The Icon Growth System

You built something real. Stop being the best-kept secret.

We turn your expertise into Authority, and Authority into your dream outcome: more leads, more appointments, and a pipeline that compounds.

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For funded expert founders  ·  From $5,000/mo  ·  Escondido, CA · Delivering nationally

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Your time cost

One recording day a month. You talk about what you know. We do everything else.

What you get

One managed system: strategy, content, publishing, advertising, and follow-up. Not a menu of services.

How it's measured

One number, agreed up front, tied to leads or booked appointments.

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Why It Hasn't Worked

You didn't fail at content. The pieces failed each other.

You've probably tried. A videographer. A podcast. An agency. Some posts. Each one produced motion. None of it compounded. Here is why.

1

Pieces don't compound

A videographer here, an editor there, a funnel tool, an ad account. Each piece can produce movement. Nothing connects them, because no one owns the path between them.

2

Content dies in silence

The work goes out, a few people see it, and the effort evaporates. Everyone blames the content, when the real failure was promotion, and promotion was never anyone's job.

3

Interest leaks away

Attention shows up and nothing is waiting to catch it. No follow-up, no path to your calendar. The buyers were interested. The interest cooled. The pipeline reset.

4

The fix becomes your second job

Buying it piece by piece makes you the general contractor of your own growth. The vendor sells hours and hands you the work. Every project ends at delivery and starts over at zero.

"The last one died because of time. An agency just handed me the work. I've been burned, and I paid for it."

What founders tell us in the first ten minutes

Your expertise was never the problem.
The missing piece was a system.

Real expertise. Decent production. No machine to turn it into authority, authority into attention, and attention into appointments. That is the whole diagnosis, and it is fixable.

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The Icon Growth System

The whole machine, run by one team, judged by one number

The Icon Growth System is one managed system that turns your expertise into Authority, and Authority into appointments on your calendar. Strategy, content, publishing, advertising, and follow-up, run for you as a single machine.

You are the expert on camera. We build and run everything around you: the plan, the production, the publishing, the ads behind what's proven, and the follow-up that books the call.

Authority is the mechanism. Revenue is the point.

Icon owns
  • Strategy and planning
  • Production and editing
  • Publishing everywhere
  • The advertising
  • Follow-up and booking
You own
  • One recording day a month
  • Approvals
  • Your expertise
  • The appointments we book
  • The close

Icon is accountable for the demand. You are accountable for the close.

01

Align

Before anything is filmed or bought: your business, your customer, your offer, and the one number this engagement answers to.

02

Build the foundation

The pages people land on, the calendar they book into, the follow-up behind it, and the tracking. Built before we send anyone to them.

03

Create the content

Your expertise, pulled out of your head in one recording day a month and turned into long-form authority and short clips, built to be found and cited.

04

Publish and promote

We own the publishing, watch what your audience responds to, and put ad budget behind what's proven. Nothing is posted and prayed for.

05

Turn attention into appointments

Interest lands on a path: caught, qualified, followed up, and booked onto your calendar. Nothing leaks.

06

Improve and compound

Each month we strengthen the weakest link and do more of what works, so the system compounds instead of resetting.

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Results

Measured in the results you actually want

Our clients don't want views. They want to be the known name in their category, and they want it to translate directly into leads and booked appointments. Here is what the machine has produced so far.

Top 1%
The known name in category

Built into the top 1% of health video podcasts, and known exactly where their buyers look. Published every single week, on a system, not a schedule of hope.

$20K+
Speed to revenue

Monetized in under 30 days of launch: $5K in merch, $15K in sponsorships, and 2,000+ subscribers added inside 60 days. The authority started covering its own cost in the first month.

$65K
An asset they own

25,000+ owned subscribers and $65K across sponsorships, guest fees, and licensing. The audience and the revenue line belong to them, and no algorithm change can repossess either one.

Today the system runs the full path, from content to booked appointments. That is why every engagement is measured against one number, agreed up front: leads or booked appointments. Yours is next.

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Get Found, Get Cited

Will your content show up when buyers ask ChatGPT who to trust?

Right now, probably not, and that is the point. Your buyers ask AI who to trust before they ever see your site. Every piece of content the system makes is built to rank in search and structured so ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI can find you, quote you, and cite you as the answer. That is not a bolt-on. It is how the content is engineered from the start.

