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Watch GlobalTranz on YouTube

While YouTube is known as a place for amateur movies, viral videos, and humorous video clips, it is also an effective marketing tool. GlobalTranz's ongoing marketing campaign on a dedicated YouTube channel allows millions to view our software and services through an internationally recognized networking outlet.

The GlobalTranz YouTube channel offers several training and informational videos of our services. Executive VP Michael Leto discuses GlobalTranz’s strategy as an industry leader and provides insight into our proprietary software, CarrierRate.com. Viewers can see a step-by-step introduction to CarrierRate.com and how it can revitalize the way companies handle their supply chain, LTL, and full truckload shipping needs. Viewers can also see what our current Agents are saying about the Agent Program at GlobalTranz – a nationwide network of highly skilled industry professionals that offer GlobalTranz services to businesses across the country.

By visiting the GlobalTranz YouTube channel, you will witness firsthand the many reasons for the tremendous growth GlobalTranz has experienced over the years. CarrierRate.com allows customers to shop for carriers that have the lowest rates, best transit times, and other specific preferences with just a few clicks of the computer mouse. Customers not only get an easy way to find the best service and cost-effective modes of transporting their products from point A to B.

The videos found on the channel can also be found at the company website. On the Agent Program tab, one can learn more about the Agent Network, the advantages of becoming a freight agent at GlobalTranz, and the next steps in partnering with us. By clicking the Quick Demo tab, customers and potential Agents will be able to view the introductory tour of CarrierRate.

With a projected 0 million in revenue this year, GlobalTranz is making a name for itself and we’re proud to be using YouTube.com to show why we are a market leader in the logistics industry.

GlobalTranz on LinkedIn

LinkedIn is widely known for its professional pairing of individuals and companies looking to upgrade their business and business-social marketing potential. With this in mind, GlobalTranz would like to invite you to join us on LinkedIn to catch up on company news and related activities. LinkedIn joins individuals with similar interests together in a professional capacity to build and enhance professional relationships while keeping up on the latest news.

LinkedIn is an excellent source for information to learn about company transitions and personnel changes such as new hires and recent promotions within various companies. LinkedIn will suggest people to invite into your network and it is an effective way to reacquaint oneself with existing work relationships.

This network has an added feature of notifying your contacts via email when an associate on LinkedIn has updated their contact information. In effect, it can serve as a computerized Rolodex for those in this industry, which tends to experience a great deal of change.

Join GlobalTranz on LinkedIn to find out more about our software solutions for the transportation industry and acquaint yourself with members of our company. For those with a professional interest in LTL, truckload, or supply chain and warehouse management issues, this can be a wonderful corporate networking source. Ranging from the company owner to independent agents, you will find individuals to link up with for business building purposes.

To follow GlobalTranz on LinkedIn, simply go to LinkedIn, click on ‘Companies’ and locate GlobalTranz. Click on ‘Follow’ and enjoy regular updates and information about our network.

Why Social Media?

Social media is defined as media for social interaction. To be most effective it should be easily accessible and variable in its distribution. Currently, social media is all web-based and the platforms allow communication among people to become interactive dialogues. Dialogues specifically take the form of user-generated content, which may be created and exchanged with web-based technologies. Businesses may involve themselves in social media as well and commonly refer to it as consumer-generated media (CGM). Although businesses may participate in social media, social media remains distinct from industrial media.

Industrial media, or traditional media, require significant resources to utilize on average and is the main distinguishing factor from social media. Examples of industrial media are print media (like newspapers or newsletters), television and motion pictures. Social media, on the other hand, is relatively inexpensive and easy to access and publish information. Although for social media to be effective, you need time and marketing skills, just like you do for traditional media.

Social media has several key advantages over industrial media besides cost efficiency. The lag time of communication distribution of industrial media is usually longer than social media distribution. Social media distribution is often instantaneous, although it may depend on the participant’s delay in response. Days or weeks may easily pass while industrial media is distributed, due to time required to complete printing, delivering or filming processes. Industrial media usually demands specialized skills to create content, whereas social media typically requires common skills to produce content. Social media is easy to alter too, which can be a significant problem for industrial media such as articles printed in magazines.

Industrial media is quickly adopting many of social media’s tools and as they do, a new hybrid is being formed. We at GlobalTranz are proud to be apart of the social media world on many networks. We hope you join us soon!

Connect with GlobalTranz on Facebook

You can now easily stay up-to-date by connecting with GlobalTranz on Facebook! For those who may not have a Facebook account, Facebook is a social network site that has been ranked as the most used by monthly active users by Compete.com. In July of 2010, Facebook had over 500 million active users!

Once users create a personal profile, they can add other users as friends to send and receive messages and join common interest groups. Groups are commonly organized by interests, schools and businesses, but nearly any type of group may be created and actually have few limitations. Facebook users are able to interact in a variety of ways, including the "wall" on every user’s profile page. Friends are able to post messages on a user’s wall for them to see. Creating a Facebook account is free and available to anyone aged 13 years or older.

From a business perspective, GlobalTranz's presence on Facebook is extremely helpful. Since Facebook allows people to receive automatic notifications when information is added to a profile, disseminating important industry-related information is more efficient than ever before. From industry related news to user tips, users can easily keep abreast on valuable information from a trusted industry source. In addition, industry related communication is able to occur on Facebook both ways on a wide scale. Agents are able to interact and share business trends, tips and even pictures. Lastly, fans can learn more about the logistics and transportation industry's current events by receiving updates when information is updated.

Join us on Facebook today by becoming a fan of our page at Facebook.com/globaltranz.

Follow GlobalTranz on Twitter for Daily Logistics and Transportation Updates

If you are a logistics and transportation professional, you know the importance of keeping up to speed on the latest changes within the industry. In order to help you accomplish this goal, GlobalTranz keeps its followers informed on industry news, tips, updates and resources.

Perhaps you don't have time each day to surf the Internet to find the latest and greatest ideas to keep your logistics business ahead of the game. Instead, let GlobalTranz help you via a free Twitter account.

Twitter is a micro-blogging site which allows you to follow individuals, businesses and organizations that interest you most. You can engage with these groups by asking questions. It is free to join and is vastly becoming one of the Internets most popular information-sharing tools.

For logistics and transportation professionals, Twitter is becoming the best place to get daily updates and share information and best practices. Do you have a question on how to speed up operations on your loading dock? Perhaps you are wondering what new technologies are emerging to help improve business? No matter what your question, you will likely find it on Twitter. Follow us today and stay ahead of your competitors!

GlobalTranz Engages Agents Through Its Online Community

GlobalTranz has been working to bring up-to-date industry information and advice to the Agent Network. Through our quickly growing online presence, GlobalTranz hopes to engage with our Agent Owners and garner valuable feedback and learn how to grow our network to better serve our clients. If you are interested in learning more about GlobalTranz, the GlobalTranz Agent Network, or CarrierRate.com (our proprietary transportation management software), there are several online resources available, including GlobalTranz.com and our supplementary social media channels.

We hope you will connect with us today by becoming our fan on Facebook, following us on Twitter, subscribing to our channel on YouTube, or joining us on LinkedIn. These forums are designed to bring you the latest news and information on not only GlobalTranz, but emerging trends within the transportation and logistics industry. Feel free to connect with us as a resource to help grow your business.