# Jared Bauman

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How Aaron Steed Turned a High School Side Hustle Into an 8-Figure Moving Company

Aaron Steed started Meathead Movers at just 17 and spent the next 29 years building it into an eight-figure business with nine locations. In this episode, he shares how he survived having his phone lines shut down, overcame a $25,000 licensing hurdle, and recovered from a major advertising deal fal…

How John Muscarello Built a $25K–$30K/Month Amazon Influencer Business

John Muscarello is making roughly $25,000 to $30,000 per month as a full-time Amazon Influencer, with one recent month reaching $35,000. In this episode, he shares how he grew from publishing 500 videos in his first 30 days to building a library of nearly 5,000 videos. John breaks down his curr…

How Natasha Tynes Built a Multi-Channel Lead System Around 3,000 Subscribers

Natasha Tynes draws on 25 years of journalism experience to build a media business that generates leads through multiple online channels. In this episode, she breaks down how she uses Substack, LinkedIn, YouTube, and free versus paid content to attract potential clients and move them through her fu…

How Ben Borton Grew PodPlay to 290 Locations and 1.8 Million End Customers

Ben Borton, co-founder and CRO of PodPlay, shares how the company grew from operating sports venues into a platform used across 290 locations with more than 1.8 million end customers. He explains how founder-led sales, word of mouth, and organic content helped PodPlay compete with companies that ha…

How Besmir Bregasi Built ZeroRank in 3 Months and Reached Mid-Six Figures in ARR

In this episode, Jared Bauman talks with Besmir Bregasi, founder of ZeroRank, about what is driving LLM citations in 2026 and why Reddit, X, YouTube, and fresh off-site mentions matter so much. Besmir shares ZeroRank data on user-generated content, local AI visibility, and the on-site factors that …

How Jason Zigelbaum Is Running a Nearly $2M ARR SaaS as a Solo Founder

Jason Zigelbaum has grown Zigpoll into a one-person SaaS generating about $142,000 in MRR, or roughly $1.7 million in annualized revenue. In this episode, he shares how 90% of the business comes through the Shopify App Store and why reviews, churn reduction, onboarding, and customer feedback have d…

How Maddox Schmidlkofer Built a $1,000-a-Day Site, Sold It for $120,000, and Started Again

At just 21, Maddox Schmidlkofer has already grown a gaming website to $1,000 a day and sold it for $120,000, after several earlier projects failed to take off. Now he's building Tallow, a consumer app generating less than $2,000 per month as he works toward a $4,000 monthly revenue goal. Maddox sha…

How Veronica Llorca-Smith Built a Six-Figure Business With 6+ Income Streams

Veronica Llorca-Smith shares how she built a six-figure business around multiple connected income streams, including Substack, courses, workshops, coaching, books, and public speaking. She breaks down how her 14,000-subscriber community generates about $25,000 annually and how corporate speaking ca…

Trimming for Triumph: SEO Content Strategy (#694)

Trim the fat and boost the stats. A client's site was cluttered with old posts, the SEO equivalent of dead weight. They cut 30% of their content. Traffic and engagement didn't just survive; they thrived. Studies show that removing underperforming content can significantly increase a website's traff…

How Craig Hewitt Grew Castos to $1M+ in Revenue

Craig Hewitt shares how he turned a WordPress plugin with roughly 20,000 installs into Castos, a podcast hosting SaaS generating over $1 million in revenue. He explains why website traffic has dropped by about 50% while free trials have increased, and how comparison pages and free tools now drive h…