The Jacksonville Podcasters Unite is a group that (pre-COVID) used to hold quarterly meetups in the North Florida area to talk about podcasting strategies for everyone from newbies to veterans. 

Since we haven’t been able to meet up in a while, my co-founder and I, Badr Milligan of The Short Box Podcast, held our first virtual meetup to talk about the current state of podcasting. 

Whether it’s the types of formats that make successful podcasts shine or how Spotify, Apple, and Facebook are releasing new features that may change the audio game, we’re breaking it down so all podcasters, whether you’re Florida based or not, can get a good grasp on everything going on. 

Panelists include: 

• Alban Brooke: Head of Marketing over at Buzzsprout
• Gary Spurgeon: Owner at Studio Podcast Suites
• Blythe Brumleve: JPU co-founder, Digital Dispatch owner and Cyberly host
• Badr Milligan: JPU co-founder and host at The Shortbox Podcast

Join the Jax Podcasters Unite Facebook Group

Feedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interviews powered by SPI Logistics to hear from the company's agents on how they took the entrepreneurial leap.

Shipium is the ML-powered shipping platform built by the executives that created Amazon's supply chain technology. They help 3PL & retail leaders like Stord, Ryder, and Saks Off 5th to reduce shipping costs by an average of 12% while improving on-time delivery.

CargoRex is the logistics industry’s go-to search platform—connecting you with the right tools, services, events, and creators to explore, discover, and evolve.

Digital Dispatch manages and maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers.

Shay Lynn Dixon is the CEO of Allegiant Logistics and the first guest on my new Freightwaves show, Cyberly. 

In this episode, I’m sharing three of my favorite moments from our recent chat and if you dig it, check out the links below to listen or watch the full episode as well as follow Shay on social media. 

Check out the full episode: 

• YouTube
• Podcast

Links from the show:

• Follow Shay on Instagram
• Connect with Shay on Linkedin
• Learn more about why you should develop your processes before you invest in new tech

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Where to Find Digital Dispatch & Blythe:  

• Linkedin
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• TikTok
• Digital Dispatch website

 

Got something to say?

Have a topic you'd like to see covered? Or a guest you want to hear on the show? Fill out the tip submission form on the Digital Dispatch website. 

Feedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interviews powered by SPI Logistics to hear from the company's agents on how they took the entrepreneurial leap.

Shipium is the ML-powered shipping platform built by the executives that created Amazon's supply chain technology. They help 3PL & retail leaders like Stord, Ryder, and Saks Off 5th to reduce shipping costs by an average of 12% while improving on-time delivery.

CargoRex is the logistics industry’s go-to search platform—connecting you with the right tools, services, events, and creators to explore, discover, and evolve.

Digital Dispatch manages and maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers.

When you’re given a new opportunity, you should give yourself permission to adjust to that new opportunity without being too hard on yourself. 

That’s what I’ve been struggling with ever since I started as a brand new host on Freightwaves TV with a live show called Cyberly. 

But after a few weeks in and trying to combat my perfectionist nature, I feel like I’m starting to hit a good groove. So in this show, I’m breaking down what you can expect on this podcast moving forward plus an interview on What the Truck?!? breaking down what the new show is all about. 

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Where to Find Digital Dispatch & Blythe:  

• Linkedin
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• TikTok
• Digital Dispatch website

Got something to say?

Have a topic you'd like to see covered? Or a guest you want to hear on the show? Fill out the tip submission form on the Digital Dispatch website. 

Feedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interviews powered by SPI Logistics to hear from the company's agents on how they took the entrepreneurial leap.

Shipium is the ML-powered shipping platform built by the executives that created Amazon's supply chain technology. They help 3PL & retail leaders like Stord, Ryder, and Saks Off 5th to reduce shipping costs by an average of 12% while improving on-time delivery.

CargoRex is the logistics industry’s go-to search platform—connecting you with the right tools, services, events, and creators to explore, discover, and evolve.

Digital Dispatch manages and maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers.

It’s a common internal rivalry no matter the industry but the companies who are building for the long haul recognize these two super teams are much more powerful when they come together to tackle one thing: solve the problems of their audience. 

