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They specialize in cross-border Mexico-US moves at the El Paso and Laredo crossings.\\n\\nFrom Andres: \u201cMone Transport is a door-to-door cross-border transportation company connecting Mexico to the US. Mone eliminates the need for transloading or cross docking, picking up your shipment and delivering it with the same trailer reducing risks, costs, and transit times while providing real-time tracking.\u201d\\n\\nFrom Reed: \\"Mone Transport has an awesome story. The Garcia family has been involved in the trucking industry for three generations. It began in Mexico, where both of Andres\' grandparents ran their own fleets. Later, his father expanded the business to the US, and today, Andres continues this tradition with Mone Transport.\\"\\n\\n## Lanes\\n\\n53\' Van - Food grade, air ride, swing door, e-track\\n\\nDaily trucks in the following lanes\\n\\nOutbound Mexico:\\n\\nMonterey, MX (200 mile radius) to USA\\nChihuahua, MX (250 mile radius) to USA\\nNuevo Laredo, MX to USA\\nCiudad Juarez, MX to USA\\n\\nUSA Inbound Laredo, TX:\\n\\nKansas City, MO to Laredo, TX\\nWhitsett, NC to Laredo, TX\\nDallas, TX to Laredo, TX\\nPlymouth, MN to Laredo, TX (Monday, Thursday, Friday)\\n\\nReach out to [email protected] with any opportunities.\\n\\n## Area of Operation\\n\\n"},{"id":"cotw-outrunners","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/cotw-outrunners","source":"@site/blog/2023-10-2-cotw-outrunners.md","title":"Carrier of the Week 10/2/23 - The Outrunners LLC","description":"truck","date":"2023-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"October 2, 2023","tags":[{"label":"cotw","permalink":"/blog/tags/cotw"}],"readingTime":0.355,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"cotw-outrunners","title":"Carrier of the Week 10/2/23 - The Outrunners LLC","authors":["reed"],"tags":["cotw"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Carrier of the Week 10/9/23 - Mone Transport LLC","permalink":"/blog/cotw-mone"},"nextItem":{"title":"Carrier of the Week 9/25/23 - J Anthony Express","permalink":"/blog/cotw-j-anthony-express"}},"content":"\\n\\n## Profile\\n\\n[Check out The Outrunners LLC\'s LOST FR8 Profile](https://lostfr8.com/profile/3619781)\\n\\n## Info\\n\\nThe Outrunners LLC is an asset based carrier that specializes in Over The Road trucking. We also offer dispatching services for owner operators looking to increase their revenue without the headache of finding loads and driving. We are currently looking to expand by adding a few drivers/ owner operators to our fleet.\\n\\n## Area of Operation\\n\\n.png>)\\n\\n.png>)"},{"id":"cotw-j-anthony-express","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/cotw-j-anthony-express","source":"@site/blog/2023-9-25-cotw-janth.md","title":"Carrier of the Week 9/25/23 - J Anthony Express","description":"truck","date":"2023-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"September 25, 2023","tags":[{"label":"cotw","permalink":"/blog/tags/cotw"}],"readingTime":0.33,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"cotw-j-anthony-express","title":"Carrier of the Week 9/25/23 - J Anthony Express","authors":["reed"],"tags":["cotw"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Carrier of the Week 10/2/23 - The Outrunners LLC","permalink":"/blog/cotw-outrunners"},"nextItem":{"title":"Carrier of the Week 9/18/23 - Hell Bent Xpress","permalink":"/blog/cotw-hell-bent-xpress"}},"content":"\\n\\n## Profile\\n\\n[Check out J Anthony Express\' LOST FR8 Profile](https://lostfr8.com/profile/500541)\\n\\n## Info\\n\\nFounded by Larry Carreiro in 1993\\n\\nJ Anthony Express is a versatile trucking company with a fleet of dry vans servicing the Midwest, Northeast, and Southeastern regions of the United States.\\n\\nBeyond its trucking services, the company also operates a pallet refurbishing business and a freight brokerage division.\\n\\n## Area of Operation\\n\\n"},{"id":"cotw-hell-bent-xpress","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/cotw-hell-bent-xpress","source":"@site/blog/2023-9-18-cotw-hell.md","title":"Carrier of the Week 9/18/23 - Hell Bent Xpress","description":"truck","date":"2023-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"September 18, 2023","tags":[{"label":"cotw","permalink":"/blog/tags/cotw"}],"readingTime":0.28,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"cotw-hell-bent-xpress","title":"Carrier of the Week 9/18/23 - Hell Bent Xpress","authors":["reed"],"tags":["cotw"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Carrier of the Week 9/25/23 - J Anthony Express","permalink":"/blog/cotw-j-anthony-express"},"nextItem":{"title":"Carrier of the Week 9/11/23 - Price Farm Trucking","permalink":"/blog/cotw-price-farm-trucking"}},"content":"\\n\\n## Profile\\n\\n[Check out Hell Bent Xpress\' LOST FR8 Profile](https://lostfr8.com/profile/3480579)\\n\\n## Info\\n\\nFounded by [Jamie Hagen](https://twitter.com/hellbenthagen) in 2017\\n\\nHell Bent Xpress operates dry vans and food grade tankers out of Aberdeen, SD.\\n\\nThey run regionally between IA, IL, WI, and MN.\\n\\nWhen not running the fleet, Jamie attends Nascar races!\\n\\n## Area of Operation\\n\\n"},{"id":"cotw-price-farm-trucking","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/cotw-price-farm-trucking","source":"@site/blog/2023-9-11-cotwprice.md","title":"Carrier of the Week 9/11/23 - Price Farm Trucking","description":"truck","date":"2023-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"September 11, 2023","tags":[{"label":"cotw","permalink":"/blog/tags/cotw"}],"readingTime":0.28,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}
1],"frontMatter":{"slug":"cotw-price-farm-trucking","title":"Carrier of the Week 9/11/23 - Price Farm Trucking","authors":["reed"],"tags":["cotw"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Carrier of the Week 9/18/23 - Hell Bent Xpress","permalink":"/blog/cotw-hell-bent-xpress"},"nextItem":{"title":"The Types of Freight Brokerages","permalink":"/blog/freight-brokerage-types"}},"content":"\\n\\n## Profile\\n\\n[Check out Price Farm Trucking\'s LOST FR8 Profile](https://lostfr8.com/profile/1997607)\\n\\n## Info\\n\\nFounded by [Brian Price](https://twitter.com/bprice26)\\n\\nPrice Farm Trucking operates dry vans, tankers, and hopper trailers out of Coggon, IA.\\n\\nThey run regionally between IA, IL, WI, and MN.\\n\\nWhen not running the fleet, Brian operates a 2000 acre farm\\n\\n## Area of Operation\\n\\n"},{"id":"freight-brokerage-types","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/freight-brokerage-types","source":"@site/blog/2023-7-2-relationships.md","title":"The Types of Freight Brokerages","description":"If you\'re a carrier and you get the majority of your freight from brokerages, it\'s important to understand how they operate. Knowing how they operate is key to understanding how they play the game and, by extension, how you should play the game with them.","date":"2023-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"July 2, 2023","tags":[{"label":"blog","permalink":"/blog/tags/blog"}],"readingTime":2.875,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"freight-brokerage-types","title":"The Types of Freight Brokerages","authors":["reed"],"tags":["blog"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Carrier of the Week 9/11/23 - Price Farm Trucking","permalink":"/blog/cotw-price-farm-trucking"}
