How to Use Load Boards Effectively
The most common way to find carriers and cover loads is to utilize a load board like DAT. Load boards are the open market of the trucking industry, a place where freight brokers and motor carriers can connect to share their available loads and trucks. To make the most of the load boards, you need to take advantage of all the tools included as well as the ways to use them.
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Episode 121: Should You Fire a Customer?!
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How to Get Your Freight Broker Bond
As a freight broker, you’ll need to accomplish three main tasks to ensure they are properly set up to conduct business. First is your licensing. You’ll need to be granted your operating authority from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Next, you’ll need to acquire either a freight broker surety bond or set up a trust fund with a value of at least $75,000. Finally you’ll need to designate your process agents. In this blog, we’re focusing on that second step, but more specifically, getting your freight broker surety bond.
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Episode 120: When Sh*t Hits the Fan…
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Freight Brokers vs. Dispatchers
Freight brokers and dispatchers are two different roles in the transportation and supply chain world, but they often get confused. While they have some things in common, they have some very clear differences. If you’re considering becoming a freight broker or a dispatcher, this blog is for you.
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How to Find Carriers: Insider Tips for Freight Brokers | Freight 360
Discover effective strategies to find carriers for your freight and master negotiation techniques with drivers or dispatchers.
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Episode 119: Capacity and Port Congestion
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How Do Freight Brokers Get Paid?
Freight brokers are intermediaries… What does this mean for how freight brokers get paid, negotiating with shippers and motor carriers.
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Episode 118: What TMS Should I Use? (with Rob Doherty of Rose Rocket)
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How Do Freight Brokers Get Loads?
How do freight brokers get loads? We’re asked this question a lot, because without loads a freight broker can’t earn a living. Let’s start by dispelling a common myth out there. There is no such thing as a load board for freight brokers full of freight that you can pick from like there is for carriers with DAT and Truckstop.
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Episode 117: Year End and How to Plan for 2022
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Episode 116: Launching a Brokerage vs. Starting an Agency
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