Hey fellas!
I recently discovered Freight Brokering as a career choice and have been interested ever since. I've done a lot of research and read a lot from other brokers and those in the industry.
I don't have any experience in the trucking industry, but do have past sales experience and am a recent college graduate (I received my Bachelor's in Communication).
My main concern at this point though is, how viable is it to pursue this as a long-term career? I know it depends vastly on one's determination and work-ethic, but the reason why I'm so hesitant is because almost every time I read or hear someone (via youtube) talk about being a freight broker, it feels like a sales pitch to me. A lot of these people are enthusiastic to tell you that you can easily make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year (one even claimed $1,000,000 a year...) being a freight broker. Now, most of these people were trying to sell you their training program, so I don't put much weight in what they say. I even bought a book and the author says how he started making $120,000 after his first year of being a broker, and I thought, well this guy already got me to buy his book so why would he want to reel me in any further? But then he keeps advertising his internet blog and tries to get you to sign up there... My inner 'if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is' senses are tingling.
But even those that seemingly can't benefit will promise you fortunes. It's either promising you fortunes, or someone telling you that you'll go broke doing it. There's no in-between.
I'm not looking to make a fast buck or accumulate riches beyond belief like a lot of these guys promise you, I just want to make a stable income that reflects my hard work. So how about it guys and gals? Are there any of you out there that have been doing this for a while? I would love to hear from those that make 30-50k or so (as it seems the only ones making the 6 digit salaries are those that have many agents underneath them).
Is this still a viable career path for a young buck looking to start a career?
Thanks in advance for any replies to this post. I hope we can spark up some good dialogue about being a Freight Broker.
What's the Scoop on being a Freight Broker for a Career?
Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by Ryan_B, Jul 21, 2014.
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Just like a lot of other business to business, well, businesses, you can focus on a particular segment of the industry, in a particular area at first. I've worked for handling and trucking companies that handle airlines, and get all their LTL business due to the fact that they offload the planes for them, but the bigger stuff they had to farm out. If you take an airport like Ohare (ORD) for example, a lot of the cargo areas, freight forwarders and airlines are right at the airport or the immediate suburbs around it. As such, it is not difficult to present yourself face to face with a lot of these customers on a weekly basis. At that point it becomes a game of account management, making sure they're happy with service your truckers are giving, and just letting them know "hey, have your operations people email me whenever you need a quote, i'd be happy to help". Drop a few bagels or donuts and you're golden.
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