SONAR sales rep Kyle Taylor is back with me to discuss the perks and annoyances between each side in order to help the overall goals of the organization. 

What you’ll learn in this episode: 

• Trusting the marketing department to be effective short term and long term
• Why sales teams should get into the content game
• Outdated strategies that gotta go
• Favorite (and least favorite) marketing tactics
• How Google gets more credit than it deserves

Links from the show: 

• Kyle’s previous appearance on the pod plus a link to his own podcast, Real Sales. 
• The Ladies Leadership Coalition has launched~read all about my involvement and what we hope to achieve here.  Be sure to also follow the group on Linkedin!
• The Digital Dispatch pod was recently ranked #11 out of FeedSpot’s Top 30 Freight Podcasts. 
• Host Blythe Brumleve was named as “Top 7 Inspiring B2B Women to Follow on LinkedIn”
• Watch the first Cyberly episode on YouTube

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Where to Find Digital Dispatch & Blythe:  

• Linkedin
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• TikTok
• Digital Dispatch website

Got something to say?

Have a topic

Feedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interviews powered by SPI Logistics to hear from the company's agents on how they took the entrepreneurial leap.

Shipium is the ML-powered shipping platform built by the executives that created Amazon's supply chain technology. They help 3PL & retail leaders like Stord, Ryder, and Saks Off 5th to reduce shipping costs by an average of 12% while improving on-time delivery.

CargoRex is the logistics industry’s go-to search platform—connecting you with the right tools, services, events, and creators to explore, discover, and evolve.

Digital Dispatch manages and maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers.

You know him as “Dooner” and probably have heard his name mentioned in some form or fashion amongst logistics media as a whole. And that’s because he’s been pulling a traditionally “boring” industry into the mainstream with his coverage on one of the top business podcasts in Apple~What the Truck?!?

To produce great content you have to be inherently curious at a deep personal level. And then apply that curiosity every day while staying on top of the latest news. Dooner excels at both of these things so it’s not surprising that in just a few years since joining the Freightwaves team, he dominates for every show where he sits down with a microphone. 

I finally got a chance to get Dooner on the pod and he does not disappoint. Here are some things you’ll learn in this episode: 

• How he set up an interview with Freightwaves CEO and founder Craig Fuller in hopes it would eventually lead to a job offer (spoiler alert: it did)
• How his experience as a customer, broker, sales, and marketing director helps his perspective when he’s covering the logistics industry 
• Why curiosity is his superpower
• Out of more than 500+ interviews, learn who is his favorite interview to date (hint: it’s out of this world)
• Where he gets his content inspiration 
• And on a serious note, how being open with his alcohol addiction has helped so many folks in private deal with their own struggles.  

Links from the show: 

• Dooner’s Twitter
• Dooner’s Linkedin
• What the Truck?!? Podcast
• What the Truck?!? Newsletter
• Register for F3

Not mentioned in the show but still pretty rad: 

• The Ladies Leadership Coalition has launched~read all about my involvement and what we hope to achieve here.  Be sure to also follow the group on Linkedin!
• The Digital Dispatch pod was recently ranked #11 out of FeedSpot’s Top 30 Freight Podcasts. 

Feedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interviews powered by SPI Logistics to hear from the company's agents on how they took the entrepreneurial leap.

Shipium is the ML-powered shipping platform built by the executives that created Amazon's supply chain technology. They help 3PL & retail leaders like Stord, Ryder, and Saks Off 5th to reduce shipping costs by an average of 12% while improving on-time delivery.

CargoRex is the logistics industry’s go-to search platform—connecting you with the right tools, services, events, and creators to explore, discover, and evolve.

Digital Dispatch manages and maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers.

I’ve been a podcaster since 2014 but when I launched a new show in November of 2020—I took some very different steps after years of in~the~trenches knowledge. 

Check out everything I learned and the strategy behind these decisions so it can help you along your podcasting journey. 

