Filling your freight sales funnel (with video)

This week Dooner and Hill are talking all about the funnel, the pipeline, the place where closers play. But what goes into making a good funnel? Leads, discipline, management, constant touch, and smart selling are all discussed. The guys are joined by Covenant Transports Vice President Benjamin Caplenor to talk carrier sales funnels. Plus, a look at our lead funnel survey conducted with over 200 freight sales professionals.

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Timothy Dooner

Dooner is an award-winning podcaster who hosts and produces FreightWaves' WHAT THE TRUCK?!? In under a year he helped build FreightCasts, the world’s largest logistics and supply chain podcast network in media. WTT is ranked in Apple Podcasts top-20 Business News podcasts. He also writes a newsletter of the same title with over 15k subscribers in the supply chain and trucking niche. Dooner has been in freight since 2005 and has held directors positions in operations, sales, consulting, and marketing. He has worked with FedEx, Reebok, Adidas, L.L. Bean, Hasbro, Louis Vuitton, and many more high level clients across the full spectrum of the supply chain. He was a featured speaker at TEDx Chattanooga.