1,"nextItem":{"title":"Carrier Data","permalink":"/blog/carrier-data"}},"content":"If you\'re a carrier and you get the majority of your freight from brokerages, it\'s important to understand how they operate. Knowing how they operate is key to understanding how they play the game and, by extension, how you should play the game with them.\\n\\nThere are 5 buckets most freight brokerages fall into. 5 types, if you will. In this post we\'ll break them down.\\n\\n## 1. Traditional/Split/Chicago Model\\n\\nHere, the brokerage employs a sales team and carrier reps to find customers and maintain relationships with trucking companies. The sales staff get freight from shippers, the carrier reps find carrier capacity to move the freight. Each brokerage will have it\'s on rules governing carrier / carrier rep relationships AKA what rep can book what carrier. You\'ve likely encountered this system when you call on a posted load and get passed between reps.\\n\\n### How to work with them\\n\\nGet a carrier rep assigned to you at each of the big brokerages. Use the lostfr8.com truck list sending tool to share your capacity with them. Communicate with them frequently, make sure they know what you need. Get as many reps as you can and overtime you will figure out who is good and stick with them.\\n\\nExamples:\\n\\nCH Robinson, Echo, Coyote, Arrive, and others\\n\\n## 2. Agent Model\\n\\nThis type of brokerage operates under a corporate brand and utilize the authority and insurance of said brand, but are broken down into individual agent offices varying in size. Some agent offices are individuals, others are larger with dozens of employees. While operations tend to vary within these agencies, traditionally brokers working in an agent model handle getting freight from customers and booking the freight as well. So if you\'re working with someone from an agent model brokerage, they are more likely to have a direct relationship with the customer as well.\\n\\nHow to work with them:\\n\\nYou can send them a truck list to stay in touch, but more important is to equip them with your preferred lanes. They\'ll likely be in a better position to give you steady business if it lines up well with your lanes.\\n\\nExamples:\\n\\nArmstrong Transport, Mercer Transportation, ATS, Logistics Dynamics\\n\\n## 3. Digital\\n\\nThese are brokerages that use mobile apps and algorithms to digitally match available freight with carriers using their apps.\\n\\nExamples:\\n\\nUber Freight, Convoy, and Loadsmart\\n\\n## 4. Asset-based\\n\\nThese are trucking companies that also operate as freight brokers. They can guarantee trucks for customers thanks to their own fleet, but customers may not always be the best fit for their fleet and instead the carrier will opt to use their brokerage to move customer freight.\\n\\nHow to work with them:\\n\\nThere is some variability with how brokerages operate within the context of a fleet. Some might be wholly separate and operate a split model. Others might only use their brokerage to fill in the gaps when company trucks can\'t take the freight. Your stategy will be company by company and will likely be similar to split and agent models.\\n\\nExamples:\\n\\nUS Xpress, Knight/Swift, Schneider\\n\\n## 5. 3PL\\n\\nThese companies manage all aspects of a company\'s transportation supply chain. While they offer convenience by removing the stress of locating truck capacity, working with a 3PL could make shippers overly reliant on their expertise and provide them less oversight on their processes.\\n\\nMany bigger brokerages also have managed transportation solutions that might lump them into this bucket as well."}
1,{"id":"carrier-data","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/carrier-data","source":"@site/blog/2023-5-29-data.md","title":"Carrier Data","description":"COMING SOON","date":"2023-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"May 29, 2023","tags":[{"label":"blog","permalink":"/blog/tags/blog"}],"readingTime":0.01,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"carrier-data","title":"Carrier Data","authors":["reed"],"tags":["blog"]},"prevItem":{"title":"The Types of Freight Brokerages","permalink":"/blog/freight-brokerage-types"},"nextItem":{"title":"Sign Up to Receive Trucklists","permalink":"/blog/receive-trucklists"}},"content":"COMING SOON"},{"id":"receive-trucklists","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/receive-trucklists","source":"@site/blog/2023-5-20-receive.md","title":"Sign Up to Receive Trucklists","description":"Brokers,","date":"2023-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"May 20, 2023","tags":[{"label":"update","permalink":"/blog/tags/update"},{"label":"brokers","permalink":"/blog/tags/brokers"}],"readingTime":0.525,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"receive-trucklists","title":"Sign Up to Receive Trucklists","authors":["reed"],"tags":["update","brokers"]}
1,"prevItem":{"title":"Carrier Data","permalink":"/blog/carrier-data"},"nextItem":{"title":"Carrier Referral Program","permalink":"/blog/referral"}},"content":"Brokers,\\n\\nAre you interested in having LOST FR8 carrier truck lists delivered right to your inbox for free? Meet new carriers who are interested in forging longterm relationships without any work on your part!\\n\\n**We\'re launching a list for new carriers.** By signing up, you\'ll be among the first to access truck lists from new carriers entering the marketplace, giving you a competitive edge.\\n\\nIf this sounds like a resource that could help your business, [click here to enter your email to join the list.](https://lostfr8.com#trucks).\\n\\nAs always, if you have any questions or need clarification on our offerings, feel free to reach out to us."},{"id":"referral","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/referral","source":"@site/blog/2023-5-20-referral.md","title":"Carrier Referral Program","description":"We at LostFr8 are excited to announce our new Carrier Referral Program. It\'s very simple.","date":"2023-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"May 20, 2023","tags":[{"label":"update","permalink":"/blog/tags/update"},{"label":"everyone","permalink":"/blog/tags/everyone"}],"readingTime":0.66,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"referral","title":"Carrier Referral Program","authors":["reed"],"tags":["update","everyone"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Sign Up to Receive Trucklists","permalink":"/blog/receive-trucklists"},"nextItem":{"title":"YOU NEED TO ENGAGE WITH BROKERS","permalink":"/blog/engaging"}},"content":"We at LostFr8 are excited to announce our new **Carrier Referral Program**. It\'s very simple.