HAULER HERO × BUZZLEAD · THE HIVE · SEPTEMBER 2026
BuzzLead

Welcome to the Hive, Hauler Hero.

Mark, we just finished a run with Lumion, vertical SaaS for trade schools with a first marketing hire and no outbound. Hauler Hero 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 waste and recycling hauler mapped, the 1,600+ that look like your best customers, and three campaigns we'd run for Hauler Hero in the next 30 days.

PREPARED FOR MARK HOADLEY · NEW YORK, NY · 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 Hauler Hero.

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 fragmented owner-operator market, a purchase triggered by growth or a contract win, 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 1,600 to 2,700 more of your best customers?

You already have the dream ones: the waste haulers that grow, retain, and refer others without being asked. We take those, run them through our lookalike tool, and find another 1,600 to 2,700 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
  • Grogan Disposal30% reduction in monthly fees and improved operational efficiency
  • Greenleaf RecyclingConsolidated three systems into one, boosting productivity
  • Olson SanitationImproved route efficiency and faster, more reliable billing
  • Wallace Refuse & DisposalStreamlined routing and billing, reducing administrative workload
1,600 to 2,700waste haulers that look exactly like them
Section 04 · Your market, sized

Every cell is a waste hauler.

Every US solid waste collection establishment sits in Census County Business Patterns under NAICS 562111 and on Google Maps as a waste management service. We build the list from those sources, enrich the owner and operations contacts, and time the sends to contract-renewal and budget cycles.

US solid waste collection establishmentsYour sweet spot: 10 to 100 employeesIn-market this quarter
0
US solid waste collection establishments. US Census County Business Patterns, 2023, NAICS 562111 Solid Waste Collection.
~3,000
Sweet-spot haulers
10 to 100 employees
3
Buyer personas
Owner, Ops Manager, Office Manager
~9,000
Relevant contacts
At 3 titles per hauler
Sep to Dec
Budget window
Before January rate resets
Section 05 · Intent

You're the first supplier that comes to mind.

We'll actively monitor all 10,982 US waste and recycling haulers and reach out when the right signal shows up, so Hauler Hero is the first name an owner thinks of when routing and billing software comes up.

  • New municipal or county contract wonState and local procurement portals list awarded haulers, signaling volume growth and new software need.
  • Fleet size increaseFMCSA SAFER census shows a jump in registered trucks, a proxy for growth outpacing manual routing.
  • Ownership change or acquisitionSecretary of state filings and local business press flag new owners resetting the tech stack.
  • Dispatcher or billing manager job postingIndeed and ZipRecruiter postings for route or billing roles signal pain with current systems.
  • Legacy software complaintG2 and Capterra reviews naming slow support or manual invoicing point to switch-ready accounts.
  • Conference attendanceWasteExpo and NWRA state chapter rosters list attendees actively shopping for software.
09:14 · TODAY
Regional hauler in the Southeast (38 trucks) wins a five-year county residential contract
→ NEW-CONTRACT PLAY
YESTERDAY
Midwest hauler posts opening for Dispatch and Billing Coordinator, second listing this quarter
→ HIRING-PAIN PLAY
YESTERDAY
Family-owned hauler files new USDOT registration adding 12 trucks to its fleet
→ FLEET-GROWTH PLAY
MON
Independent hauler leaves a two-star review of its routing software citing manual invoice exports
→ LEGACY-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 ~3,000 haulers in your sweet spot: 10 to 100 employees, independently owned, sourced from Census County Business Patterns and Google Maps.
AngleOne system for routing, billing and customer service replaces the spreadsheet-and-QuickBooks stack most haulers still run.
~3,000 ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 2 · LOOKALIKE

Mirror your best customers

TargetHaulers that mirror Grogan Disposal, Greenleaf Recycling, Olson Sanitation, Wallace Refuse & Disposal and Midwest Disposal: family-owned, regional, residential and commercial mix.
AngleLead with the hauler they already know by name and what changed after switching to Hauler Hero.
~1,600+ ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 3 · INTENT

Catch them in-market

TargetHaulers showing a buying signal this quarter: new municipal contract won, fleet growth filed with FMCSA, or a legacy routing vendor complaint posted publicly.
AngleA one-to-one note written from the signal, sent the week the contract or filing goes public.
~500 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.

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