About · Meet the founders
Built by operators.
Not marketers who’ve
never run a business.
Before Pod Shark Media, Avery and Ashley Whaley spent over a decade running a residential service business of their own. They know what it’s like to be the one answering calls, managing a team, and watching the marketing to-do list get pushed to next week, every week.
Ashley & Avery Whaley
Founded 2021 · Gilbert, AZ
01 / Our story
We didn’t believe in social media either.
10 years
We had a business to run
For ten years, we ran a residential cleaning company. Our business mentor kept telling us the same thing: start creating content and launch a podcast. We shrugged him off for a long time.
Day one
Eventually, we gave in
We started posting on Instagram and launched a podcast. At first, nothing happened.
6 months in
We kept showing up anyway
About six months in, social media was bringing us new leads consistently.
One podcast episode
$43,000
in new business, from a single episode of our own show.
Then
It worked so well we had to stop
We paused our content until we could hire enough people to serve the new customers. Then we ramped it back up.
02 / How Pod Shark started
We built the system we needed.
Doing all of that ourselves took an enormous amount of time. So we built the system, the team, and the infrastructure to make it repeatable.
Other business owners saw what the podcast was doing and asked for help. We said yes, and in 2021 Pod Shark Media was born.
01
Where it started
Podcast production
Other business owners saw what our podcast was doing and asked us to build one for them.
02
Then they asked
Social media
Our podcast clients wanted their episodes turned into social content, so we took over their social media.
03
And then
Photo + video shoots
Our social clients needed photos and video, so we started running brand shoots.
Every service we offer exists because a business owner asked us for it.
03 / Who we work with
You know you should be on social. You just don’t have the time.
You already know
You know people look you up before they call, and that the businesses showing up are winning customers you never hear about.
What you don’t have
The time, the ideas, or the know-how. You don’t want to learn it. You want it done, and done well.
That’s what we do
You run your business. We handle the rest.
04 / The people behind it
Led by Avery and Ashley Whaley.
Ashley Whaley
Co-Founder, Client Relationships
Ashley spent five years as a real estate agent, then co-ran a residential cleaning company with Avery for a decade. She leads client relationships and brand strategy at Pod Shark.
Avery Whaley
Co-Founder, Content & Production
Avery served in the Air Force, then co-ran a residential cleaning company with Ashley for a decade. He leads content and production at Pod Shark, from podcast episodes to brand shoots.
2021
Founded
15,000+
Pieces of content
500+
Podcast episodes
100+
Businesses served
05 / Values
Done-For-You Social Media, Podcast & Brand Media Services
01
Consistency beats chasing trends
A brand that shows up reliably builds more trust than one chasing viral moments.
02
Boutique means hands-on
You work directly with people who understand your business, not a revolving cast of freelancers.
03
We operate like owners
Because we were owners. Every recommendation comes from having actually run a service business, not from a marketing textbook.
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