Anybody else part of a networking group that meets in person? Local Traffic of transportation club? Chamber of Commerce? Marketing and Sales social Groups? Do you find good value in Networking with fellow professionals in person?

13 years in business and we just had our slowest January in 10 years. What would you think is the biggest determinant of this? The Economy, Politics, Consumer Spending? No matter where I look business is down. We didn’t lose accounts but the ones we have are slower. The rate of adding new clients has declined. It’s not just local or in any one service type. (First, Middle, Final mile/Warehousing/Crating/Cross Dock) There is a general decline in freight starting this year at all locations across all segments in all verticals. Historically January has always been great for us. Anybody got the answer?

➡️ They're boring and sound just like everyone else. Here are 3 of the worst sales pitches for freight brokers and carriers for that matter! 1. "Hey Joe we have trucks in your area and I wanted to touch base and see if we can help you move any of your freight?" 2. "Hey Joe I am a freight broker and have access to a network of over 5,000 trucks. I was wondering if we quote you on some of your lanes?" 3. "Hey Joe I am freight broker and I can save you money on your full truckload freight. I was wondering if I could quote you on some of your lanes?" I'd say that most brokers/agents use some version of these very bad and outdated scripts. Shippers have heard this crap for years and are sick of freight jockeys. All you are doing with these terrible scripts is TRIGGERING a negative response once they recognize speech pattern and cadence. This NEGATIVE response if very difficult to overcome. Impossible in most cases! Shippers don't want to talk to salespeople, but they are happy to talk to freight experts. Fact, is you only have 5-10 seconds or less to get your pospect's attention. For god sake, please ditch those old dusty 1980's sales scripts. When you sound like everyone else, don't be shocked when you get treated like everyone else. BE DIFFERENT!!! Any and all feedback, questions welcomed. 😎🍻

Hello community members of this space I'm Kyle Joshua and I'm currently new to this community I hope it worth it though....

Howdy All! Thanks to Steven for the invite and thanks to Pedro Potato (Robert) and Hunter for the Logistics Lounge collaborating with the Supply Chain Social Club on Late Night Freight - an ongoing virtual networking series for folks interested in connecting and learning. We've seen a lot of success with our Warehouse After Dark series focused on the inside of the building. Now we're getting on the road to see how it got there. Our first event was Jan 21 and we're planned to keep things going with our second on Feb 18. Stay tuned to our LinkedIn page for when registration opens. https://www.linkedin.com/company/supply-chain-social/ The platform we use is called REMO and unfortunately does not work well on mobile devices, especially on smaller screens. The bigger the screen the more of the networking floor that's visible. We have other events starting up in International Trade and Compliance, Revenue Generation, and Procurement/Purchasing.