TRUCKPEDIA × BUZZLEAD · THE HIVE · SEPTEMBER 2026
BuzzLead

Welcome to the Hive, Truckpedia.

Justin, we just finished a run with Lumion, vertical SaaS for trade schools with a first marketing hire and no outbound. Truckpedia is shaped the same way. It would have been wrong not to get this in front of you. So: a jar of honey, and the plan.

Underneath the jar: every US carrier with active DOT authority mapped, the 87,000 that look like Brown Dog Carriers, and three campaigns we'd run for Truckpedia in the next 30 days.

PREPARED FOR JUSTIN LU · PASADENA, CA · FROM ST. PETE BEACH, FL
Troy Aitken and Nick Konstantinidis, co-founders of BuzzLead
Co-foundersNick Konstantinidis & Troy Aitken
Section 01 · Why there's honey on your desk

Three things came with the jar.

01

The honey

Raw, from a US apiary. Something you'll open instead of file.

02

This page

Your market sized, the customers you already win and the accounts that look like them, and three campaigns: TAM, lookalike, intent. Built for Truckpedia.

03

The call

Twenty minutes with Troy and Nick. We bring the account list we'd start with. You tell us where to start.

Section 02 · The company shaped like you

Lumion: zero pipeline to 50+ meetings in 31 days.

Vertical SaaS for trade and technical schools. First marketing hire, no outbound, a niche of 10,000 to 30,000 schools. We mapped five sub-verticals, timed the CDL play to a Pell Grant policy window, and routed replies straight to their SDRs. Same shape as Lumion: a public registry of buyers, a purchase triggered by growth pain rather than a calendar, and a marketing team that needs pipeline now.

In the span of a month, we've had well over 100 positive responses. We've scheduled 45 to 55-plus meetings with an 80% hold rate.Andrew Jones, Head of Marketing, Lumion

Read the Lumion breakdown

31
Days to results
100+
Positive replies
50+
Meetings scheduled
80%
Hold rate
Section 03 · The sweet part

What could be sweeter than 87,000 to 145,000 more of your best customers?

You already have the dream ones: the trucking carriers that grow, retain, and refer others without being asked. We take those, run them through our lookalike tool, and find another 87,000 to 145,000 that look exactly like them. Then we run hyper-personalized, highly targeted outreach to every one.

Same size, same setup, same reasons to buy as the accounts on the right. Modeled, not guessed.

YOUR DREAM CUSTOMERS
  • Brown Dog CarriersCut weekly admin processing time from 40 hours to just 5
87,000 to 145,000trucking carriers that look exactly like them
Section 04 · Your market, sized

Every cell is a trucking carrier.

Every US motor carrier with active DOT authority sits in the FMCSA Motor Carrier Census with fleet size, cargo type, and the owner or safety contact on file. We build the list from that, enrich the buyers, and time the sends to fleet-growth and compliance events.

US for-hire motor carriers with active DOT authorityYour sweet spot: 5 to 50 trucksIn-market this quarter
0
US for-hire motor carriers with active DOT authority. FMCSA Motor Carrier Census / MCMIS
~87,000
Sweet-spot carriers
5 to 50 trucks
3
Buyer personas
Owner/Operator, Dispatcher, Safety Manager
~260,000
Relevant contacts
At 3 titles per carrier
Q4 to Q1
Evaluation window
Before peak season ramp
Section 05 · Intent

You're the first supplier that comes to mind.

We'll actively monitor all 580,000 US carriers with active DOT authority and reach out when the right signal shows up, so Truckpedia is the first name a fleet owner thinks of when dispatch and compliance software comes up.

  • New DOT authority grantedFMCSA SAFER new-entrant filings show a carrier setting up its stack from zero.
  • Fleet size growth on MCS-150Biennial FMCSA update shows truck count rising, dispatch outgrows spreadsheets.
  • CSA safety score spikeFMCSA SAFER scores flag violations that push carriers toward compliance software fast.
  • Dispatcher or safety manager job postingA carrier hiring for ops is a carrier about to buy tools to support that role.
  • ELD or factoring provider switchUCC filings and ELD registries show a vendor-stack change, TMS often follows.
  • Conference rostersMATS, TCA, and Manifest attendee lists surface carriers actively shopping.
09:14 · TODAY
23-truck flatbed carrier in Ohio grows fleet from 12 to 23 units per latest MCS-150
→ FLEET-GROWTH PLAY
08:51 · TODAY
Texas dry van carrier posts Dispatcher/Safety Coordinator opening
→ HIRING-PAIN PLAY
YESTERDAY
Georgia carrier's CSA score jumps to alert status after roadside inspection
→ COMPLIANCE-RISK PLAY
YESTERDAY
Small Midwest carrier switches ELD provider, factoring change noted in UCC filing
→ VENDOR-SWITCH PLAY
Section 06 · Three strategies, deployed together

TAM, lookalike, intent. Every angle, from day one.

This isn't one list and one email. We deploy three strategies at once, each with its own angle: the whole market gets the offer, the accounts that mirror your best customers get the proof, and anyone showing a buying signal gets a note the week it happens. Then we double down on whichever one the market answers.

STRATEGY 1 · TAM

Own the whole market

TargetThe ~87,000 carriers in your sweet spot: 5 to 50 trucks, owner and safety manager enriched from FMCSA MCS-150 filings
AngleOne TMS for dispatch, driver pay and compliance instead of spreadsheets and three separate tools
~87,000 ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 2 · LOOKALIKE

Mirror your best customers

TargetCarriers that look like Brown Dog Carriers: same fleet size, freight type and dispatch complexity
AngleLead with what changed for Brown Dog Carriers after Truckpedia: fewer manual entries and faster driver pay
~87,000 ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 3 · INTENT

Catch them in-market

TargetCarriers showing a buying signal this quarter: new DOT authority granted, fleet growth on MCS-150, CSA score spike, or an ELD or factoring switch
AngleA one-to-one note written from the signal, sent the week it happens
~17,000 PER QUARTER ACCOUNTS
Section 07 · The first 30 days

What happens after you say yes.

Section 08 · Join the Hive

The honey was the easy part.

Justin, we'll walk the three strategies above, show you the accounts we'd start with, and tell you what it would take. No deck.