Newsletter #28

Good Morning,

Hope all is well in your world. I’m gearing up for TIA show next week here in Phoenix. It’ll be good to see so many of you. This is my first TIA event.

In this edition

• Like working with owner ops? Hit up Van!

• Cool demo this week during Tech Bro Tuesday!

• Vote for the Top Dawg

• Dooner hit 700 episodes of WTT

Reed

🧠 Some Thoughts: “Relationships”

Writing anything about relationships will get you lots of engagement on LinkedIn, especially when talking about broker/carrier relationships.

Often brokers will say they’d prefer to pay a relationship carrier more on a load than a new carrier. This makes sense given the risks associated with booking brand new carriers these days.

I was talking to my friend and LOST FR8 customer Van Gearing last week about broker/carrier relationships from his perspective as an owner op. Having been a carrier rep for ~5 years, I have experience working with owner ops and am still friends with a few that I booked with.

We recorded the conversation and I’m sharing it in the hopes that we can get him hooked up with some brokers looking to work together beyond just one load!

You can find the conversation below and you can find Van’s contact and capacity info on his LOST FR8 profile.

I would be very appreciative if you’d share this email with your broker friends so we can get Van hooked up with some quality contacts!

🏟️ Community Section

The LOST FR8 Discord is a digital freight community.

It’s comprised of 1381 freight professionals ranging from drivers, brokers, fleet owners, freight forwarders, tech bros, journalists, and more.

Events This Week

Tuesday: Tech Bro Tuesday 9pm EST (Discord)

This week we have Pavel Botev demoing software his company Logiflex uses to handle freight document audit. He’s the founder of Logiflex and also sold a carrier TMS called Kamion to Loadsmart in 2021.

Thursday: FR8 THEARPY 9pm EST (X)

The Arena

I’ve hosted a number of long, recorded conversations in the Discord with some big wigs in freight. Check out those recordings here.

🐟 Freight Caviar Corner

Freight Caviar is shutting down..

Freight Gong Friday

Every Friday at 9a EST, myself and the Freight Caviar guys livestream and discuss the goings on from the week. You can tune in on most social channels.

This week’s guests are Jason Miller and Jennifer Brennan-Fuchs

If you’d like to be a guest, reply to this email and lmk!

🦅 What’s going on on FreightX?

Shoutout to Dooner for recently recording his 700th episode of What The Truck?!? With around 3 interviews per show, that’s a TON of interviews he’s done over the years.

I’m very appreciative to Dooner for all the help he’s given me over the last year!

Also shoutout to my buddy Matt Dickman of Dickgistics for his first WTT appearance.

👨‍💼 What’s Up On LinkedIn?

Toss Vote for my friend and LOST FR8 customer Jamie Hagen of Hell Bent Xpress in this Mack Truck Contest