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It’s All About Connections

For those in sales, the phrase “building your book of business” is likely a familiar phrase. But even if you’re not in sales, you have a “book” too. Ultimately, our book is the list of people we know and interact with; they might be prospects, customers, colleagues, acquaintances, industry experts you’ve met, mentors, and the list goes on. 

Two of the biggest in-person events in the automotive industry just took place – Work Truck Week and NADA. Hopefully you were able to attend at least one, and you had the chance to make new connections.

While in-person industry events can build our respective books, it’s not always feasible to travel to these shows. Luckily, there are many other ways available. Just one example is something Coach Ken frequently talks about – joining local chapters of various organizations. 

Another great avenue is by registering for the upcoming free virtual Spring Commercial Vehicle Business Summit presented by Work Truck Solutions, along with sponsors Escalent, Mitsubishi HC Capital America and Comvoy. The speaker lineup includes many heavy hitters in the commercial vehicle ecosystem, plus there are even several scheduled networking sessions. 

Don’t wait, start making those connections and building your book today!

The mission of the CVBNetwork is to be the toolbox of resources for the entirety of the commercial vehicle ecosystem:

  • To support the entire network of businesses in the ecosystem and increase their connectedness through the exchange of ideas with peers;
  • To offer education plus exposure to resources, procedures and best practices being used by others in the industry;
  • To be a meeting place and hub of resources, information, stories and breaking news.

WATCH + LISTEN: WTW24 | Knapheide | Mandar Dighe

Mandar Dighe, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Knapheide spoke with Kevin Kinell, CTO, Work Truck Solutions at the 2024 Work Truck Week- nailing home the importance of coming to the show, highlighting their impressive portfolio of work truck solutions, and rounding out their 175th+ year in business. https://www.knapheide.com/

WATCH + LISTEN: WTW24 | Mitsubishi HC Capital America | David Fritzshall

David Fritzshall, VP of Sales for he Eastern Region, Mitsubishi HC Captial America sat down with Steve Henning, CVBNetwork.com at 2024 Work Truck Week to discuss what makes Mitsubishi HC Captital America unique in the Commercial Vehicle lending market. https://www.mhccna.com/en-us

WATCH + LISTEN: WTW24 | Mitsubishi HC Capital America | Kevin Fassnacht

Kevin Fassnacht, VP of Sales for the Midwest Region, Mitsubishi HC Capital America sat down with Steve Henning, CVBNetwork.com at the 2024 Work Truck Week to discuss why Mitsubishi HC Capital America excels at finding the right way to finance upfits, and why coming to Work Truck Week is important. https://www.mhccna.com/en-us

WATCH + LISTEN: WTW24 | SAFE FLEET | Marc Richter

Marc Richter, Vice President & General Manager, Work Truck & SafeFleet SAAS walked through two of many products SafeFleet had at the 2024 Work Truck Week with Steve Henning, CVBNetwork.com. Marc touched on many of the easy to use and steadfast safety upgrades on both vehicles.Be sure to check out their booth at the 2025 Work Truck Show next year! https://www.safefleet.net/

WATCH + LISTEN: WTW24 | SAFE FLEET | Alex Trkulja

Alex Trkulja, Director of Sales, RVS – Safe Fleet met with Steve Henning, CVBNetwork.com to briefly touch on Clarience Technologies acquisition of Safe Fleet, RVS 360 System and Upgrades to 1080 PHD for all systems. Be sure to see them at the 2025 Work Truck Week!! https://www.safefleet.net/brands/rear-view-safety/

WATCH + LISTEN: WTW24 | READING TRUCK + EAVX | John Stuck + Janet Pengelly

John Stuck, Product Manager, Reading Truck and Janet Pengelly, Technology Chief Engineer, EAVX (JB Poindexter & Co) discuss the collaboration between Reading Truck and its flagship service body, the Classic II, with product innovations from other JB Poindexter Co. business units EAVX,  LEER and Masterack with Kristean von der Heiden, CVBNetwork.com at the 2024 Work Truck Week show.Don’t forget to plan for 2025 Work Truck Week! https://www.readingtruck.com/ https://www.eavxco.com/

WATCH + LISTEN: WTW24 | ROCKPORT | Caleb Pontius

Caleb Pontius, General Manager, Rockport Commercial Vehicles met with Kristean von der Heiden, CVBNetwork.com at the 2024 Work Truck Week to highlight the new and always improving products they provide. Enclosed work truck bodies, heavy duty drawers and reasons to attend 2025 Work truck Week! https://www.rockporttrucks.com/

WATCH + LISTEN: WTW24 | COMMERICAL TRUCK TRAINING | KEN TAYLOR

Coach Ken Taylor of Commercial Truck Training sat down with Kathryn Schifferle, CVO Work Truck Solutions to talk about the tools available and needed for the fast changing commercial vehicle market as well as One Nexus’ acquisition of Commercial Truck Training. Be sure to attend 2025 Work Truck Week! https://www.commercialtrucktraining.com/

WATCH + LISTEN: WTW24 | TRANSFER FLOW | BEN WINTER

Ben Winter, Director of Business Development, Transfer Flow Inc sat down with Steve Henning, CVBNetwork.com to talk about the growth and innovation Transfer Flow has been through in the last year – and of course, why it’s important to come to Work Truck Week. https://www.transferflow.com/

WATCH + LISTEN: WTW24 | UNICELL | ANTHONY LISTA

Anthony Lista, Vice President, General Manager Unicell Vans with Kristean von der Heiden, CVBNetwork.com spoke about Unicell’s unique position as the only one piece fiberglass work truck body – and celebrating Ford’s 10 year anniversary for their Transit.Connections and Seeing the bodies your are selling and buying are important- Make sure to attend 2025 Work Truck Week! https://www.unicell.com/