Getting Recruiting and Marketing In the Same Boat, On the Same Page
In terms of day to day function, recruiting and marketing might seem, at best, like distant cousins. You have your recruiters over here doing their thing, working the phones, poring over apps and trying to get drivers in the door. Meanwhile in the other silo office quadrant, your marketers are busy building brands and blasting […]
3 Ways to Show Drivers You Care
Driver retention and recruiting are unconditionally linked. If your retention is up, you don’t have to fight to keep your fleet on the road. Instead, you can focus on recruiting more drivers to meet an increased demand for freight volume. The value of driver retention programs can’t be overlooked as recruiting incentives either. Every incentive […]
Can You Hire Truck Drivers At Trade Shows?
If you’re a driver recruiter, it’s easy to get focused on deliverables. You’re under a lot of pressure, and people are looking at you to help your fleet keep moving freight. It’s critical to be able to provide proven results to management and executives. Events, however, often seem like a channel which lack measurable results. […]
5 Ways Randall-Reilly Can Help You Get Noticed By Truck Drivers
Common Scenario: A driver sits at his computer with the intention of finding a possible job opportunity. He tries a few new sites but doesn’t go as deep into his hunt as he wants to because he isn’t sure exactly where to look. What if he didn’t have to look hard? What if your ads […]
The Top 4 Channels for Distributing Your Driver Recruiting Content
In today’s driver recruiting marketplace, fleets need drivers and they need them now. It’s a tough marketplace, but you already know that. What you want to know is where can you find a competitive edge. One underutilized tools, for driver recruiters is content marketing. It’s one of the best ways for fleets to engage drivers […]
Driver Recruiting 101: The Key to Timely Recruiting
In driver recruiting, timeliness is everything. It’s the difference between a driver recruiter getting the new hires they need to get trucks back on the road, and increasing their cost-per-hire exponentially. As a driver recruiter, you need to reach the right driver with the right message at the right time. If you can do that, […]
4 Key Lessons from the 2015 Super Bowl Ads
With yesterday’s game finally over, we can focus on what really matters. Move over deflate gate, we’re here to talk about the Super Bowl ads. They draw the biggest brands, millions of viewers, and billions of dollars in ad revenue. These ads are special. Not only do they represent some of the best creative work […]
Opinion: General Trends Don’t Tell the Whole Story
General trends are the worst. While they seem to tell you everything you need to know, they actually tell you very little. But that’s counterintuitive, right? How can a general trend tell you nothing? It’s simple. A trend tells you general information about larger populations and industries. As a trucking industry professional, you don’t need […]
Marketing to Owner-Operators: Don’t Forget the Internet!
As you are seeing part 3, I hope you have been following the series. If not you can catch up with the previous 2 articles here and here. You can also take a look at the 23 Ways to Hyper Target Owner-Operators slideshow, which is full of great information and can help get you up […]
Construction Equipment Consumption up 6% in September
In September, consumption of new construction equipment increased 6.4% compared to September 2013. Additionally, in 2014 sales are up 21.8% year-over-year. As a result, equipment consumption is now 70.4% of the peak September volume set in 2005. And for the first time since 2007, equipment sales are above the September 10 year average. To view more national […]