\\n\\n1. You refer a carrier to our [lostfr8.com](https://lostfr8.com/referral).\\n2. They receive a 20% discount on their first month\'s subscription fee after enjoying a two-week free trial.\\n3. After their first payment, you\'ll get a $50 Amazon gift card as our way of saying thanks.\\n\\nThis program allows us to expand our community while also providing you with a tangible benefit for your support.\\n\\nInterested? [Learn more on our referral page](https://lostfr8.com/referral).\\n\\n\\n\\nYou have 2 options for referring a carrier.\\n\\n1. Send an email from the form\\n2. Copy your referral link\\n\\nIf you have any questions, or if any part of our site is unclear, don\'t hesitate to reach out to us. We\'re here to help."},{"id":"engaging","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/engaging","source":"@site/blog/2023-4-30-Engage.md","title":"YOU NEED TO ENGAGE WITH BROKERS","description":"In today\'s digital age, the logistics industry is undergoing significant changes. One such innovative transformation is brought about by LOST FR8, a revolutionary tool designed for carriers to seamlessly engage with brokers. Carriers may wonder what exactly that means, or why they should worry about it. Lets get into it.","date":"2023-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"April 30, 2023","tags":[{"label":"blog","permalink":"/blog/tags/blog"},{"label":"carriers","permalink":"/blog/tags/carriers"}],"readingTime":2.36,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"engaging","title":"YOU NEED TO ENGAGE WITH BROKERS","authors":["reed"],"tags":["blog","carriers"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Carrier Referral Program","permalink":"/blog/referral"},"nextItem":{"title":"Back to writing soon.","permalink":"/blog/week-something"}},"content":"In today\'s digital age, the logistics industry is undergoing significant changes. One such innovative transformation is brought about by LOST FR8, a revolutionary tool designed for carriers to seamlessly engage with brokers. Carriers may wonder what exactly that means, or why they should worry about it. Lets get into it.\\n\\n## Streamlining Communication\\n\\nLOST FR8 makes it effortless to keep track of your available capacity, providing a streamlined platform to share this essential information with brokers. How does this work?\\n\\nFirstly, through a shareable company profile link. This feature eradicates the need for countless phone calls simply to inquire about the location of your trucks. Brokers can now access this information just by opening the provided link, making the entire process more efficient and convenient.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Mass Communication\\n\\nSecondly, LOST FR8 introduces the feature of email truck lists. This facilitates the building of a broker email list, enabling carriers to distribute their truck list to numerous brokers with just one click. This mass communication mechanism saves time and resources, providing a more effective communication channel for carriers.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Building Success Stories\\n\\
1nLOST FR8 is all about customer success stories. It simplifies the process for brokers to identify where you have trucks, thus improving their ability to do a commendable job on their freight. As a result, they will be more inclined to work with you, paving the way for productive relationships.\\n\\n\\n\\n## Why is Easy Access to Capacity Info Essential?\\n\\nYou might wonder, why is it necessary to make it easy for brokers to access your capacity information? The answer lies in the primary job of brokerages - booking company freight. Brokerages employ thousands of representatives whose sole task is to secure freight for your trucks.\\n\\nHaving a solid relationship with one of these representatives can be a significant asset for a carrier. The easier it is for them to access your capacity information, the more efficient they can be at looking for loads for your trucks.\\n\\n## Building Relationships\\n\\nHowever, establishing these relationships can be a challenging task. A good starting point is to keep track of the brokers who treat you well. By adding them to your email list and consistently sending them a truck list, you can build an audience of engaged brokers over time.\\n\\n## Get Started with LOST FR8\\n\\nDo you have any questions or need assistance? Don\'t hesitate to reach out to us. We currently offer a 14-day free trial and are actively seeking all the carrier feedback we can get. Here is the link to get started.\\n\\nLOST FR8 offers a cutting-edge solution to streamline and enhance the engagement between carriers and brokers, revolutionizing the logistics industry. Harness its potential to build successful relationships with brokers and optimize your operations.\\n\\n[Click here to get started](https://www.lostfr8.com/?signup=1&next=%2Fdashboard%3Fcreate-carrier%3D1)\\n\\n[Questions? Check out our guide](/docs/user-guide)"},{"id":"week-something","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/week-something","source":"@site/blog/2023-4-23-weekunkown.md","title":"Back to writing soon.","description":"I\'ll start writing again soon. Until then join the discord or find me on twitter. Also check out our merch","date":"2023-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"April 23, 2023","tags":[{"label":"weekly","permalink":"/blog/tags/weekly"}],"readingTime":0.1,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"week-something","title":"Back to writing soon.","authors":["reed"],"tags":["weekly"]},"prevItem":{"title":"YOU NEED TO ENGAGE WITH BROKERS","permalink":"/blog/engaging"},"nextItem":{"title":"Catch Up","permalink":"/blog/week-twelve"}},"content":"I\'ll start writing again soon. Until then join the [discord](https://discord.gg/WmCZ6eHZyM) or find me on [twitter](https://twitter.com/lostisreed). Also [check out our merch](https://shop.lostfr8.com/)"},{"id":"week-twelve","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/week-twelve","source":"@site/blog/2023-3-21-week11.md","title":"Catch Up","description":"Good Morning and welcome to another LOST FR8 blog post. It\'s been a few weeks since I\'ve done a blog post, forgive me, but we have a lot going on these days.","date":"2023-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"March 21, 2023","tags":[{"label":"weekly","permalink":"/blog/tags/weekly"}],"readingTime":1.63,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"week-twelve","title":"Catch Up","authors":["reed"],"tags":["weekly"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Back to writing soon.","permalink":"/blog/week-something"},"nextItem":{"title":"Week of 2/26/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-nine"}},"content":"Good Morning and welcome to another LOST FR8 blog post. It\'s been a few weeks since I\'ve done a blog post, forgive me, but we have a lot going on these days.