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· 2 min read
Reed Loustalot

Hey there,

Welcome 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.

Let's get started.

⏪ Last Week ⏪​

Goals​

- 1 customer​

✅ We got 2.

- 1 blog post​

❌ I neglected to write one. I'll write 2 this week.

Takeaways​

Happy with the week. Excited to have gotten our first customer, it took nearly the entire week!

We quickly got feedback on the setup process and the initial profile creation process. We made some tweaks already based on this feedback.

Feedback​

  • Add 'anywhere' destination

Carriers don't always have a specific destination in mind. We updated the capacity board to accomodate putting 'anywhere' for a destination. Previously we had been requiring a destination city.

⏩ This Week ⏩​

Goals​

  • 5 customers
  • 2 blog posts

Going 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.

🔗 Links 🔗​

  • This week I appeared on the Lombard Trucking Podcast. Check it out here

  • Tweet of the week (click link to see video)

👤 Contact 👤​

We want to hear from you

email me at reed@lostf8.com

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· One min read
Reed Loustalot

Alright, so here's the plan going forward.

The blog is going to follow a weekly schedule containing a few different types of posts. The types are subject to change with time.

Types include:

  • Weekly Recap
  • Standalone post

Weekly Recap & Look Ahead​

In 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.

Standalone post​

In 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.

NO NONSENSE​

My intention for this is to have as little nonsense as possible.

As always, if you want to let me know what you think, you can reach me at reed@lostfr8.com

· 2 min read
Reed Loustalot

Carriers,

How do you communicate your available capacity to your broker and shipper partners?

Do 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?

Do you want a better, more efficient way?

If so, LOST FR8 is for you.

LOST FR8 makes it dead simple to centralize your capacity in one place and broadcast it to your current and potential partners.

Create 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.

The 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!

Our 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 reed@lostfr8.com. We also have a discord channel that you can join and chat with us.

Click here to read our simple guide to get started

or

If you wanna just jump in, click here to create a user account

Check out our FAQ

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