Be focused, be targeted and success will follow! Some brokers have been successful by seeking to capitalize on serving a niche market. Some of these markets are: Auto Transporters, truckaway and driveaway Bulk Transportation, Petroleum Commodities, Chemicals Products and Foodstuffs: Boat Transportation Container Freight Flat bed trailers, drop deck, step deck and specialty trailers Dump […]

Military and Government Freight A source of available freight that is in large quantity is military and government freight.  Recent developments have made military freight available to brokers or intermediaries as the government has defined the terms. Qualifying as a broker or intermediary for this type of freight is extensive and requires some research and […]

Oh what to specialize in…… Beginning a new operation and business from scratch will be difficult, have its challenges but it is not impossible for the average person. Be smart and select a specialized segment that you have some knowledge of already and have a passion to learn more about. Each type of transportation and […]

The basics for owning a business! The “Transportation Industry” is a competitive, (Cut Throat) business that has no logic in daily operation except to survive for the next day.  Follow these basic rules below and you will be setting yourself up for success. Thinking out of the box, and great marketing strategy is required in […]

Making it Personal! When you enter into the brokering business without experience in transportation or the trucking business, you must either hire an experienced person or take one of the courses offered by several brokering schools advertising in trucking publications or on the web. In my experience, the most successful brokers have established contacts with […]

The “Art” of being a Dispatcher! If you search the Internet and our job board, here on eTruckBook, you will find many job openings as “Dispatchers”.  As with many business endeavors, brokering loads is more an “Art” than a science.  The heart and soul of successful brokers or carrier operation is the “Dispatcher”.  The dispatcher […]

Availability of Trucks In searching through load boards and setting up that dynamic “Partnership Agreement” between Carriers, Freight Brokers, Shippers, and Freight Forwarders, it is important to know that the truck is not always where the load is.  It takes a great deal of networking to vet the carrier credentials and then use the carrier […]

Why eTruckBook? Planning how I wanted to expand my business was not about more services.  I wanted to be truly proactive at getting information to people in the transportation industry and I wanted that access to information to be free.  I wanted to inspire them to grow!  With their growth, I knew that our company […]

Fear of Business or just a fear of life? Chickens are very unique…In the video below the gentleman gently laid the chicken down and then had a line drawn from its beak onto the ground and away from its face.  The chicken is mesmerized by the line..Erase the line and the chicken (fearful, those who […]