Who says semi-trucks have to be big? In fact, they can be most effective when they’re quite small. Truckers have often found that promotional semi-trucks, or small-scale models of the trucks they drive, can be beneficial for marketing their business in the form of gifts and give away items.

Many offices and businesses give away pens, pads of paper, and other promotional items in order to help market their business, but these are often lost or thrown away. A promotional truck, on the other hand, is a wonderful way to show others that you’re out there and ready to transport their goods! Promotional trucks are perfect for children and truck lovers. They look great on bookcases, shelves, and windowsills.  Even if you don’t own a trucking business, emblazoning your business’ name on the side of a truck will get more people to look than if you get that name written on the side of a pen.

But for many business owners, getting promotional trucks has been impossible because the companies that manufacture these trucks want thousands before an order can even be processed. With promotionaltrucks.com, you’ll get the same great customer service whether you’re looking to buy one model truck or one million trucks!

Promotional Truck offers replica trucks that help you get your message across to your clients. Instead of handing out business cards with your information on them, give your clients a model-sized truck. According to Promotional Truck, this method of advertising is ultra effective because clients then have your information right in front of them on their desks or bookshelves.  Instead of fishing for a business card or looking through the Yellow Pages, all they have to do is pick up the phone, take a look at their promotional truck, and call.  Promotional trucks are also a great way to say thank you, a gift that will not only show you care but have clients, freight brokers, and even family members thinking of you.  Then you’ll get the calls the next time an opportunity comes up! In fact, Promotional Trucks even manufactures model-sized accident reconstructions to be used for the insurance company or in the courtroom.

So whether you’re looking to give a gift or to drum up your business, remember that semi-trucks don’t have to be big. You might get more results from a tiny semi on your client’s desk than a whole fleet driving down the road.

Using the Internet to Sell

I was thinking about how much I had purchased through the Internet last year. 100% of my holiday, birthday and special event shopping topped the list, but I also bought clothing, parts for my truck and a host of other items to include a video recorder and camera. I thought I was doing well by taking the geography component out of the purchasing equation.  I hate to travel all over the place in search of something when a few clicks will bring the info to me.  However, when I was talking to my neighbor about how easy it is, he said he knew already as he had purchased two cars in the last year over the Internet – one new – one used.   

Advertising and Internet positioning determine what gets seen and hence purchased by consumers.  Many people believe they must possess technology infrastructure to successfully sell, but that obstacle has been removed by companies such as eBay and many others that are specialized such as  TruckerToTrucker who has even carved out a very successful position.  One can simply post the item for sale and the potential buyer contacts the seller and the negotiation begins.  What makes it easy is that multiple pictures, product information and often even a seller history is quickly available to the consumer.   

I guess one could page through magazines or the newspaper to make a purchase, but space limits the availability of specific information, especially multiple pictures – I'm not sure I fully understand why selling occurs through paper offerings. The other advantage is that the offering is available throughout the world.  The truck parts I purchased recently came from Mexico.  I purchased utilizing the Internet  instead of my local parts dealer – all the tech specs were right in front of me and they were all OEM parts.  I guess I could have gone to my parts dealer, but it was so much easier sitting at home and all the info necessary was right in front of me.   

My neighbor told me he found the perfect car for his daughter and saved all kinds of time searching.  All he did was make one trip to confirm the automobile was as advertised as everything else was already known.  He had the check in his hand when he left and returned with a great used vehicle.   

I'm already searching for a good used truck – let me see what's available.  It might even be right here.

MHC TRUCK SOURCE in Kansas City Missouri has 8 matched 2008 T660's ready for sale;

http://www.truckertotrucker.com/details.cfm?action=ShowDetail&ClientID=0&recordID=fa928da7-1774-44b8-876d-fed2b09add08

Call today and find out how much off of new I can save you!!

Marc Hess

MHC Truck Source - Kansas City

866-312-5642

Could we make it any easier? If you're looking to buy a special truck, trailer or other piece of trucking equipment, you can place a free "Want to Buy" ad on Trucker to Trucker. Yep, that's right. "Want to Buy" ads are free!

Advertising on Trucker to Trucker can help dealers move their stock faster. A powerful supplement to your traditional sales efforts, Trucker to Trucker was built from the ground up to move inventories. By adding Trucker to Trucker ads to your marketing mix, dealers can realize a 40% to 70% increase in sales.

What are the benefits of adding advertising online with Trucker to Trucker?