\\n\\nWe\'ve added new features and will be attended our first trade show this week!\\n\\nDon\'t forget to join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/xCPmPtaN).\\n\\nLet\'s get started.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \u23ea Last Week \u23ea\\n\\n- Capacity Email Events\\n\\nWe have now given carriers the ability to access event information related to their capacity emails. There are 4 statuses, delivered, opened, clicked, and failed.\\n\\n\\n\\n## \u23e9 This Week \u23e9\\n\\nMore sales. As we spend more time selling, we continue to hone the process. Selling software subscriptions is a lot different than freight sales, so it\'s taken some time to figure out how to adjust strategies to fit software.\\n\\nMATs. Thursday - Sunday this week I will be attending the Mid America Truck Show in Louisville, KY. The plan for the show is to get in front of as many carriers & potential customers as possible. We do not have a booth and I am not presenting, so we will be engaging guerrilla mode. If you\'re in the area and want to meet up drop me a note at [email protected]\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udd17 Links \ud83d\udd17\\n\\n- Fr8 Tweet of the week goes to @philkillerlain with his advice to carriers looking to get direct customers.\\n\\n<blockquote class=\\"twitter-tweet\\"><p lang=\\"en\\" dir=\\"ltr\\">If there are industries where you live that ship products for the kind of trailer you have ! You go see the the shipping clerk A lot of times a forklift driver can tell you more about how to get in with who ever is in charge of which carriers to use And keep visiting every 2-3</p>— Not Guilty \ud83e\udd14 I Called Larry \ud83d\ude02 (@philkillerlain) <a href=\\"https://twitter.com/philkillerlain/status/1639438592610127872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\">March 25, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\" charset=\\"utf-8\\"><\/script>\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udc64 Contact \ud83d\udc64\\n\\nWe want to hear from you!\\n\\nEmail me at [email protected]\\n\\nFind us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/lostfr8_)"},{"id":"week-nine","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/week-nine","source":"@site/blog/2023-3-6-week9.md","title":"Week of 2/26/23 Recap","description":"Hey there,","date":"2023-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"March 6, 2023","tags":[{"label":"weekly","permalink":"/blog/tags/weekly"}],"readingTime":1.695,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"week-nine","title":"Week of 2/26/23 Recap","authors":["reed"],"tags":["weekly"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Catch Up","permalink":"/blog/week-twelve"},"nextItem":{"title":"Week of 2/19/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-eight"}},"content":"Hey there,\\n\\nWelcome to the nineth LOST FR8 weekly recap. It was an action packed week, more memes, more sign ups, high vibes, etc.\\n\\nDon\'t forget to join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/xCPmPtaN).\\n\\nLet\'s get started.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \u23ea Last Week \u23ea\\n\\n- first organic social sign up.\\n\\nOur social media \'strategy\' has paid off! We had our first organic sign up take place! This is our key to growth, so we\'re very excited to have it happen so early in the process!\\n\\nThis week we started posting more on LinkedIn, which wasn\'t a place I\'d expect to find as many carriers. Turns out, I was wrong again! Expect more content to be coming from our LinkedIn page.\\n\\n## \u23e9 This Week \u23e9\\n\\nSales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales. Sales.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udd17 Links \ud83d\udd17\\n\\n- Fr8 Tweet of the week\\n\\
1n<blockquote class=\\"twitter-tweet\\"><p lang=\\"en\\" dir=\\"ltr\\">Roads were just wet, but the parking lots, not so much. Fine layer of ice under the snow, so we used the auto socks on the drive tires to climb up on the high ground, so we gravity on our side in the morning. Never park uphill in the winter, always face downward. <a href=\\"https://t.co/BeiulwjFB7\\">pic.twitter.com/BeiulwjFB7</a></p>— MACK LOVIN (@hellbenthagen) <a href=\\"https://twitter.com/hellbenthagen/status/1632540517950009344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\">March 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\" charset=\\"utf-8\\"><\/script>\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udc64 Contact \ud83d\udc64\\n\\nWe want to hear from you!\\n\\nEmail me at [email protected]\\n\\nFind us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/lostfr8_)"},{"id":"week-eight","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/week-eight","source":"@site/blog/2023-2-26-week8.md","title":"Week of 2/19/23 Recap","description":"Hey there,","date":"2023-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"February 26, 2023","tags":[{"label":"weekly","permalink":"/blog/tags/weekly"}],"readingTime":1.175,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"week-eight","title":"Week of 2/19/23 Recap","authors":["reed"],"tags":["weekly"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Week of 2/26/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-nine"},"nextItem":{"title":"Week of 2/12/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-seven"}},"content":"Hey there,\\n\\nWelcome to the eighth LOST FR8 weekly recap.\\n\\nDon\'t forget to join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/xCPmPtaN).\\n\\nLet\'s get started.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \u23ea Last Week \u23ea\\n\\n- first organic broker/carrier discovery & booking\\n- onsite customer meeting\\n- podcast invitation\\n\\n### Takeaway\\n\\nRelationships make freight life better\\n\\nThe day-to-day life of a driver, dispatcher, broker, etc. can be tough. Crisis after crisis can make some days feel like an eterenity. Reflecting back on my time as a broker it\'s clear that one of the best parts of the job are the relationships you create, the people you grow to trust. That could be coworkers, partners, carriers, brokers, vendors, whatever.\\n\\nAs a carrier rep, the relationships I had with my carriers kept me going. They were valuable to me in executing in my role, but generally they were valuable to me as a human. Trusting someone and being trusted by someone are powerful feelings and likely critical to satisfaction in general.