26 Media Company Success Stories [2023]

• The most comprehensive interview about starting: Founder Interviews: Pat Walls of Starter Story.
• A more personal side of the story: The Best Year Of My Life: In 35 Tweets.
• More recent: How Starter Story grew to 1.4 million monthly visitors and $500,000 in annual revenue
• Latest: 5 years building Starter Story # Read these first
• The most comprehensive interview about starting: Founder Interviews: Pat Walls of Starter Story.
• A more personal side of the story: The Best Year Of My Life: In 35 Tweets.
• More recent: How Starter Story grew to 1.4 million monthly visitors and $500,000 in annual revenue
• Latest: 5 years building Starter Story

Hi, my name is Wes O’Donnell and I am the founder of Warrior Lodge Media, an all-in-one informational website for military and veterans, a film and TV production studio, and an eCommerce store.

The best part is that Warrior Lodge is almost completely “hands-off”, even the eCommerce vertical, and generates true passive income.

I am Anil Bakshi, Founder & CEO of Startup Story and an entrepreneur by profession, having acquired 11+ years of industry experience has backed the strong grasp I command in the field of marketing, business consultation, and coaching. I have ventured and been at the forefront of various successful startups and enterprises. Along with this, I possess first-hand experience with the current startup framework and have a deep understanding of today’s market.

Startup Story helps people to learn and get inspired from the lives of those who have moved up in the world, despite overwhelming odds. We have designed this initiative to bring these stories across you to inspire and help you explore and take on unpredictable situations. Choosing unconventional paths is not easy but Startup Story media adds the missing ingredient in your plans through our services like podcast series, startup tv, live interviews and stories based on real-life experiences, and our exclusive range of startup support services. So Far we have covered 150+ stories of inspiring entrepreneurs and have a steady traffic of around 50k monthly unique visitors.

I am Angelo Frisina, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sunlight Media, LLC., located in Los Angeles, California. We are a digital marketing company specializing in web design, app development, and various digital marketing services. These services include Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay Per Click (PPC), social media marketing, email outreach, and more.

Sunlight Media LLC is continuing to expand in terms of revenue, enterprise productivity, and brand value. The company began under my direction as a founder and is currently running operations with multiple departments such as marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), web and mobile application development and design, videography, and more. We are assisting and managing projects for numerous clients daily while expanding our networks beyond our local geographical region. Additionally, our focus will be to continue to grow domain authority for our website and our clients, showcase our values to customers through online reviews, testimonials, and optimize our workflows to improve overall productivity.

Hello! My name is Tyler O’Shea and I’m the founder of Joker Mag, a media platform for inspiring underdog stories in sports. Through original articles that celebrate the underdog mentality, our mission is to inspire athletes, coaches, and sports fans to conquer obstacles and overcome adversity.

In case you’re still wondering, he got his name from the black spot around his eye that’s reminiscent of the infamous Batman villain!

Some of the BIGGEST accomplishments of MrBeast:

• Raised $20 million to plant 20 million trees
• Donated over 100 cars including Lamborghini
• Gave away a private island
• Gave away 1 million dollars in one video and did many more of such crazy stuff

Read the full story on bloggerspassion.com ➜

Hiya! My name is Alex Goldberg, and I’m the founder of Fin vs Fin, a portfolio of popular product reviews that include, among others, finvsfin.com and zenmasterwellness.com. Despite not being much of an online shopper nor a wellness guru, my partner and I somehow managed to build a profitable media business centered on helping consumers compare health products online.

This is the story of turning a “dumb side project” into my full-time focus, stumbling into financial freedom by repeatedly doubling down on tiny wins. I hope you find it inspiring enough to launch your entrepreneurial project or keep at whatever hustle you’re currently focused on. Truth be told, you may be closer to predictable seven-figure revenue than you think.

My name is Joel Bissitt & I am MD of Franchise UK, The UK’s largest franchise directory. For 18 years, we have assisted franchise businesses to grow by generating quality franchisee recruitment leads online.

Franchise UK has grown rapidly, particularly over the last 5-6 years & we have achieved year-on-year growth since 2017 with a 50% increase in turnover last year.

Robert Robert Farrington is the sole founder of The College Investor and in 2009 he build this online media company to help out students.

In order to begin creating true wealth for the future, The College Investor is on a mission to assist you in getting out from under your student loan debt. In early 2016, Robert was still working full-time at Target while his side hustle was making $10k per month. He grew this business little by little and currently he earns around 24K/month from The Collge Investor.

His website offers information on student loans, taxes, tax software, investing, insurance, and budgeting and has over 1 million monthly visitors.

Read the full article on sidehustlenation.com ➜

My name is Brian McEuen, and I'm the founder of On Brand. We help guys shop for clothes online by curating personalized selections as if they were walking into their very own store. We're like Spotify for clothes! Another way to put it: imagine those “Top 25 T-Shirts for this Summer” lists curated just for you down to the right size, fit, style, and color!

I currently have about 75 users and an annualized revenue run rate of $1800.

Hi! My name is Dohyun Kim, and I am the individual behind the social media account YourAverageTechBro. My largest platform is TikTok with 155,000 followers, and I am also on Youtube with around 11,000 subscribers, and I am also on Instagram with a much more humble follower count of 850, and on Twitter @DohyunKim.