The start of a new year is a good time to reassess your stock. If you're ready to upgrade your truck or trailer (see our January 2 post: Sweet Deals on Used Trucks), you'll be looking for a place to get a good price on your used equipment. Look no further than Trucker to Trucker.

Trucker to Trucker makes it easy to find a buyer for your used equipment. Thousands of buyers visit our website daily looking for used trucks and trucking equipment. We make it easy -- and affordable -- to advertise your trucks, trailers, parts and equipment in a place where truckers come every day to check out the latest deals. You won't find another website that offers you more help and info on creating an ad that sells.

Are you thinking of buying or selling a semi truck or trailer? If you are we recommend that you start first at Trucker to Trucker and check out our information on both. You may even want to consider placing an ad on our website to expose your rig to even more potential buyers and sellers.

On our website we do offer lots of free information on both buying and selling. We make it easy to get the word out.  In fact you can even let us know about your truck or trailer need and we'll blog about it to see if we can help you make a special connection this week!  Just let me know, Keep on Truckin' or let Trucker Jim know.

At Trucker to Trucker we coordinate the sale and purchase of trucks, trailers, and big rigs. We also offer paid advertising complete with photos that will stay online until your truck or rig is sold. As we cater to a very specific market, we have the regular readership of people in the trucking industry that may just be in the market to either buy what you have or are looking to sell what you need.

Our advertising interface is an online system that provides the opportunity to add, edit, or delete ads around the clock, every day of the week, making Trucker to Trucker the ultimate resource for buying and selling trucks online. So start here first to buy or sell.  Take a look at our Quick Start guide for more information about getting your truck and rig listed.

Have you checked out the new YouTube videos starting to appear on Trucker to Trucker ads? They are awesome. Visit our home page, click the YouTube box on any ad and sit back and enjoy. Trucker to Trucker's new YouTube feature is a dynamite way to show off your rig.

Here are a few tips for making a great sales video:

Watch Truck Videos Online

Doug Shields is embracing the video world and cashing in. It's as easy as walking around with a camera, but a helluva lot more effective. Check out the way Doug is doing it and get your video cameras rolling. For all of us over 40 crowd, we need to remember...

"Your not too old to have an account at You Tube"

Click Below to see how  these videos look embedded in the ads on trucker....

2002 Peterbilt 387

If anyone wants to do truck videos but does not know how, make a comment to this post and I'll help you get you started. Jim

Finally we have opened up advertising for trucking related products. After 4 years of holding back I feel the time is right to let some outside advertisers show off some of their great products. Over the next few months you will see an increase in the types of text and banner ads throughout the site. Many new and innovative products, trucking jobs, helpful trucking tools, and anything else beneficial to trucking. We will be hand picking this crop of advertisers, so trust us they will be quality companies. Please visit them often and let us know what you think.

If you would like information about advertising your products on our website, Click Here

Having the proper tools is essential for todays truck and trailers sales people. Use the power of the internet to show your inventory in real time versus the lag time of a newspaper. Inventory needs to move faster than paper ads these days. Figure it this way, you place a newspaper ad, it generally takes 2 weeks for that issue to come out. How many times are the units in the paper sold by the time the paper rolls out? How many phone calls are wasted on the already sold units?

From the largest of dealers to the single truck or trailer sales person, use the internet to drive sales. TruckerToTrucker.com can customize any of our seller packages to meet your needs....Just call our sales hotline at 866-430-7474...still not convinced...

Read more on why you should be selling online

And since everything is Going Green these days, do your part, Save A Tree, Advertise Online.

Want to increase your sales without hiring additional staff?
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It's easy! Just list your inventory on TruckerToTrucker.com. Our full featured ads work hard for you 24/7 all month long. Your store is always open when you advertise online with us. Our satisfied customers consistently report sales increases of 40% to 70%.

Online ads reach thousands of potential customers every minute of every day, unlike traditional print ads which only reach those who buy that particular magazine. Today the majority of savvy truck and trailer buyers start their search for new equipment online. Already motivated to purchase, internet shoppers are three times more likely to plunk their money down and buy.

TruckerToTrucker.com makes it easy for you to diversify your marketing strategy and expand into lucrative online sales. Our ads look good and SELL! With each listing we give you multiple equipment photos at no extra charge. You can integrate our ads into your website at no extra charge. Don't have a website? We can make one for you and show you how to channel the power of the web to generate sales. Our rates are low, our terms are generous, our service superior. Click here to find out more.