\\n\\n## \u23e9 This Week \u23e9\\n\\nMore sales. More feedback. More bug squashing. More Tik toks, more tweets, more content.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udd17 Links \ud83d\udd17\\n\\n- Fr8 Tweet of the week\\n\\n<blockquote class=\\"twitter-tweet\\"><p lang=\\"en\\" dir=\\"ltr\\">Tryna book a load on the load boards be like: <a href=\\"https://t.co/n0yhuNeNtd\\">pic.twitter.com/n0yhuNeNtd</a></p>— Abe Notlinkin \ud83d\ude9b\ud83d\udca8 (@BruceAllmiighty) <a href=\\"https://twitter.com/BruceAllmiighty/status/1628461909803401217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\">February 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\" charset=\\"utf-8\\"><\/script>\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udc64 Contact \ud83d\udc64\\n\\nWe want to hear from you!\\n\\nEmail me at [email protected]\\n\\nFind us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/lostfr8_)"},{"id":"week-seven","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/week-seven","source":"@site/blog/2023-2-19-week7.md","title":"Week of 2/12/23 Recap","description":"Hey there,","date":"2023-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"February 19, 2023","tags":[{"label":"weekly","permalink":"/blog/tags/weekly"}],"readingTime":1.355,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"week-seven","title":"Week of 2/12/23 Recap","authors":["reed"],"tags":["weekly"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Week of 2/19/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-eight"},"nextItem":{"title":"Week of 2/5/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-six"}},"content":"Hey there,\\n\\nWelcome to the seventh LOST FR8 weekly recap.\\n\\nDon\'t forget to join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/xCPmPtaN). The vibes have been spectacular.\\n\\nLet\'s get started.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \u23ea Last Week \u23ea\\n\\nWe had a little fun creating [pleaseadvise.ai](https://pleaseadvise.ai), a site for truck drivers to create AI-generated excuses for why they\'re late to warehouse appointments.\\n\\n\\n\\n[We made a tik tok.](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRnLSPL2/)\\n\\n### Takeaways\\n\\n- An engaged following is a super power.\\n\\nThis seems obvious as I type it, but I think it\'s worth typing again. An engaged social following is a great tool for driving traffic to our site. We created pleaseadvise in part as an experiment in generating traffic. We spun up the site on Wednesday night, pushed it live on Thursdaay, and first tweeted about it on Thurs evening. By Frid
1ay night we had driven about ~500 unique visitors to the site.\\n\\n- There are a lot of truckers on Tik Tok\\n\\nWe created a Tok Tok on Friday. Our first Tok Tok was created and sent Friday, in an effort to drive some pleaseadvise.ai traffic. It gained about 900 views overnight despite us having only a handful of followers. Pretty interesting. We\'re going to spend some time working on it this week.\\n\\n## \u23e9 This Week \u23e9\\n\\nMore sales. More feedback. More bug squashing. More Tik toks, more tweets, more content.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udd17 Links \ud83d\udd17\\n\\n- Fr8 Tweet of the week\\n\\nWe\'re combining tweet and meme of the week.\\n\\n## \ud83e\udee1 Meme of the week \ud83e\udee1\\n\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udc64 Contact \ud83d\udc64\\n\\nWe want to hear from you!\\n\\nEmail me at [email protected]\\n\\nFind us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/lostfr8_)"},{"id":"week-six","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/week-six","source":"@site/blog/2023-2-12-week6.md","title":"Week of 2/5/23 Recap","description":"Hey there,","date":"2023-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"February 12, 2023","tags":[{"label":"weekly","permalink":"/blog/tags/weekly"}],"readingTime":1.41,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"week-six","title":"Week of 2/5/23 Recap","authors":["reed"],"tags":["weekly"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Week of 2/12/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-seven"},"nextItem":{"title":"Week of 1/30/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-five"}},"content":"Hey there,\\n\\nWelcome to the sixth LOST FR8 weekly recap. Don\'t forget to join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/xCPmPtaN). The vibes have been spectacular.\\n\\nLet\'s get started.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \u23ea Last Week \u23ea\\n\\nWe released a new, updated demo video!\\n\\n<iframe width=\\"560\\" height=\\"315\\" src=\\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/GoRkaODXb9c\\" title=\\"YouTube video player\\" frameborder=\\"0\\" allow=\\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\\n\\n### Takeaways\\n\\n- This takes time\\n\\nCreating something useful then getting it in front of potential customers is not easy. But even if you manage to hone in on potential customers and pitch your product, you need a succinct, jargon-less, easy to understand message. This just takes time.\\n\\n- It\'s easy to get distracted\\n\\nAt any given moment there are a dozen things to be done, being disciplined about sticking to a list and focusing your attention is critical.\\n\\n### Feedback/Fixes\\n\\n- Email Bug\\n\\nWe\'ve fixed a bug limiting the amount of capacity emails a carrier could send out.\\n\\n## \u23e9 This Week \u23e9\\n\\nMore sales. More feedback. More bug squashing.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udd17 Links \ud83d\udd17\\n\\n- Fr8 Tweet of the week\\n\\n<blockquote class=\\"twitter-tweet\\"><p lang=\\"en\\" dir=\\"ltr\\">Load boards are so fraught with fraud and identity theft that one of the biggest opportunities in trucking is to disrupt the load boards... Even some of the brokers that use load boards for legit load matching also post duplicates and ghost loads just for price discovery</p>— Craig Fuller \ud83d\udee9\ud83d\ude9b\ud83d\ude82\u2693\ufe0f (@FreightAlley) <a href=\\"https://twitter.com/FreightAlley/status/1624255611725570048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\">February 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\" charset=\\"utf-8\\"><\/script>\\n\\n## \ud83e\udee1 Meme of the week \ud83e\udee1\\n\\nWe\'re doing a meme of the week contenst in the discord. Hop in to participate!\\n\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udc64 Contact \ud83d\udc64\\n\\nWe want to hear from you!\\n\\nEmail me at [email protected]\\n\\nFind us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/lostfr8_)"},{"id":"week-five","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/week-five","source":"@site/blog/2023-2-5-week5.md","title":"Week of 1/30/23 Recap","description":"Hey there,","date":"2023-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"February 5, 2023","tags":[{"label":"weekly","permalink":"/blog/tags/weekly"}],"readingTime":1.62,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"week-five","title":"Week of 1/30/23 Recap","authors":["reed"],"tags":["weekly"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Week of 2/5/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-six"},"nextItem":{"title":"Week of 1/22/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-four"}},"content":"Hey there,\\n\\nWelcome to the fifth LOST FR8 weekly recap. We added another customer! Also our [Discord](https://discord.gg/xCPmPtaN) has been popping lately, all are welcome to come and join the fun!\\n\\nLet\'s get started.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \u23ea Last Week \u23ea\\n\\n### Old Goals\\n\\