Currently, I am averaging around $3000/month across ad money, sponsored content, and a few course sales (this is a much newer product category that I am breaking into.

• Medium.com was founded by Evan Clark Williams in August 15, 2012.
• Medium.com combines elements of blogging services and social networking.
• After the company was founded, it managed to raise more than $130M in just 5 years.
• They have grown their team to 5000 employees.
• Medium relies on Amazon’s Virtual Private Cloud for its production environment.

Read the full story on wiredelta.com ➜

Hello! My name is Jessica and I am the Content Creator, Blogger, and Influencer of MyCurlyAdventures which inspires people to travel more through finding exciting adventures close to home!

Through Instagram advertising, sponsorships, and affiliate income I’m able to make a living wage. Plus since I’m traveling so much many of my major expenses have been eliminated such as rent, food, clothing, beauty products, and obviously travel! So with everything I also get for trade that I don’t have to directly pay for, my income would be even higher.

Hello, my name is Dillon and I co-founded CoinSnacks, a crypto-focused newsletter that is read by more than 70,000 people weekly.

Since then, we’ve ridden multiple bull and bear markets in crypto, acquiring competitors along the way, and developing a process that allows us to make ~$30,000 monthly in 2022.

I’m Jonas Forth, managing director at All Things Commerce Helsinki Ltd. Our aim is to help Nordic brands based in art, literature and design reach a global audience through e-commerce and relevant content.

All Things Commerce Helsinki Ltd is now owned by the parent company Moomin Characters, to which it was sold to in early 2015.

Hello, my name is Heidi Bender. I started my website, Tons of Thanks, to help people write thank-you notes. Before becoming a full-time writer, I worked as a data management consultant for twenty-two years.

Since starting Tons of Thanks in 2014, I’ve helped more than 15 million people write a thank you note message.

In 2013, I started the Side Hustle Nation blog, accompanied by the Side Hustle Show podcast. Naturally, it was a side hustle for me. There was no business model or business plan in the beginning — I just set out to create the kind of content I wanted to consume: light on the theory, heavy on the tactics. With a $50 mic in the corner of the living room, I started interviewing other side hustlers and entrepreneurs about how they got their ideas and grew their businesses.

Hi everyone, my name is Eddie Castillo. I’m the Co-founder of Altered State Productions, a full-service digital marketing agency dedicated to helping businesses and brands shop for marketing services.

Altered State Production’s success as a creative leader has been bolstered by excellent collaborations with distinguished clients like New York Style Fashion Week, Dallas Blends, Samsung, Welks Resorts, and Valyou Furniture. The results are the growth of those businesses and increased demand for the agency's incredible services.

My name is Addison LaBonte and I own and operate a portfolio of high-traffic websites. My 4 websites are all in the food niche. These blogs feature hundreds of recipes that range from varying diets, cooking methods, courses, and seasonal flavors. My business is unique in that I am not selling anything to my audience directly. My content websites make money from display advertisements.

Over the past 4 years, I have rapidly scaled my business. Today, my main website makes $12,000 per month on average. In early 2023, I acquired 3 other food blogs. These websites make another $5000 per month combined. Diversifying my offerings has been a welcome challenge. I am greatly looking forward to learning, growing, and scaling my business further.

Hi, I’m Brian Thorp. I believe everyone deserves help related to money matters, from someone they can trust. But most websites designed to help people find a financial advisor are trying to weed out anyone with less than a minimum sum of $500,000 to invest.

Wealthtender currently generates $8,000 a month in revenue from financial professionals who choose a nominal monthly subscription tier for a range of digital marketing benefits, including being featured in Wealthtender directories and articles.

I am Shubham Kumar and I founded StartupTalky, a community and media platform for entrepreneurs. We are mostly focused on the Indian region for now but we are also increasing our viewership from other countries.

Hi all! I’m Marjolein Dilven, and I’m the founder of Radical FIRE. Radical FIRE is a personal finance platform that talks about financial freedom and financial independence, done by women for women. We’re aiming to help women all over the world by teaching them about investing, saving money, and making money.

Creating this business has helped me live the life I want while helping others create their dream life. I am currently traveling the world with my partner, after quitting my day job in September 2022 to work on Radical FIRE full-time. I currently have around $6,000 in monthly revenue, which is a 120% increase compared to last year. That’s why I felt confident enough to take the leap from my 9-5 job to entrepreneurship. It’s always been my dream to travel and I’m happier for it.

Hi! My name is Scott Purcell, and I’m one of the Co-Founders of Man of Many, one of the world’s largest men’s lifestyle sites and a proudly self-funded, bootstrapped, and independent publication covering the latest in Products, Culture & Style.

The quality of our work and efforts as a media brand has continued to be recognized by industry peers in several awards as we solidify Man of Many as a trusted voice for readers, and we now turning over more than $4M per annum.

Hello! My name is Alexandra Ng, and I am the founder of Life Boost Nutrition, a digital platform offering comprehensive reviews of health supplements and guidance on maintaining your physical and mental health.

With consistent growth in traffic and a content team behind us, our content aids our audience in making informed health decisions.