3PL Live

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with the VP of Business Development at the freight brokerage Rocketshipping. Steeke speaks about some of the pros and cons of using freight brokerages. It's usually not a binary decision.  There's room for value freight brokerages to add valued added services such as support, claims, and technology.   We hope you enjoy this episode.&n...

In this episode of 3PL Live, Jeremy Thone interviews digital entrepreneur Nathan Vaughn from Systemized Wealth.  In the interview, we discuss how a humble beginning with a simple tech stack allowed him to build up his clientele and eventually lead them toward financial partnerships, which has been vital for him in growing financially successful as well. Vaughn shares how he landed one client...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with Mariya Spektor, a social media expert that writes content that reaches up to 75k impressions on a post. Spektor speaks about storytelling, the hero's journey, copywriting, and her LinkedIn strategy for building an audience.  We hope you enjoy this episode!  3PL Systems Team

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with Co-Founder of Cargo Chief Chris Arredondo about all things Digital Freight Matching.  Arredondo speaks of the early days of parcing truckload capacity emails into useful lists to call for capacity. Now, matching freight with carriers is done through machine learning and AI algorithms.  We hope you enjoy the conversation. 3PL Syst...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone interviews Jesse Taylor, an AE at Parade.ai.  Parade makes capacity management software to digitally freight match (DFM) truckload capacity.   Taylor explains that Parade does digital freight matching based on 21 data signals. The signals help to "match" freight and rely less on the mental Rolodexes.  Parade also does carrier outreach t...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone interviews Robert Light, the Founder and CEO of CarrierSource.  Light worked at G2 reviews, which collects crowdsourced peer-reviewed information about software products. CarrierSource is building a Yelp-like review for full truckload carriers to better aid the transportation industry with more data about the fragmented truckload market.   T...

In this episode of 3PL Live, Jeremy Thone speaks with Jane Kisnica about personal branding on LinkedIn. Kisnica used LinkedIn to build a following and a client base to do freelance graphic design work. We discussed strategies Jane used to grow her online business, such as engaging in the comments section and writing content about graphic design and mental health. 3PL Systems Team

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone interviews supply chain entrepreneur Austin Kreinz of Atomix Logistics.  Kreinz bootstrapped Atomix warehouse space with the Micro-Pod platform.   The company focuses on personalized customer support through slack. We speak about minimum viable products, software his team is building, and some of his go-to-market strategies.   We h...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with sales trainer Red Stafstrom. Stafstrom runs a company called Broken Sales People, where he teaches introverts to be more effective at selling.   We get into social selling strategies, cold calling, personal branding, and what makes someone introverted or extroverted.   We hope you enjoy it! 3PL Systems Team

A new 3PL Live episode is out now with Samantha Jones, VP of Revenue at Rocket Shipping.  Jones started exploring posting content on Linkedin doing market updates and video selling.  Video selling is working well as an alternative to cold calling.   We explore some of these modern sales techniques in this episode.  We hope you enjoy it. 3PL Systems Team

In this episode of 3PL Live, Jeremy Thone speaks with artist Gil Nevo about landing a role as an animator on South Park for ten seasons. Nevo owns a branding agency called SuperBrand, where his team helps emerging technologies with their brand voice and identity.  We get into what makes good branding, psychology, flow, surfing, and a bit of spirituality.  We hope you enjoy this episode....

In this interview, host Jeremy Thone of 3PL Live interviews MinterEllisonRuddWatts, a lawyer from New Zealand. The two speak about what brings value to money, the design behind Bitcoin, and the potential uses of NFTs for architects to sell homes through NFTs. We hope you enjoy this episode. 3PL Systems Team

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with Whitney Johnson Cowell about all things digital marketing.  Cowell worked at FreightWaves and found a new opportunity with KCH Transportation to build a content platform for the brokerage. We discuss some tech stacks she uses, such as Semrush to build a keyword matrix for blog posts.   We hope you enjoy this episode. 3PL Systems...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with Greg Hilsenrath of Wavedancer, a blockchain consultant.   Hilsenrath gives us the lay of the crypto land, including the difference between crypto and a blockchain.   We also relate the current crypto crash to the dot-com bubble in the late 90s. Thanks for listening, and we hope you enjoy this episode. 3PL Systems 

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone interviews Dan Hellmann, Chief Sales Officer (CSO)  at Hubtek.  Hubtek is a freight tech company and near-shoring freight staffing services in South America.  Hellman speaks about some of the freight automation Hubtek specializes in that mimics the clicks a human would do through robotic process automation. Most repetitive tasks can be...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with Tannon Pedersen about the ins and outs of small parcels. Pedersen is the Director of Channel Partnerships for eHuB, a technology provider of discounted rates with USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL.   3PL Systems recently integrated with their API and offered discounted rates without a negotiated service agreement. Pedersen educates us on...

Copywriting is an art form; in this episode of 3PL live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with Brittany Mayo about brand identity, removing jargon, and making presentation decks that flow.   Mayo specializes explicitly in writing content for SaaS tech companies and also freight tech.   We hope you enjoy this episode. 3PL Systems Team

This episode is for you if you're into live streaming, digital marketing, and building communities! In this episode, host Jeremy Thone interviews Theresa Eatherly of Beast Node about building a digital presence.   Eatherly works for a company called the Beast Node, and they handle the backend live stream tech portion for a popular show in the supply chain.  Beast Node will book the guest...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with Dr. Salvatore Mercogliano, a maven in all things global shipping.  Mercogliano runs a YouTube channel with 45,000 subscribers, which took off after speaking on the BBC about the Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal.  We speak about how we ended up in a truly global supply chain through containerization and larger ships, driving uni...

Matthew Leffler, the armchair attorney, keeps us all out of trouble.  The enjoyable interview below is about the post-employment restrictive covenants. Leffler also speaks about some issues drivers face, such as being unable to use restrooms, unsafe parking, and high turnover.  Not many people are willing to be away from home for 250 days a year unless they're making a nice living. &nbsp...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with Levar Patton of Trucking Empire.     Patton cut his teeth going to dispatch school and approaching trucking companies to outsource finding loads. Patton decided to start a collaboration tool to connect mentors with students new to the trucking industry.  Regarding entrepreneurship, Patton mentioned that he would in...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with entrepreneur Josh Harshman about freight technology in the supply chain. Harshman CoFounded PLP Logistics after being a sales rep at a notable freight brokerage.  He worked with several transportation management software providers, including 3PL Systems and MercuryGate, so he shares some insights on what to look for when sourcing soft...

Outbound sales processes are one the most challenging disciplines to master.   In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with CEO Joel Graber from Modern Outbound about outbound sales.   Many startups hire Graber to engineer an outbound sales engine for the top-of-the-funnel sales.   We do a bit of an outbound masterclass in this episode to copy, tech stack, an...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with Connor Miller of ArdentX about struggles with mental health to running a 130 million dollar freight brokerage.   Miller learned to create a very collaborative environment after partnering with his father in the business and seeking therapy with his dad.  ArdentX offers treatment to its employees because of its impact on communica...

In this episode of 3PL Live, host Jeremy Thone speaks with "The Dude," Michael Vincent from What the Truck podcast on FreightWaves.  Dooner asked Vincent what movie was better, Frozen Two or Frozen Two? The two argued for 45 minutes about which Disney movie was better, and they knew the show would be good entertainment.   We also talk about the freight recession looming, Sonar, and a pas...