Growing Your Book of Business & Hostage Loads | Final Mile 105
Nate Cross & Ben Kowalski answer your freight brokering questions and discuss: 🚛 Customer keeps asking for quotes but never books — what to do?📈 How to find new shippers and grow beyond one customer.🚨 Carrier holding freight hostage — who do you report it to? Support Our Sponsors:QuikSkope – Get a Free Trial: Click […]
How to Manage Your Brokerage’s Profits in Market Cycles | Episode 305
How can freight brokerages stay profitable in the toughest market in modern history? In this episode, we break down real strategies—like cross-training staff and maintaining a growth mindset—that help companies survive downturns and stay competitive when margins shrink. Support Our Sponsors:QuikSkope – Get a Free Trial: Click HereLevity: Click HereDAT Freight & Analytics – Get […]
How to Manage Your Brokerage’s Profits in Market Cycles | Episode 305
How can freight brokerages stay profitable in the toughest market in modern history? In this episode, we break down real strategies—like cross-training staff and maintaining a growth mindset—that help companies survive downturns and stay competitive when margins shrink. Support Our Sponsors: QuikSkope: https://quikskope.com/ Levity: https://levity.ai/ DAT Freight & Analytics – Get 10% off your first […]
Growing Your Book of Business & Hostage Loads | Final Mile 105
Nate Cross & Ben Kowalski answer your freight brokering questions and discuss: 🚛 Customer keeps asking for quotes but never books — what to do? 📈 How to find new shippers and grow beyond one customer. 🚨 Carrier holding freight hostage — who do you report it to? Support Our Sponsors: QuikSkope: https://quikskope.com/ Levity: https://levity.ai/ […]

Bids and RFPs for Freight Brokers | Final Mile 104
Nate Cross & Ben Kowalski answer your freight brokering questions and discuss: 💰 Walmart Bid: New broker asks if bidding 94.75% of Walmart’s RPM is a smart strategy. 🤬 Broker Backlash: Trucker calls brokers “legal scammers” and slams their role in the industry. 🎁 Gifts & Content: Best/worst customer gifts and best/worst social media posts […]
Bids and RFPs for Freight Brokers | Final Mile 104
Nate Cross & Ben Kowalski answer your freight brokering questions and discuss: 💰 Walmart Bid: New broker asks if bidding 94.75% of Walmart’s RPM is a smart strategy. 🤬 Broker Backlash: Trucker calls brokers “legal scammers” and slams their role in the industry. 🎁 Gifts & Content: Best/worst customer gifts and best/worst social media posts […]

AI Revolutionizing Freight | Episode 304
AI isn’t the future—it’s already transforming freight. In this episode, we chat with Thilo from Levity AI about how tools like ChatGPT and Levity are automating quoting, tracking, and sales insights to boost broker productivity and eliminate soul-crushing tasks. Support Our Sponsors: QuikSkope: https://quikskope.com/ Levity: https://levity.ai/ DAT Freight & Analytics – Get 10% off your […]
AI Revolutionizing Freight | Episode 304
AI isn’t the future—it’s already transforming freight. In this episode, we chat with Thilo from Levity AI about how tools like ChatGPT and Levity are automating quoting, tracking, and sales insights to boost broker productivity and eliminate soul-crushing tasks. Support Our Sponsors:QuikSkope – Get a Free Trial: Click HereLevity: Click HereDAT Freight & Analytics – […]
Broker vs Dispatcher & More | Final Mile 103
Nate Cross & Ben Kowalski answer your freight brokering questions and discuss: Broker vs Dispatcher: We break down the differences between a freight broker and a dispatcher, and whether one person can legally and effectively perform both roles. Fraudulent Carrier Scenario: A listener shares a case where a broker paid a fraudulent carrier and now […]
Protecting Your Customer’s Shipments | Episode 303
Today’s freight thieves are no longer just hijackers—they’re hackers, posing as carriers by infiltrating email accounts and exploiting weak verification processes. In this episode, we break down a real theft case where criminals redirected a shipment using a hacked carrier profile, exposing the failure of standard vetting methods. We reveal how these theft rings operate […]
Protecting Your Customer’s Shipments | Episode 303
Today’s freight thieves are no longer just hijackers—they’re hackers, posing as carriers by infiltrating email accounts and exploiting weak verification processes. In this episode, we break down a real theft case where criminals redirected a shipment using a hacked carrier profile, exposing the failure of standard vetting methods. We reveal how these theft rings operate […]
Broker vs Dispatcher & More | Final Mile 103
Nate Cross & Ben Kowalski answer your freight brokering questions and discuss: – Broker vs Dispatcher: We break down the differences between a freight broker and a dispatcher, and whether one person can legally and effectively perform both roles. – Fraudulent Carrier Scenario: A listener shares a case where a broker paid a fraudulent carrier […]