1n#### - 1 new customer\\n\\n\u2705 Got it\\n\\n#### - Capacity email pushed to prod\\n\\n\u2705 Done\\n\\n#### - Update [Guide](/docs/user-guide#email-your-capacity) to reflect Email instructions\\n\\n\u2705 All set.\\n\\n#### Takeaways\\n\\n- People like email\\n\\n Both our customers and their brokers mentioned they still want to receive capacity via email. Prior to launching and receiving actual customer feedback, I assumed customers/brokers would prefer not using email. We quickly realized that wasn\'t the case.\\n\\n- Give carriers control\\n\\n We kicked around a couple ways of implementing capacity emails, including giving brokers the ability to subscribe to capacity changes, but ultimately decided placing the functionality entirely in the hands of carriers. They add emails to a list and can toggle which emails they want to send a capacity list to.\\n\\n#### Feedback/Fixes\\n\\n- Sort order for dates\\n\\nOur customers mentioned they\'d prefer the capacity table be default sorted from present -> future. We\'ve made that change on both the dashboard and profile.\\n\\n## \u23e9 This Week \u23e9\\n\\n### New Goals\\n\\n- 2 new customer\\n\\nWe picked up some traffic momentum on Friday and plan to build on it this week. We have some good leads and are going to up the sign up goal this week!\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udd17 Links \ud83d\udd17\\n\\n- Fr8 Tweet of the week\\n\\n<blockquote class=\\"twitter-tweet\\"><p lang=\\"en\\" dir=\\"ltr\\">I\u2019ve obtained the final image of the Chinese surveillance balloon before it was shot down.<br></br>According to my sources, President Biden authorized the strike, stating: \u201cEnough is enough, we must protect the American people!\u201d <a href=\\"https://t.co/lfOXZH5lp6\\">pic.twitter.com/lfOXZH5lp6</a></p>— Frazer Kinsley (@FrazerKinsley) <a href=\\"https://twitter.com/FrazerKinsley/status/1621974009066983424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\">February 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\" charset=\\"utf-8\\"><\/script>\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udc64 Contact \ud83d\udc64\\n\\nWe want to hear from you!\\n\\nEmail me at [email protected]\\n\\nFind us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/lostfr8_)"},{"id":"week-four","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/week-four","source":"@site/blog/2023-1-29-week4.md","title":"Week of 1/22/23 Recap","description":"Hey there,","date":"2023-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"January 29, 2023","tags":[{"label":"weekly","permalink":"/blog/tags/weekly"}],"readingTime":1.365,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"week-four","title":"Week of 1/22/23 Recap","authors":["reed"],"tags":["weekly"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Week of 1/30/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-five"},"nextItem":{"title":"Week of 1/15/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-three"}},"content":"Hey there,\\n\\nWelcome to the fourth LOST FR8 weekly recap. We added another customer and are working our way through sharing capacity via email. Also our [Discord](https://discord.gg/xCPmPtaN) has been popping lately, all are welcome to come and join the fun!\\n\\nLet\'s get started.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \u23ea Last Week \u23ea\\n\\n#### Goals\\n\\n- Teams pushed to prod\\n- Update [Guide](/docs/user-guide) to reflect Teams instructions\\n\\n#### - 1 new customer\\n\\n\u2705 Got it\\n\\n#### - Teams pushed to prod\\n\\n\u2705 Done\\n\\n#### - Update [Guide](/docs/user-guide) to reflect Teams instructions\\n\\n\u2705 All set.\\n\\n#### Takeaways\\n\\n- People still want email.\\n\\nIn talking to our customers and their brokers, we\'ve realized they still want to be able to send and receive capacity in email. This makes sense after listening to their reasons, so we\'ve decided to add this feature quickly. This is a feature that, left to my own devices, we probably wouldn\'t have added as soon.\\n\\n#### Feedback/Fixes\\n\\n- No major bugs this week.\\n\\n## \u23e9 This Week \u23e9\\n\\n#### Goals\\n\\n- 1 new customer\\n- Capacity email pushed\\n- Update [Guide](/docs/user-guide) to reflect email instructions\\n\\nThis week wer\'re pushing out our capacity email feature. This will provide a new way for carriers to alert their broker partners to new/changes in their capacity.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udd17 Links \ud83d\udd17\\n\\n- Fr8 Tweet of the week\\n\\
1n<blockquote class=\\"twitter-tweet\\"><p lang=\\"en\\" dir=\\"ltr\\">This lives rent-free in my head. \ud83d\ude2d <a href=\\"https://t.co/TOU7ci76Gr\\">pic.twitter.com/TOU7ci76Gr</a></p>— Justin Martin \ud83c\udd71\ufe0f\ud83d\ude9b\u27a1\ufe0f\u2b06\ufe0f (@supertrucker) <a href=\\"https://twitter.com/supertrucker/status/1620132999504498694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\">January 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\" charset=\\"utf-8\\"><\/script>\\n\\n- Fr8 Stock Photo of the Week\\n\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udc64 Contact \ud83d\udc64\\n\\nWe want to hear from you!\\n\\nEmail me at [email protected]\\n\\nFind us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/lostfr8_)"},{"id":"week-three","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/week-three","source":"@site/blog/2023-1-22-week3.md","title":"Week of 1/15/23 Recap","description":"Hey there,","date":"2023-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"January 22, 2023","tags":[{"label":"weekly","permalink":"/blog/tags/weekly"}],"readingTime":1.845,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"week-three","title":"Week of 1/15/23 Recap","authors":["reed"],"tags":["weekly"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Week of 1/22/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-four"},"nextItem":{"title":"Week of 1/8/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-two"}},"content":"Hey there,\\n\\nWelcome to the third LOST FR8 weekly recap. We had a last minute new customer addition and we developed and started testing our new teams feature.