How to Find a Good Freight Broker for Your Business
Learn how to find a good freight broker with tips on evaluating experience, rates, and reliability.
Learn how to find a good freight broker with tips on evaluating experience, rates, and reliability.
Find the best freight broker schools that offer comprehensive training programs to help you launch a successful career in the industry.
Freight broker services explained: how brokers help businesses manage logistics and cut costs.
We train agents on industry terms, how to get a freight broker license and the rules and regulations of the industry. Freight broker class training consisting of our Online Freight Broker Training through our cutting-edge Learning Management System. Our Freight Broker License Training Guide was written by members of our…
Get To Know A Broker Welcome to our new series “Get To Know A Broker”! This our second editon and we are fortunate enough to have Brian share his experience of being a freight broker and how he got there! He gives great advice about how to stand out as…
If you’re thinking of obtaining your freight broker license, there’s no better state to do business than California. With an economy larger than most countries, the state always stays busy in terms of shipping and freight. Like it is all over America, the process of obtaining your California freight broker license…
Working in the freight brokerage industry is not a simple task, and it takes a certain type of person to make a successful shipping agent. If you are thinking about entering this career field, you should first take a look to see if you have some of the most important characteristics needed to…
Freight Brokers can be very valuable to a business, especially if they find the right one. Being in this business for 10 years now, it is amazing to see how most brokers operate. We have built our business on a simple concept, having the best customer service possible. Why is…
Get To Know A Broker Welcome to our new series “Get To Know A Broker”! We are lucky to have Chris share his story with us on his experience of becoming and being a broker! He give a lot of insightful advice from his career and we are lucky to…
There are lots of tasks any business person need to focus on everyday, but there even more for Freight Broker’s and Agents need to juggle everyday to stay on top of everything they are responsible for. That is why staying organized is key to success and sanity! We recommend using…
Discover why there’s a rising demand for freight brokers and how it impacts the logistics and shipping industry.
Before getting into why using a freight broker can be very beneficial, first, let’s answer an important question. What is a freight broker? A broker arranges freight shipping between a carrier and a shipper. In exchange, the broker receives a small commission for facilitating the transaction. So why should you use one? There…
Do you want to know how to gain a Freight Broker License in Texas? Freight brokers are responsible for searching for shippers who need cargo transported
We summarize the latest news in the freight industry this week that includes companies like Amazon, Navistar, Wing and United Roads! Make sure you are up to date by listening now! Please check out our two sites Www.Freightbrokerscourse.com and Www.Rightnowloads.com
1. Trainers are Strategic Thinkers and Partners A trainer is a strategic thinker. A strategic thinker possesses strong business acumen and has a good grasp of how the training process directly affects the business. Strategic thinking is not only restricted to being a part of training manager skills but is also…
Introduction: As a truck driver, expanding your career opportunities by obtaining a freight broker license can be a strategic move. It allows you to transition from transporting goods to facilitating shipments, leveraging your industry knowledge and experience. This guide provides a step-by-step approach to help truck drivers obtain their broker…
1. Effective Program Management A high-quality training program starts with a person, with a champion. We’ll call this person the program manager. In some organizations, this person might be the training and development manager, learning and development specialist, or training coordinator. Regardless of job title, this person is the one who…
#1: Ability to Develop Creative Strategies: Strategy Skills The strategy is a huge part of making your freight agency successful. With so many different links along a typical supply chain, you have to have the ability to develop creative strategies to get the job done. Strategy skills are not always…
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will be selling close to 2,450 equipment items and trucks in a two-day unreserved public auction in Bolton, Ont. Sept. 25-26. Equipment highlights heading to the auction block include 115 truck tractors, including four 2011 Kenworth T800 sleeper truck tractors, according to Ritchie Bros. “This is the…
What do you need to become freight brokers? Becoming an independent freight broker requires not only training in the freight industry but a federal license
Freight agents don’t physically hand their customers a product, and in many cases, they don’t even get the chance to meet them face to face, but that doesn’t make their customer service any less important. In the shipping industry, thoughtfully crafted customer service is often the difference between a loyal…
Discover the key differences between a freight broker and freight forwarder to choose the right partner for your logistics needs.
Prepare for your freight broker interview with essential tips and common questions.
“How do freight brokers find shippers?” The question is as old as the shipping industry itself. Freight broker software has evolved and has made it easier for freight brokers to run their business. There are still some tried-and-true methods for answering the question, “How do freight brokers find shippers?”. You want to…
Here, we provide five important characteristics of effective training programs that must be kept in mind to ensure the best results in an individual and organizational level: 1. Personalized Allow for the organization of information into packages for different types of people and their individual requirements. 2. Inquiry-Based Allow for learners…