TAILORED LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS × BUZZLEAD · THE HIVE · SEPTEMBER 2026
BuzzLead

Welcome to the Hive, Tailored Logistics Solutions.

Larry, we just finished a run with Lumion, vertical SaaS for trade schools with a first marketing hire and no outbound. Tailored Logistics Solutions 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 for-hire motor carrier mapped, the 65,000 running the fleet size and service mix TLS already serves, and three campaigns we'd run for Tailored Logistics Solutions in the next 30 days.

PREPARED FOR LARRY ELLIS · BURR RIDGE, IL · 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 Tailored Logistics Solutions.

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 Tailored Logistics Solutions: a public registry of buyers, a compliance-driven purchase trigger, and a four-person 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 86,500 to 144,000 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 86,500 to 144,000 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
  • The accounts that grow, retain and referWe'll confirm the seed list with you on the call.
86,500 to 144,000trucking carriers that look exactly like them
Section 04 · Your market, sized

Every cell is a trucking carrier.

Every US for-hire carrier files with FMCSA and shows up in SAFER with fleet size, authority type, and the signing officer. We build the list from that filing, enrich the buyers, and time sends to the slow season when carriers switch systems.

US for-hire motor carriers registered with FMCSAYour sweet spot: 10 to 500 power unitsIn-market this quarter
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US for-hire motor carriers registered with FMCSA. FMCSA Motor Carrier Census (MCMIS)
~65,000
Sweet-spot carriers
10 to 500 power units
3
Buyer personas
Owner/President, Dispatch Manager, Safety Director
~195,000
Relevant contacts
At 3 titles per carrier
Nov to Feb
Buying window
Off-peak season, before spring freight surge
Section 05 · Intent

You're the first supplier that comes to mind.

We'll actively monitor all 577,000 US for-hire motor carriers and reach out when the right signal shows up, so Tailored Logistics Solutions is the first name a dispatch manager thinks of when trucking software comes up.

  • New for-hire authority grantedFMCSA SAFER new-entrant filings show a carrier starting up and shopping for a first system.
  • Power units increase in MCS-150 updateBiennial FMCSA filing shows fleet growth outrunning spreadsheets and whiteboards.
  • Broker authority added to existing carrierFMCSA authority type change signals expansion into brokerage, needing CRM and compliance tools.
  • Dispatcher or safety director job postingA carrier hiring for dispatch or compliance is a carrier about to buy tools for it.
  • CSA safety score change or new auditFMCSA SAFER safety rating shifts push carriers to formalize documentation and workflows.
  • Trade show and association rostersTCA, MODEX, and state trucking association attendee lists flag carriers actively evaluating software.
09:14 · TODAY
New for-hire authority granted to a 6-truck Midwest fleet, MCS-150 filed this week
→ NEW-AUTHORITY PLAY · 1:1 SCRIPT DRAFTED
08:51 · TODAY
Regional intermodal carrier's power units grow from 40 to 85 in biennial FMCSA update
→ FLEET-GROWTH PLAY
YESTERDAY
Southeast freight brokerage adds carrier authority, files for dual operation
→ BROKER-EXPANSION PLAY
YESTERDAY
Midwest carrier posts Dispatch Manager and Safety Coordinator openings same week
→ HIRING-PAIN 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 ~65,000 carriers in your sweet spot: 10 to 500 power units, owner and dispatch manager enriched from FMCSA SAFER
AngleOne system for dispatch, billing, and compliance instead of spreadsheets and phone calls
~65,000 ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 2 · LOOKALIKE

Mirror your best customers

TargetCarriers that mirror TLS's core base: 10 to 500 power units, mixed truckload, LTL, and intermodal service lines pulled from SAFER
AngleLead with the fleet size and service mix they already run, not a generic pitch
~86,500+ ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 3 · INTENT

Catch them in-market

TargetCarriers showing a buying signal this quarter: new DOT authority granted, power units up in the MCS-150 filing, broker authority added, dispatcher or safety hiring
AngleA one-to-one note written from the signal, sent the week it happens
~6,000 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.

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