Episode 100: Sales Leadership (with Trey Griggs)
0:30 – Welcome Trey Griggs and Episode 1004:40 – Sports Update11:05 – Sales Leadership40:15 – Q&AFreight Broker Basics Course: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/freight-broker-basics Group Coaching: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/group-coaching-sessionsSponsors/Affiliates:Free Month of DAT Power: http://www.dat.com/power/1959316 Free Month of DAT Express: http://www.dat.com/express/1959316 Free Month of DAT Truckers Edge: http://www.truckersedge.com/1959316 Lean Solutions Group: https://www.leangroup.com/ AscendTMS: http://www.TheFreeTMS.com/ Promo Code: RA-Freight360!Nate Cross: nate@freight360.net LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nate-cross-03b69332/Benjamin Kowalski: […]
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Good Freight Brokers and Good Freight Brokerage Leaders Are Different
If you’ve ever worked in a freight brokerage that promotes from within, you’ve probably seen a top broker that gets promoted because he/she was putting up stellar numbers. They were one of the top producers, so they got promoted to management in an attempt to created duplicates of themselves. This isn’t always the best way lead. Being a good freight broker doesn’t mean you will be a good leader in the freight brokerage world. Let’s take a look at a few areas that leaders must focus on in order to succeed in leadership.
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Episode 99: Close More Customers With Small Talk
1:55 – Sports Update6:16 – Small Talk36:40 – Q&A“How can I quote without rating software?”“When should I fire a customer?”“Are shipper/broker agreements necessary?”Freight Broker Basics Course: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/freight-broker-basics Group Coaching: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/group-coaching-sessionsSponsors/Affiliates:Free Month of DAT Power: http://www.dat.com/power/1959316 Free Month of DAT Express: http://www.dat.com/express/1959316 Free Month of DAT Truckers Edge: http://www.truckersedge.com/1959316 Lean Solutions Group: https://www.leangroup.com/ AscendTMS: http://www.TheFreeTMS.com/ Promo […]
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Episode 98: How to Work with Dispatchers
3:30 – Sports Update7:27 – Dispatching34:38 – Q&A“Can I become a freight broker if I just have a high school degree?”“How can I stay in the industry while I wait out my TQL noncompete?”“As a new broker, is there a load board where I can find freight to bid on?”Freight Broker Basics Course: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/freight-broker-basics Group […]
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Episode 97: Negotiating Basics
4:17 – Sports9:50 – Negotiating Basics39:40 – Q&A“How can I get competitive LTL rates if I do mostly FTL?”“How will President Biden’s noncompete executive order affect brokers?”“Should I focus on quantity or quality when cold calling?”Negotiating Article: https://www.marketingmind.in/what-is-the-difference-between-negotiation-bargaining/ Freight Broker Basics Course: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/freight-broker-basics Group Coaching: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/group-coaching-sessionsSponsors/Affiliates:Free Month of DAT Power: http://www.dat.com/power/1959316 Free Month of DAT […]
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How to Market Yourself as a Freight Broker
Being a freight broker involves more than just acquiring customers and coordinating their loads with available carrier capacity. It also involves running or representing your company or brand. Marketing can be an often overlooked area in the freight brokering world. When done right, it can help your brokerage leaps and bounds. If you ignore marketing, or even do it poorly (which can be worse than doing nothing), it can hurt you. Let’s look at some simple things you can do to market your brokerage.
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Episode 96: How to Market Your Brokerage and Yourself
1:02 – Sports Update6:00 – How to Market Yourself40:40 – Q&A“What is the average profit in a month for a broker?”“How do you quickpay carriers without a factoring company?”Freight Broker Basics Course: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/freight-broker-basics Group Coaching: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/group-coaching-sessionsSponsors/Affiliates:Free Month of DAT Power: http://www.dat.com/power/1959316 Free Month of DAT Express: http://www.dat.com/express/1959316 Free Month of DAT Truckers Edge: http://www.truckersedge.com/1959316 Lean […]
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Episode 96: How to Market Your Brokerage and Yourself
1:02 – Sports Update6:00 – How to Market Yourself40:40 – Q&A“What is the average profit in a month for a broker?”“How do you quickpay carriers without a factoring company?”Freight Broker Basics Course: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/freight-broker-basics Group Coaching: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/group-coaching-sessionsSponsors/Affiliates:Free Month of DAT Power: http://www.dat.com/power/1959316 Free Month of DAT Express: http://www.dat.com/express/1959316 Free Month of DAT Truckers Edge: http://www.truckersedge.com/1959316 Lean […]
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Episode 95: Prospecting Basics (with Kevin Hill of FreightWaves)
2:55 – Sports Update5:12 – Prospecting41:03 – Q&A“How should I be doing RFPs with the crazy market rates right now?”“How much should I charge/pay for extra stops, layovers, and TONUs?”“Should I prospect in-person?”Freight Broker Basics Course: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/freight-broker-basics Group Coaching: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/group-coaching-sessionsSponsors/Affiliates:Free Month of DAT Power: http://www.dat.com/power/1959316 Free Month of DAT Express: http://www.dat.com/express/1959316 Free Month of DAT […]
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Episode 94: Shipping Documents for Freight Brokers
1:43 – Sports Update3:55 – Freight Broker Documents44:40 – Q&A“What’s the best way to get the highest paying loads?”“My customer cut me off after I gave my first load back to them, what do I do?”“Do good double-brokers exist?”Freight Broker Basics Course: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/freight-broker-basics Group Coaching: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/group-coaching-sessionsSponsors/Affiliates:Free Month of DAT Power: http://www.dat.com/power/1959316 Free Month of DAT […]
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Episode 93: Freight Broker Success Tips From a Veteran Broker (Will Jones of Pearce Worldwide)
0:40 – Will Jones Intro5:35 – Sports Update7:25 – Freight Broker Success Tips30:30 – Q&A“Why do brokers use multiple monitors, and how many should I have?”“I’m quoting a lot but not winning any loads. What should I do?”“I’m a new broker. Is LTL a waste of time?”Freight Broker Basics Course: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/freight-broker-basics Group Coaching: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/group-coaching-sessionsSponsors/Affiliates:Free Month […]
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Episode 92: Freight Broker Tech Tools Part 2 (with Nicholas Liening)
2:40 – Course & Coaching Launch7:00 – Sports Update10:55 – Broker Tech Tools Part 245:55 – Q&A“I’ve seen dispatching services explode in the last year, aren’t these actually illegal?”“What’s the most highly recommended school or training program to attend?”“I’m considering joining a 3PL as a W2 account manager. Is 35% commission fair?”Freight Broker Basics Course: […]
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