QUOTE FACTORY × BUZZLEAD · THE HIVE · SEPTEMBER 2026
BuzzLead

Welcome to the Hive, Quote Factory.

Brandon, we just finished a run with Lumion, vertical SaaS for trade schools with a first marketing hire and no outbound. Quote Factory 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 freight brokerage mapped from FMCSA licensing records, the 6,200 that look like your best customers, and three campaigns we'd run for Quote Factory in the next 30 days.

PREPARED FOR BRANDON D. · OVERLAND PARK, KS · 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 Quote Factory.

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 niche vertical SaaS, a small founder-led team, and a public registry that makes every buyer findable.

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 3,700 to 6,200 more of your best customers?

You already have the dream ones: the freight brokerages that grow, retain, and refer others without being asked. We take those, run them through our lookalike tool, and find another 3,700 to 6,200 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
  • The accounts that grow, retain and referWe'll confirm the seed list with you on the call.
3,700 to 6,200freight brokerages that look exactly like them
Section 04 · Your market, sized

Every cell is a freight brokerage.

Every licensed freight broker sits in the FMCSA Licensing & Insurance database with authority date, bond amount, and insurance carrier of record. We build the list from that, enrich the buyers, and time the sends to bond filings and authority changes.

US freight brokerage firms (NAICS 488510)Your sweet spot: 50 to 500 shipments/monthIn-market this quarter
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US freight brokerage firms (NAICS 488510). US Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 488510, 2025 annual average.
~6,200
Sweet-spot brokerages
50 to 500 loads/month
3
Buyer personas
President/Owner, Ops Director, Controller
~18,600
Relevant contacts
At 3 titles per brokerage
Jan to Mar
Evaluation window
Before peak shipping season
Section 05 · Intent

You're the first supplier that comes to mind.

We'll actively monitor all 24,994 US freight brokerages and reach out when the right signal shows up, so Quote Factory is the first name a broker owner thinks of when replacing their TMS comes up.

  • New broker authority grantedFMCSA Licensing & Insurance database; new brokerages need a TMS from day one.
  • Surety bond increase filedFMCSA BMC-84 filings; a bond bump usually follows revenue growth outpacing current tools.
  • Insurance agent-of-record changeFMCSA licensing filings; a vendor review often bundles insurance and TMS decisions together.
  • Ops or dispatch hiring surgeJob boards; adding load coordinators signals volume has outgrown spreadsheets.
  • Load board profile activity jumpDAT and Truckstop public profiles; posting spikes show growth past a legacy TMS's ceiling.
  • TIA or Manifest conference rostersAttendee lists name brokerages actively shopping tech at industry events.
09:14 · TODAY
Kansas-based brokerage's FMCSA bond filing jumps from $75K to $150K
→ GROWTH-SIGNAL PLAY
YESTERDAY
Georgia brokerage posts opening for a Freight Broker Ops Coordinator, third hire this quarter
→ HIRING-PAIN PLAY
MON
New MC number issued to a 3-person Texas brokerage, authority effective this week
→ NEW-BROKER PLAY
YESTERDAY
Ohio brokerage's insurance agent-of-record changes on its FMCSA filing
→ VENDOR-REVIEW 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 ~6,200 brokerages in your sweet spot: 50 to 500 shipments per month, owner and ops director enriched from FMCSA licensing records
AngleOne TMS to price, source, move and close loads instead of stitching together spreadsheets and point tools
~6,200 ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 2 · LOOKALIKE

Mirror your best customers

TargetBrokerages that look like your best customers: similar shipment volume, LTL and truckload mix, recently outgrew a legacy TMS
AngleLead with the growth story your best customers already lived, faster onboarding and more loads moved per rep
~3,700+ ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 3 · INTENT

Catch them in-market

TargetBrokerages showing a buying signal this quarter: new MC authority, bond increase, insurance agent-of-record change, or ops hiring surge
AngleA one-to-one note written from the signal, sent the week it happens
~800 PER YEAR ACCOUNTS
Section 07 · The first 30 days

What happens after you say yes.

Section 08 · Join the Hive

The honey was the easy part.

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