Episode 113: Requirements to Start a Freight Brokerage Explained
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What is a Freight Broker?
What is a Freight Broker? Freight brokers play a vital role in the transportation industry as an intermediary.
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What is a Freight Broker?
What is a freight broker? This might seem like a straightforward question, but you’d be surprised at how many people aren’t aware of exactly what a freight broker is and does. In this blog, we will help you better understand the role of a freight broker in the movement of cargo.
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Freight Broker Commission Percentage
What commission percentage do freight brokers get paid? There’s a bunch of variables that go into answering this question, so let’s take a look at a few of the common freight broker jobs and how much commission they earn.
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How Do Freight Brokers Make Money?
How do freight brokers make money? There are a lot of different ways to generate income as a freight broker. There are also a lot of different approaches and strategies, and each has its pros and cons. In this blog we’ll be answering the most important question of all, how do freight brokers actually get paid?
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Why Some Freight Brokers Fail at Marketing
Marketing? Wait, I thought I was just supposed to move freight. No one told me anything about having to learn marketing! When it comes to brokering freight, you need to remember that you are running a business operation and with that comes the need to properly market yourself. We recently had the pleasure to sit down with Blythe Brumleve from Digital Dispatch and talk all about marketing for freight brokers on Episode 103 of the Freight 360 Podcast. In this quick read, we’re going to look at some highlights of marketing tactics that freight brokers should consider.
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Episode 101: Who is Vlad?? Full Q&A Session
3:30 – Sports Update5:05 – Dispatching Revisited10:35 – Q&ACarrier: “Should I generate new business through a large brokerage or try to land a big shipper directly?”“How can I keep good relationships with carriers if I have some bad shippers?”“What is a Vlad?”“Is now a good time to get into brokering? What are some tips to […]
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Episode 101: Who is Vlad?? Full Q&A Session
3:30 – Sports Update5:05 – Dispatching Revisited10:35 – Q&ACarrier: “Should I generate new business through a large brokerage or try to land a big shipper directly?”“How can I keep good relationships with carriers if I have some bad shippers?”“What is a Vlad?”“Is now a good time to get into brokering? What are some tips to […]
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Episode 100: Sales Leadership (with Trey Griggs)
0:30 – Welcome Trey Griggs and Episode 1004:40 – Sports Update 11:05 – Sales Leadership 40:15 – Q&A Freight Broker Basics Course: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/freight-broker-basics Group Coaching: https://freight-360.teachable.com/p/group-coaching-sessions Sponsors/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! […]
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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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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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