Things You’ll Learn In This Episode: 

• Finding the content you already got
• Uploading strategically before sharing with friends and family
• Submitting your podcast to all of the available (and free!) directories
• How to tell if a guest is a good fit for your audience
• The tools I use to record and edit my show
• Why clips for social media are so important

Links from the show: 

• Camtasia video/audio editing software
• Mecca tha Marvelous (custom beats/intro music for your show)
• Camtasia tutorials on YouTube
• Kaptioned video captioning app for iOS

Not mentioned in the show but still pretty rad: 

• The pod was recently ranked #11 out of FeedSpot’s Top 30 Freight Podcasts. 
• Host Blythe Brumleve was named as “Top 7 Inspiring B2B Women to Follow on LinkedIn”

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Where to Find Digital Dispatch & Blythe:  

• Linkedin
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• TikTok
• Digital Dispatch website

Got something to say?

Have a topic you'd like to see covered? Or a guest you want to hear on the show? Fill out the tip submission form on the Digital Dispatch website. 

Feedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interviews powered by SPI Logistics to hear from the company's agents on how they took the entrepreneurial leap.

Shipium is the ML-powered shipping platform built by the executives that created Amazon's supply chain technology. They help 3PL & retail leaders like Stord, Ryder, and Saks Off 5th to reduce shipping costs by an average of 12% while improving on-time delivery.

CargoRex is the logistics industry’s go-to search platform—connecting you with the right tools, services, events, and creators to explore, discover, and evolve.

Digital Dispatch manages and maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers.

The Attention Economy has always been powered by influencers but with new social media platforms giving the older ones a run for their money, we can start to see how that attention is evolving. 

In this show, I’m breaking down the latest storylines from the major players, which new sites you should be paying attention to, and how to leverage these moves in your business and marketing plans. 

All this plus Linkedin’s new Marketplaces platform, Google’s penalty to non-mobile websites, and a marketing tip from Chippendales dancers!

Links From The Show: 

• Linkedin’s Marketplaces to compete with Fiverr/Upwork
• Google Penalties Coming In May (from Transport Topics)
• Google’s 3rd Party Cookies Going Away 
• Snapchat Earnings Report
• Dispo: Instagram’s Newest Competitor 
• Gimlet’s new show: Welcome To Your Fantasy: Chippendales Story

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Where to Find Digital Dispatch & Blythe:  

• Linkedin
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• TikTok
• Digital Dispatch website

Digital marketing courses for the logistics industry:  Freight School Playbook 

Got something to say?

Have a topic you'd like to see covered? Or a guest you want to hear on the show? Fill out the tip submission form on the Digital Dispatch website. 

Feedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interviews powered by SPI Logistics to hear from the company's agents on how they took the entrepreneurial leap.

Shipium is the ML-powered shipping platform built by the executives that created Amazon's supply chain technology. They help 3PL & retail leaders like Stord, Ryder, and Saks Off 5th to reduce shipping costs by an average of 12% while improving on-time delivery.

CargoRex is the logistics industry’s go-to search platform—connecting you with the right tools, services, events, and creators to explore, discover, and evolve.

Digital Dispatch manages and maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers.

From the seasoned vet to the rookie--we all have experienced some kind of fear when it comes to our creative content. 

And it's perfectly natural. 

On this show, Kyle MacNaught of Freight+ and I discuss the top four fears when it comes to creating content and how to push through them. Doing so will have you on that pathway to success in helping your customers and leads better understand the value you can provide to them.

Links From The Show:

• How Freight Companies Can Build Their Own In-House Content Teams
• Logistics Companies and Influencers Crushing the Content Game
• Freightwaves Sales and Marketing Event

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Where to Find Digital Dispatch & Blythe:  

• Linkedin
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• TikTok
• Digital Dispatch website

Digital marketing courses for the logistics industry:  Freight School Playbook 

Got something to say?

Have a topic you'd like to see covered? Or a guest you want to hear on the show? Fill out the tip submission form on the Digital Dispatch website. 

Feedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interviews powered by SPI Logistics to hear from the company's agents on how they took the entrepreneurial leap.

