TMSA Marketing Practitioner Track FAQ

Your Guide to Choosing the Track That Will Level-Up Your Marketing Career in Transportation & Logistics

Q: What is the Marketing Practitioner Track?

A: The Marketing Practitioner Track is TMSA’s hands-on, skills-based education experience for marketers who want to master the daily craft of transportation and logistics marketing.

This track is designed for you if you:

    • Create content, campaigns, and messaging
    • Manage social, email, website, or digital channels
    • Support sales enablement and revenue efforts
    • Coordinate events and brand activities
    • Are the go-to problem solver for “Can marketing help with this?”
    • Want to get better, faster, more confident, and more strategic in your role

In short: If you’re in the trenches doing the work that shapes brand reputation and demand, this track is your home.

Q: Who Is This Track Perfect For?

A: Marketers who want to:

    • Strengthen technical marketing skills
    • Level up their campaign effectiveness
    • Learn what works right now in transportation
    • Stand out internally as a strategic partner
    • Build a portfolio of proven, measurable results
    • Connect with others doing the same work

This track is ideal for coordinators, specialists, content creators, digital marketers, communications staff, and multitasking marketing professionals in fast-paced logistics environments.

Q: What Will I Learn?

A: Expect actionable, “use-this-on-Monday” learning built around what works right now in logistics marketing:

    • Messaging & Value Communication: How to clearly articulate why your company matters, in language customers care about.
    • Content That Converts: From social to email to thought leadership,  how to create content that performs, not just fills space.
    • Digital Strategy & Analytics Basics: Understanding what to measure, how to improve it, and how to show results.
    • Campaign Planning & Execution: Practical frameworks to create smarter campaigns with fewer headaches.
    • Branding in Transportation: Building credibility, trust, and consistency without unlimited budgets.
    • Marketing + Sales Collaboration: Tips, tools, and workflows that make working with Sales easier and more effective.

You’ll walk away with repeatable processes and plug-and-play frameworks to make your job easier and your results stronger.

Q: What makes this track different from the Marketing Leader Track?

A: Marketing Practitioner Track = developing skills, tools, and execution. If you’re building the work, implementing ideas, or managing multiple daily deliverables, the Practitioner Track was built for you.

Q: What’s the ROI of choosing this track?

A: It’s more than “learning something new”, it’s measurable impact:

    • Stronger Campaigns = More Qualified Leads: Your sales team will instantly feel the difference.
    • Clearer Messaging = Higher Engagement: When your story is clear, people respond.
    • Smarter Workflows = Saved Time & Less Frustration: Fewer revisions, faster approvals, smoother processes.
    • Sharper Skills = More Internal Visibility: When you deliver results, leadership notices.
    • Community = Collaboration and Shared Templates: You’ll gain tools, examples, and real-world playbooks you can implement immediately.

Q: Why should I choose this track instead of another?

A: Choose this track if you want to:

    • Become a stronger marketer
    • Build tactical mastery
    • Leave Elevate with real tools, not theory
    • Amplify your company’s brand and presence
    • Be seen as a marketing powerhouse internally
    • Shift from “order-taker” to strategic contributor
    • Collaborate, network, learn, and share all year with your cohort

If you’re tired of reinventing the wheel, this is your track.

What questions do others ask?

Q: “Do I need to be an experienced marketer?”

A: No. This track is for ALL levels, from beginners to experienced practitioners who want to sharpen or modernize their skills.

Q: “Will this help me advance my career?”

A: Absolutely. Members can gain promotions, pay increases, and expanded responsibilities because they leave with proven marketing frameworks, increased skill sets, and stronger confidence.

Q: “Is the content specific to transportation?”

A: Yes! That’s the magic. You’ll learn marketing through the lens of logistics, not generic advice that doesn’t translate to freight realities.

Q: “Will I get practical tools?”

A: Yes! Expect templates, scripts, guides, content frameworks, step-by-step plans, and examples you can take home and use immediately.

Q: “Will this help me work better with Sales?”

A: 100%. You’ll learn how to align campaigns with revenue goals, support sales outreach, and build high-trust internal relationships.

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Members strengthen their individual development, their businesses and the industry at large. TMSA's focus is to be the pre-eminent non-profit sales & marketing association that transportation and logistics professionals turn to for industry-specific education, connections and resources. With multiple levels of membership, you can find the right fit for you.

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