Episode 21: How to Build a Following When Nobody Knows You

Ready to see a boot-strapped media startup level-up in real time? In this Season 3 kickoff, founder Ben Olmos lifts the hood on DissedMedia and its flagship site The Daily Pitch, from site rebuild and 300+ articles to launching an online academy and doubling newsletter subs. If you’re hustling to grow an audience, monetize content, or just want the inside scoop on building a modern media company, this episode is your blueprint.

🎯 What you’ll learn
0:00 The vision: why DissedMedia exists

1:48 Tactics that grew our site traffic +147 %, organically

4:37 Why we spun up The Daily Pitch Academy

6:58 3 A review of current articles with angles you can steal today

14:24 Real numbers: followers, email subs, podcast downloads

22:22 Ben’s truth on staying motivated when the metrics say “quit”

28:49 Season roadmap & how you can shape the show

🔥 Quick links
Read the featured articles → https://dailypitch.news

Join The Daily Pitch Academy waitlist → https://academy.dailypitch.news

Subscribe to the newsletter → https://dailypitch.news/subscribe

💬 Join the conversation
Comment: What’s your #1 hurdle right now—traffic, revenue, or motivation?

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