Search finds you. AI cites you. The show sells you.

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Prove It First

Don't take our word for it. Take the work.

Before you spend a dollar, we build you a real sample: four video concepts with live demand data behind them, titles, thumbnail direction, and a guided interview for each, so every word is yours. Built by the same system our clients run on. Free, delivered in two business days.

If the thinking doesn't earn your attention, the meeting never needs to happen.

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We run this same system on ourselves. This page is it working.

The company we keep
SiriusXM HGTV Qualcomm Freakonomics Harrah's CBRE Levels University of San Diego Pacific Sotheby's Hunter Industries San Diego County Credit Union Hoist Fitness Baker Home Energy Global Legal Law Firm David Meltzer Enterprises Forbes Riley Keri Murphy Launch Cart

A few of the 45 brands and shows on the wall at our Escondido studios. Production is the foundation. The Growth System is what we built on top of it.

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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.

Where your recording day happens: broadcast-quality sets in Escondido, or our standardized remote workflow anywhere in the country.

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

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

Icon Industries is a content and video podcast 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.

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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
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Fit Runs Both Ways

Built for a specific kind of founder

The system is for you if
  • You've built or funded a real business, and the expertise is earned
  • Your track record is strong and your visibility isn't
  • You can take on more appointments and close them
  • You ran out of hours long before you ran out of ambition. Done-for-you is the ask
  • You want authority measured in booked appointments, not applause
It is not for you if
  • The offer isn't proven yet, or the business is pre-revenue
  • You want reach and legacy but not appointments
  • You won't show up on camera once a month
  • You're shopping for a videographer, an editor, or hours
  • A $5,000 monthly investment isn't realistic right now
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The Investment

Priced on the outcome, stated up front

Engagements begin at
$5,000/month

Six-month initial term, then month to month.

That number is the floor, and the final fee follows the size of the outcome and the speed you want.

Six months is what it takes to stand up a complete, stable system. Month one aligns and designs. By month three the machine is live and publishing. By month six it is compounding on its own rhythm, and the engagement continues month to month for as long as it earns its keep.

Tiers exist, and they move on two levers: the size of the outcome and the speed you want. Quality is never a lever. We operate at one standard.

Costs like ad spend and software are yours, at cost, never marked up. You always know what is fee and what is fuel.

Every engagement is measured against one number, agreed before the work starts. Take this page to your partner, your funder, or your board. It will hold up.
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Before You Ask

Straight answers

What is the Icon Growth System?

The Icon Growth System is one managed system that turns your expertise into Authority, and Authority into booked appointments. It covers strategy, authority content, publishing, advertising, and follow-up, run for you by Icon Industries. You are the expert on camera. Icon runs everything around you.

What does the Icon Growth System cost?

Engagements begin at $5,000 per month, with a six-month initial term, then month to month. The final fee depends on the size of the outcome and the speed you want. Costs like ad spend and software are yours, at cost, never marked up.

How much of my time does it take?

One structured recording session a month, plus approvals. You do the few things only you can do: show up, talk about what you know, and take the appointments. Icon owns the rest, from strategy and production to publishing and follow-up.

Who is the Icon Growth System for?

Funded expert founders: established operators, often second-act and often veteran-owned, with real expertise and a real offer, who are still the best-kept secret in their category. It is built for businesses that can invest from $5,000 per month and can take on more appointments.

Will my content show up when buyers ask ChatGPT who to trust?

That is one of the system's jobs: get found, get cited. Every piece of content is built to rank in search and structured so AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI can find you, quote you, and cite you as the answer in your category.

Who owns the content and the audience?

You do. Your channels, your show, your content library, your list, your contacts. Everything the system builds stays with you, and if we ever part ways, all of it keeps working the day after.

How is success measured?

Against one number, agreed before the work starts, tied to leads or appointments. Icon is accountable for the demand. You are accountable for the close. No vanity metrics.

What happens after the first six months?

The engagement continues month to month. Six months is roughly what it takes to build a complete, stable growth system rather than a pile of assets. After that, the system keeps running and keeps compounding for as long as it earns its keep.

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Find out where your
authority is leaking

The Authority Audit reads your situation and shows you where authority and appointments are slipping away, and what the system would fix first. It costs nothing and it is specific to you.

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Want the work first? Get the free 4-Video Sample and judge the thinking before we ever talk.