\\n\\nLet\'s get started.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \u23ea Last Week \u23ea\\n\\n#### Goals\\n\\n#### - 1 new customer\\n\\n\u2705 Got it\\n\\n#### - 1 blog posts\\n\\nDraft done, final coming on Monday\\n\\n#### - Teams Feature\\n\\n\u2705 Testing in Beta\\n\\nAny carrier with more than one dispatcher will likely need the ability to invite multiple users to manage a carrier account. We\'ve had this feature up in beta and have spent the week testing it. We will have it launched sometime this coming week.\\n\\n\\n\\n#### Takeaways\\n\\n- Feedback from brokers is going to be important.\\n\\n We\'ve made contact with our customer\'s broker contacts who are making use of their profiles. It\'s been very satisfying to see regular repeat traffic on the profiles. The brokers we\'ve spoken with have been generally spoken favorably about the site, and clearly get what we\'re trying to do. They\'ve been happy to give feedback and discuss potential features/fixes. It\'s been awesome.\\n\\n#### Feedback/Fixes\\n\\n- No date issues have arisen since we fixed them last week.\\n\\n- Teams is needed\\n\\n Our second customer realized quickly that they needed a teams feature.\\n\\n## \u23e9 This Week \u23e9\\n\\n#### Goals\\n\\n- 1 new customer\\n- 1 blog post\\n- Teams pushed to prod\\n- Update [Guide](/docs/user-guide) to reflect Teams instructions\\n\\nThis week we\'re going to roll out teams and get existing customers using/testing it. We will continue to gather feedback from our customers and their brokers.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udd17 Links \ud83d\udd17\\n\\n- Fr8 Tweet of the week\\n\\n<blockquote class=\\"twitter-tweet\\"><p lang=\\"en\\" dir=\\"ltr\\">POV of 4 x 20\u2019 containers being lifted by a crane at RWG. Did you know that container volume is measured in TEUs? A TEU is one 20\u2019 container. So that crane is carrying 4 TEUs. 40\u2019 containers are called FEUs and represent 2 TEUs\ud83c\udfa5Michel van Lier <a href=\\"https://t.co/hwOXS3AisO\\">pic.twitter.com/hwOXS3AisO</a></p>— Dooner \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f\ud83c\udd71\ufe0f (@TimothyDooner) <a href=\\"https://twitter.com/TimothyDooner/status/1617340092674080768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\">January 23, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\" charset=\\"utf-8\\"><\/script>\\n\\n- Fr8 Stock Photo of the Week\\n\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udc64 Contact \ud83d\udc64\\n\\nWe want to hear from you!\\n\\nEmail me at [email protected]\\n\\nFind us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/lostfr8_)"},{"id":"week-two","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/week-two","source":"@site/blog/2023-1-15-week2.md","title":"Week of 1/8/23 Recap","description":"Hey there,","date":"2023-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"January 15, 2023","tags":[{"label":"weekly","permalink":"/blog/tags/weekly"}],"readingTime":2.17,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"week-two","title":"Week of 1/8/23 Recap","authors":["reed"],"tags":["weekly"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Week of 1/15/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-three"},"nextItem":{"title":"Week of 1/1/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-one"}},"content":"Hey there,\\n\\nWelcome to the second LOST FR8 weekly recap. This week didn\'t see any progress in terms of new customers. But it was the first full week of use from our first customer and we have a lot to be happy about.\\n\\nLet\'s get started.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \u23ea Last Week \u23ea\\n\\n#### Goals\\n\\
1n#### - 5 customers\\n\\n\u274c We still have 2\\n\\n#### - 2 blog posts\\n\\n\u274c Didn\'t do this again.\\n\\n#### Takeaways\\n\\n- Despite not reaching these goals, I think this week was a success. Our first customer got a solid week\'s use under their belt. We quickly patched the bugs that appeared and responded quickly to feedback.\\n\\n- Our customer\'s brokers \'get it\' without explanation. We got in contact with a handful of them. They had positive things to say about the site. We were pleased they quickly saw the value in having access to our customer\'s real time capacity.\\n\\n- Our customer had more loads offered to them\\n\\n- Just write. Being a solid writer is insanely underrated. The ability to clearly and succinctly articulate ideas is a super power. I have a list of ideas for blog posts, I just need to get the show on the road.\\n\\n#### Feedback/Fixes\\n\\n- Date issues\\n\\nWe had numerous bugs surrounding incorrect dates showing up on the capacity board on the profile. We made some adjustments to the way we were storing dates in our database and the issue seems to have been fixed.\\n\\n- Full equipment type names on hover\\n\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \u23e9 This Week \u23e9\\n\\n#### Goals\\n\\n- 1 new customer\\n- 1 blog post\\n- Teams (new feature)\\n\\nAt this state, we gotta just keep it simple. Small, incremental progress is the name of the game at this point. The focus is on getting customers on who are willing to help us work through bugs/kinks so that when more come onboard we have smoothed out the rough edges.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udd17 Links \ud83d\udd17\\n\\n- [Carrier website of the week Eco, Inc - Elkhorn, WI](http://eco-inc.com/)\\n\\n- [Tweet of the week](https://twitter.com/wesharman/status/1614076269368336384)\\n\\n<blockquote class=\\"twitter-tweet\\"><p lang=\\"en\\" dir=\\"ltr\\">A little late but Campaign #14 is in the books (and has been for 3 days while I convalesce). Went all the hell over everywhere this time, delayed only by the Enormo-Storm of Christmas week (that had me shut down 4d in the Siberian prefectures of Iowa & Minnesota).<a href=\\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/TruckerLife?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\">#TruckerLife</a> <a href=\\"https://t.co/Es7dUnoSPd\\">pic.twitter.com/Es7dUnoSPd</a></p>— Wes Harman (@wesharman) <a href=\\"https://twitter.com/wesharman/status/1614076269368336384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\">January 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\" charset=\\"utf-8\\"><\/script>\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udc64 Contact \ud83d\udc64\\n\\nWe want to hear from you\\n\\nemail me at [email protected]\\n\\nfind us on [twitter](https://twitter.com/lostfr8_)"},{"id":"week-one","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/week-one","source":"@site/blog/2023-1-8-week1.md","title":"Week of 1/1/23 Recap","description":"Hey there,","date":"2023-01-08T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"January 8, 2023","tags":[{"label":"weekly","permalink":"/blog/tags/weekly"}],"readingTime":1.51,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"week-one","title":"Week of 1/1/23 Recap","authors":["reed"],"tags":["weekly"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Week of 1/8/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-two"},"nextItem":{"title":"PLAN FOR THE BLOG GOING FORWARD","permalink":"/blog/plan"}},"content":"Hey there,\\n\\nWelcome to the first weekly recap. I\'ll use this spot to take a look at the previous week, detail some of what worked, a bit of what didn\'t. Then I\'ll take a look at the week ahead set some goals.