ATA asks that bill address industry needs
The American Trucking Associations asked members of the committee negotiating on the highway bill to address important industry needs.
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Trucker Webmasters
September 1, 2010
| by: Todd Dills
Drivers go online to provide entertainment, advocacy, business education and more.
The rise of online social networking, with sites like Facebook and Twitter, has transformed the lives of many owner-operators and company drivers by increasing their personal interactions with family and friends while isolated on the road. Some truckers have gone a step further, using free blogging sites and other web publishing tools to broadcast their expertise, experiences, opinions and creativity in new ways.
“It would be very frustrating to be out on the road if you didn’t have a way to share it with others,” says owner-operator/blogger Phil Madsen. “Blogging is really a godsend.”
Some, including Madsen, view online publishing as mere hobby, while others are more mission-driven. Whatever their goals, the following truckers have attracted a large and growing number of readers. A few have even begun to bring in a small amount of ad/sponsor revenue for their efforts, supplementing their trucking income.
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