Newsletter #22

Why don't more brokers do this?

Author

Reed Loustalot
February 20, 2024

Howdy,

This is the LOST FR8 Community Newsletter. Your weekly sprinkling of a little bit of what’s going on in the online freight world, our Discord community, and with lostfr8.com.

Alright anyway, here is what’s going on this week:

  • I’m going to TPM24

  • Truckers are now refusing to go to NYC? Wow!

  • I was on Truckstop’s podcast

  • Why don’t more broker’s do this???

P.S. At the end of the newsletter there’s a referral section. If you refer subscribers, I’ll be sending you a reward. Should be pretty cool, too.

Conferences: TPM / MATs

I’ve recently added TPM24 to my calendar. If you’re going to be there, let me know.

After that, I’ll be at the Mid America Truck Show.

I’m planning an event in the evening on Thursday, March 21 and will have more details soon.

The attendee list at MATS this year is pretty awesome. Looks like Dooner is coming too!

You should definitely come. Use the link below to sign up.

🔥 Hot Lanes

Calling All Brokers & Shippers!

Do you have regular lanes or special opportunities that you’d like to put in front of the LOST FR8 carrier base?

Reply to this email with:

  • Origin/Destination City, State

  • Frequency

  • Equipment Type

  • Any special information

Every Friday, I send this list to the LOST FR8 carrier base.

🏟️ Community Section

The LOST FR8 Discord is a digital freight community.

It’s comprised of 1344 freight professionals ranging from drivers, brokers, fleet owners, freight forwarders, tech bros, journalists, and more.

Events

In The Arena

The Arena is the crucible of the Discord.

In it, movers & shakers share their stories in front of a live audience. It’s recorded.

I’ll have some new guests to announce in the next week or so. Stay tuned.

Tech Bro Tuesday

Tuesdays at 9pm EST (Discord)

Last week’s episode was pushed to this week, as we were mostly at Manifest.

Freight Therapy

Thursdays 9pm EST (Twitter Spaces)

👷Community Jobs

If you’d like to list a job opportunity here, reply to this email and let me know.

  • Trucker Tools is hiring for multiple account management and tech roles!

🐟 Freight Caviar Corner

This week at Freight Caviar: After a $355 million fraud ruling against former President Donald Trump, a group of truck drivers has called for a boycott against driving to New York City.

🐦 What’s Up On FreightX?

I was recently on Truckstop’s Freight Nation pod with Brent Hutto. He’s a really nice guy who I had the pleasure of meeting at F3. Listen to the episode here.

👨‍💼 What’s going on on Linkedin?

One of my favorite follows is Will Hopkins - the founder of BlackBox Logistics. He’s always posting pics of loads they’re running and usually shouts out the carriers doing the work. Why don’t more brokers do this?

Go give Will a follow if you don’t already.

Will Hopkins on LinkedIn: #shipblbx

Always a pleasure teaming up with Joe and his guys. If you have OD work, these are the guys to go to. #ShipBlbx

www.linkedin.com/posts/will-hopkins1_shipblbx-activity-7162857235910483970-3FE3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

🚚 LOST FR8

LOSTFR8.COM is a tool for carriers to market themselves.

As a carrier rep, I ALWAYS sought out carriers who made it easy for me to know where they had available capacity, what lanes they ran, etc. Carriers who made that easy were the ones I wanted to work with.

We built a tool that enables carriers to be easy to work with.

Carriers build public profiles that contain all the information brokers/shippers are looking for:

  • Capacity

  • Equipment profile

  • Preferred Lanes

  • Contact

This information is then shareable via a public profile and a truck list email tool.

🔗 Some Links

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