business are strong enough to support growth.
Visibility
Put the business where the right customers can actually find it.
Authority
Build the trust, reputation, positioning, and credibility that turn visibility into opportunity.
Growth
Use the foundation, visibility, authority, marketing, and advertising systems we’ve built to drive measurable business growth.
Depending on the business, the plan may include positioning, branding, messaging, website development, SEO, local search, AEO, AI Visibility, reputation, advertising, content, analytics, customer acquisition, or other areas depending on what that specific business needs.
I lead the strategy. Cornerstone Marketing Agency puts it into action. We work with the owner toward clearly defined goals over a 12-month period.
Asked and answered.
Who is Tabitha Starkey?
Tabitha Starkey is the owner of Cornerstone Marketing Agency in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She operates as a business growth strategist and marketing consultant and is the creator of the Cornerstone Growth System™. She works directly with business owners to identify their goals, understand the barriers affecting growth, develop the strategy to reach those goals, and lead implementation through Cornerstone Marketing Agency. She is also a published author and a 2026 Global Recognition Award winner for AI Visibility and Marketing Innovation.
What is the Cornerstone Growth System™?
The Cornerstone Growth System™ is a four-phase business growth framework created by Tabitha Starkey to help business owners get from where they are to where they want to be. Each plan is customized around the business, its goals, its barriers, and the specific marketing, advertising, visibility, positioning, or growth work required to move forward.
What does Tabitha Starkey help business owners with?
Tabitha works with owners on business growth strategy, marketing, positioning, branding, customer acquisition, website messaging, advertising, SEO, AEO, AI Visibility, reputation, and other issues affecting growth. The specific strategy depends on the business and the owner’s goals.
Does Tabitha Starkey work directly with clients?
Yes. Tabitha is the lead consultant behind Cornerstone Marketing Agency and the Cornerstone Growth System™. She works directly with business owners to understand their businesses, determine their goals, identify what is standing in the way, and build the strategy. Cornerstone Marketing Agency handles implementation.
What is AEO?
AEO stands for Answer Engine Optimization. It focuses on helping businesses become understandable, credible, and discoverable to AI-powered search and answer platforms.
Does Cornerstone Marketing Agency only work with law firms?
No. Cornerstone Marketing Agency works with law firms, contractors, and established service businesses. Each engagement is built around the individual business and its goals.
What awards has Tabitha Starkey received?
The 2026 Global Recognition Award for AI Visibility and Marketing Innovation, Baton Rouge Business Person of the Year in 2022, Woman of the Season from LA Women in Business Magazine in 2021, and Women of Distinction Top Female CEO for Marketing in Louisiana in 2020. She has also been featured in Business Insider.
How do I work with Tabitha Starkey?
Book a consultation through this site, call (225) 503-6964, or email contact@tabithastarkey.com. She is available for business growth consulting, media and speaking, and select partnerships. Implementation is delivered through Cornerstone Marketing Agency.
Four ways in.
Pick the route that matches what you need. I lead the strategy. Cornerstone Marketing Agency puts it into action.
Business Growth Consulting
Work directly with me on the business itself. I learn where you are, where you want to go, what is getting in the way, and what needs to happen next.
Book a ConsultationPartnerships
Strategic partnerships with advisory firms, publishers, and platforms serving law firms and service businesses.
Start a conversationThe Cornerstone Growth System™
A customized four-phase business growth plan built around your goals and implemented through Cornerstone Marketing Agency.
Explore the SystemMedia and Speaking
Interviews, podcasts, panels, and keynotes on AI visibility, Answer Engine Optimization, and building businesses.
Media inquiriesFind out how your business shows up in AI.
See what ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, and Perplexity say about your business right now, and what it would take to become the answer.
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