Shipium is the ML-powered shipping platform built by the executives that created Amazon's supply chain technology. They help 3PL & retail leaders like Stord, Ryder, and Saks Off 5th to reduce shipping costs by an average of 12% while improving on-time delivery.

CargoRex is the logistics industry’s go-to search platform—connecting you with the right tools, services, events, and creators to explore, discover, and evolve.

Digital Dispatch manages and maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers.

Eric over at Specialized Logistics is like a lot of 3PLs--they launched a website within the last few years, shot a few videos, and even tried their hand at some social media advertising. 

But after spending more than $5,000, they honestly didn't see much from any of those efforts. And I can speak from personal experience that THAT feeling can be realllllllly demoralizing. 

Now flash forward a bit and Eric ended up reaching out to book a call with me, where we got to talk about: 

• Setting up your website flow before you invest in content or advertising
• Finding the time to create content and managing it within the daily business operations
• Tackling SEO even if you're not a big company
• How to know where to spend your marketing budget and efforts
• Brainstorming what to talk about on social media AKA where your audience is already hanging out

Listen in on my complimentary consulting call with Eric for this new AMA series as we address some of the struggles for 3PLs as they're looking to attract new customers, recruit drivers, and run their business without completely losing a good work/life balance.

SUBMIT YOUR AMA QUESTION→ https://digitaldispatch.io/podcast/


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Where to Find Digital Dispatch & Blythe:  

• Linkedin
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• TikTok
• Digital Dispatch website

Freight School Playbook Courses:

• Crafting Your Content Marketing Plan
• Managing Your Content Distribution Plan
• Creating an Internal Video or Podcast

Got something to say?

Have a topic you'd like to see covered? Or a

Feedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interviews powered by SPI Logistics to hear from the company's agents on how they took the entrepreneurial leap.

Shipium is the ML-powered shipping platform built by the executives that created Amazon's supply chain technology. They help 3PL & retail leaders like Stord, Ryder, and Saks Off 5th to reduce shipping costs by an average of 12% while improving on-time delivery.

CargoRex is the logistics industry’s go-to search platform—connecting you with the right tools, services, events, and creators to explore, discover, and evolve.

Digital Dispatch manages and maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers.

Aaron Dunn is the sales and marketing director for PDQ America and cohost for their popular 'Trucking for Millennials' podcast. As a former outsider turned insider, Aaron's journey into the trucking industry has been built on gathering a deep understanding of the audience he's trying to reach without attempting to sell them to death.

In fact, the popular podcast has been around for over a year now and rarely requests anything from its audience.

In this interview, Aaron explains why a brand-first approach is intentional on their part, the perceived ROI of podcasting, the power of the internet for freight sales, and avoiding the pre-post purgatory before publishing your own content.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• Balancing industry talk and watercooler conversations in your marketing
• Aaron's experience as a podcaster before he joined PDQ America
• Avoiding the pre-post purgatory of publishing new content
• How the Trucking for Millennials podcast got started
• How podcasting has affected the company's operations and elevated their internal staff
• The power of the internet and how it can help sales with their research
• Things Aaron hates: Linkedin post tagging, messenger bots

Where to Find Aaron's Work:

• Instagram
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Trucking for Millennials podcast
• Strong Com podcast

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Where to Find Digital Dispatch & Blythe:  

• Linkedin
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• TikTok
• Digital Dispatch website

Freight School Playbook Courses:

• Crafting Your Content Marketing Plan

Feedback? Ideas for a future episode? Shoot us a text here to let us know.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Are you experienced in freight sales or already an independent freight agent? Listen to our Freight Agent Trenches interviews powered by SPI Logistics to hear from the company's agents on how they took the entrepreneurial leap.

Shipium is the ML-powered shipping platform built by the executives that created Amazon's supply chain technology. They help 3PL & retail leaders like Stord, Ryder, and Saks Off 5th to reduce shipping costs by an average of 12% while improving on-time delivery.

CargoRex is the logistics industry’s go-to search platform—connecting you with the right tools, services, events, and creators to explore, discover, and evolve.

Digital Dispatch manages and maximizes your #1 sales tool with a website that establishes trust and builds rock-solid relationships with your leads and customers.