How to Get shippers/receivers

Knock, knock.

 

I deleted the original post.....Why?......Dumb, Stupid and I should not have posted it let alone did anything remotely close to it.......I did it twice once I got a bonus like 50.00 the second time I was told what ton bundle said............

 

That is an excellent way to get your company sued.

There is a 'back solictation clause' in every Broker-Carrier contract (which your company signed before taking the load) that prohibits doing exactly what you are doing. Once you do a load for a shipper or receiver through a broker, that shipper and receiver are off limits to your company in the future, unless you can prove that you have a prior business relationship with that company.

This is why most carriers hate to take brokered loads from their home area (outbound). It limits their shipper pool. Many brokers are cheap, crooked, slimy and sometimes stupid, but they are not that stupid. They wouldn't be in business for long if they didn't protect their shippers.

Sorry, no broker is going to pay you for the priviledge of giving you a lead on an account. Life just isn't that easy. lostNfound is right, there are no shortcuts. You have to pound the pavement or hire a salesman away from another company who already has accounts.

 

If you have to ask here , you'll never succeed at it . You have to have salesmanship . Just getting a contact isn't enough . You have to convince them to give you their business .

 

Fair enough. Sorry I already quoted your deleted post, so it is out there for people to read. If you want to try to get the mods to delete the whole thread and start over, I'm ok with that.

 

If you edit your post you can delete the quote yourself . I do it often to reduce quotes to the particular part I am responding to .

 

Let it stand, I learned something new.

 

You could try REAL TIME FREIGHT as they are not a broker board-unfortunately i haven't been to succesful with it only having 2 trucks and trailers.