\\n\\nLet\'s get started.\\n\\n## \u23ea Last Week \u23ea\\n\\n#### Goals\\n\\n#### - 1 customer\\n\\n\u2705 We got 2.\\n\\n#### - 1 blog post\\n\\n\u274c I neglected to write one. I\'ll write 2 this week.\\n\\n#### Takeaways\\n\\nHappy with the week. Excited to have gotten our first customer, it took nearly the entire week!\\n\\nWe quickly got feedback on the setup process and the initial profile creation process. We made some tweaks already based on this feedback.\\n\\n#### Feedback\\n\\n- Add \'anywhere\' destination\\n\\nCarriers don\'t always have a specific destination in mind. We updated the capacity board to accomodate putt
1ing \'anywhere\' for a destination. Previously we had been requiring a destination city.\\n\\n## \u23e9 This Week \u23e9\\n\\n#### Goals\\n\\n- 5 customers\\n- 2 blog posts\\n\\nGoing to be more of the same, just pound the pavement get & get in front of carriers. Additionally we\'ll be frequently following up with our current customers to see how things are going, what makes sense, what doesn\'t, etc.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udd17 Links \ud83d\udd17\\n\\n- This week I appeared on the Lombard Trucking Podcast. [Check it out here](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3NmUdEGj85GZhBJroBtSxk?si=58b300b4b2f54769)\\n\\n- Tweet of the week (click link to see video)\\n\\n<blockquote class=\\"twitter-tweet\\"><p lang=\\"en\\" dir=\\"ltr\\">Going through Chicago a probably like 2 months ago, not a lot of people can talk like this guy. You can tell he\u2019s been driving since the age of 15 \ud83d\ude06 <a href=\\"https://t.co/iMfvjEM3Bj\\">pic.twitter.com/iMfvjEM3Bj</a></p>— eighty two (@haulin_cowmobil) <a href=\\"https://twitter.com/haulin_cowmobil/status/1611231755234643968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\">January 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\" charset=\\"utf-8\\"><\/script>\\n\\n---\\n\\n## \ud83d\udc64 Contact \ud83d\udc64\\n\\nWe want to hear from you\\n\\nemail me at [email protected]\\n\\nfind us on [twitter](https://twitter.com/lostfr8_)"},{"id":"plan","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/plan","source":"@site/blog/2023-1-7-plan.md","title":"PLAN FOR THE BLOG GOING FORWARD","description":"Alright, so here\'s the plan going forward.","date":"2023-01-07T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"January 7, 2023","tags":[{"label":"plan","permalink":"/blog/tags/plan"},{"label":"goals","permalink":"/blog/tags/goals"}],"readingTime":0.825,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"plan","title":"PLAN FOR THE BLOG GOING FORWARD","authors":["reed"],"tags":["plan","goals"]},"prevItem":{"title":"Week of 1/1/23 Recap","permalink":"/blog/week-one"},"nextItem":{"title":"START HERE","permalink":"/blog/welcome"}},"content":"Alright, so here\'s the plan going forward.\\n\\nThe blog is going to follow a weekly schedule containing a few different types of posts. The types are subject to change with time.\\n\\nTypes include:\\n\\n- Weekly Recap\\n- Standalone post\\n\\n## Weekly Recap & Look Ahead\\n\\nIn the weekly recap, I\'ll take a look at the previous week and discuss what worked, what didn\'t, what goals we hit, which ones we fell short on, etc. Then, I\'ll set goals for the following week. I\'ll also likely sprinkle in some random thoughts, a favorite tweet, something like that.\\n\\n## Standalone post\\n\\nIn standalone posts, I\'ll write about whatever makes sense. I could write about an article I read, about some new feature we\'re thinking about, a conversation I had with a driver, etc.\\n\\n---\\n\\n## NO NONSENSE\\n\\nMy intention for this is to have as little nonsense as possible.\\n\\nAs always, if you want to let me know what you think, you can reach me at [email protected]"},{"id":"welcome","metadata":{"permalink":"/blog/welcome","source":"@site/blog/2022-12-15-welcome.md","title":"START HERE","description":"Carriers,","date":"2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","formattedDate":"December 15, 2022","tags":[{"label":"welcome","permalink":"/blog/tags/welcome"}],"readingTime":1.225,"hasTruncateMarker":false,"authors":[{"name":"Reed Loustalot","title":"Co-Founder","url":"https://twitter.com/lostisreed","imageURL":"https://i.imgur.com/7mXc1qi.jpg","key":"reed"}],"frontMatter":{"slug":"welcome","title":"START HERE","authors":["reed"],"tags":["welcome"]},"prevItem":{"title":"PLAN FOR THE BLOG GOING FORWARD","permalink":"/blog/plan"}},"content":"**Carriers**,\\n\\nHow do you communicate your available capacity to your broker and shipper partners?\\n\\nDo you send a truck list via email? Do you send and receive texts, gchats, telegrams, or phone calls countless times a day to/from endless amounts of people just in order to share where you have cap?\\n\\nDo you want a better, more efficient way?\\n\\nIf so, LOST FR8 is for you.\\n\\nLOST FR8 makes it dead simple to centralize your capacity in one place and broadcast it to your current and potential partners.\\n\\nCreate a user account, then create a carrier profile with your DOT number. Enter your company info including your contacts and equipment info, then build your capacity board and keep it up to date with your current capacity availability.\\n\\nThe end result is a clean, public-facing webpage that houses your realtime capacity. Send your profile link to your broker / shipper partners. They now have an easy to access place to view your latest capacity in realtime, without even having to refresh the page!\\n\\
1nOur desire is to build future features based on feedback from our carrier customers. If you have any feedback or ideas, drop me an email at [email protected]. We also have a discord channel that you can join and chat with us.\\n\\n---\\n\\n[Click here to read our simple guide to get started](/docs/user-guide)\\n\\nor\\n\\n[If you wanna just jump in, click here to create a user account](https://www.lostfr8.com/?signup=1)\\n\\n---\\n\\n[Check out our FAQ](/docs/faq)\\n\\n[DEMO VIDEO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_h0ywu6tK0&ab_channel=LOSTFR8)"}]}')}}]);
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