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Authority in.
Revenue out.

You record one day a month. The Icon Authority Content Engine, our proprietary AI-assisted system, turns it into a show, search-ranked YouTube content, 12 to 20 clips, and distribution that compounds while you run your business.

Proud Veteran Owned and Operated Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

Shows and brands built, produced, or powered here

Eat to Live
David Meltzer Enterprises
Forbes Riley
Absolute Motivation
Wonderland Podcast
Kelley Cardenas Podcast
Stern Talk Podcast
Jersey Wild Show
Shootin the Bull
Crypto Megan
Using DISC
Cloudcast Media
Aquaphant
A Better Home Inspection
The Engine

The Icon Authority
Content Engine

Most experts post content and hope. We built a proprietary AI-assisted system that decides what to make before anything gets filmed, then turns one recording day into authority where your buyers actually look: YouTube, the world's second largest search engine, and the AI engines now answering their questions.

Input

Your Day

  • One recording day a month
  • Your expertise, on camera
  • Our studio, our crew
The Cylinders

The Engine

  • Demand intelligence: AI-assisted research into what your buyers already search
  • The Authority Podcast System: your show, produced end to end
  • Authority-direct content: videos engineered to rank in YouTube search
  • AI answer optimization: content built so ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI cite you as the answer
  • Packaging, titles, and SEO built on real data, not guesses
  • 12 to 20 clips distributed everywhere your buyers scroll
Output

Revenue

  • Inbound clients
  • Sponsorships
  • Licensing and guest fees
  • Compounding authority

Your podcast is one cylinder, not the whole machine. Search finds you, AI cites you, the show sells you, and every cylinder fires off the same recording day. The overview is above. How the Engine actually works is a conversation.

Two Ways In

Built for where you are

Track A / Authority

The Authority Content Engine

For coaches, speakers, authors, and experts whose business runs on trust. Your show is the input. The Engine turns it into search-ranked YouTube authority, clips everywhere your buyers scroll, and a funnel that converts attention into clients.

EXPLORE THE ENGINE →
Track B / Founder Narrative

The Founder Narrative Studio

For founders preparing for an exit, acquisition, or raise. Story before tactics. We build the narrative and the touchpoints that put your deal in front of investors and acquirers, and the content that backs it up.

START THE CONVERSATION →
Results

The machine, measured

Top 1%
Health video podcast

Built into the top 1% of health video podcasts. Consistent long-form, packaged and distributed on a system, not a schedule of hope.

$20K+
Monetized in under 30 days

$5K in merch and $15K in sponsorships inside 60 days, with 2,000+ subscribers added. Monetized in under 30 days of launch.

$65K
Sponsorships, guest fees, licensing

25,000+ subscribers. $20K in sponsorships, $10K in guest fees, $35K in licensing. Authority that pays for itself.

The Studios

Two studios.
Five sets.

  • Sculpted panels, a wood slat centerpiece, moody color. The flagship look.

  • Classic paneling and warm wood. Built for founder conversations.

  • Geometric lines and lounge seating for panels and interviews.

  • Raw stone and dramatic light. A grounded, serious look.

  • The signature textured wall with a full display screen. Make it yours.

Broadcast-quality recording in Escondido, North County San Diego. Rent by the hour, or let us run the whole machine.

The Iconic Slate set The Founders Den set The Quantum Panel set The Stone Vault set The Icon Wall set
The Iconic Slate
About Icon

You do what you do best.
We build the rest.

Icon Industries is a video podcast and content production house in Escondido, California. We exist because the experts with the most to give are usually the ones with the least time to be seen. Our job is to change that.

We believe people invest with people. Real engagement over vanity metrics, outcomes over output, relationships over transactions. You bring the expertise and show up on camera. We take care of everything else, so your voice reaches the people who need it while you stay focused on the work only you can do.

Founded by Shayn Mitchell, a service-disabled veteran and recovering electro-mechanical engineer. Around here, every roadblock is just another system needing to be re-engineered.

Proud Veteran Owned and Operated Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

The Team

  • Shayn MitchellCEO and Founder
  • Shane LupoVP of Business Development
  • Jamie FarthingProject Management
  • Antwon HaynesCreative Director, Producer of IPN
  • Jen AnichowskiPost Production Manager
  • Shauna ElliotStrategic Visionary Officer
  • Ed BrownChief Revenue Officer
  • Keith BatalChief Editor
Start Here

Find out what your
authority is worth

The 5-Minute Authority Audit tells you exactly where your brand stands and what the Engine would look like built around you. Free, fast, specific.

Take the 5-Minute Authority Audit