How to find shippers?

Hell jump right in, you'll figure it out along the way. Lol

 

Haters, well ya know they gotta hate. Bayareabroker, good luck. I'll be interested in following how you progress in building your business. Because I am in the beginning phases of pursuing the same career change. I like spyder7723's example because that's pretty much what I did 21 years ago. I was 23 years old and didn't know about running a restaurant, but hey why not, so I bought one in a beach town in Florida with plenty of competition. Yes I learned costly lessons but I've made it work. Now 21 years later 100's of employees later thousands of satisfied customers later millions of dollars in sales later, I am ready to change careers and accept new challenges. I am seeking a new and different path of success. I'm sure you can do the same. There will always be naysayers, and they have a purpose. they make sure the risk takers, and the movers and shakers stay motivated, and they give us food for thought about the risks we are about to undertake. However if you do your homework and accept the risk of starting a new career you stand less of a chance of being blindsided by brokerings particular challanges. A couple things I try to always keep in mind. " hustlers gotta hustle" it's what we do its in our DNA. And " you are going to miss 100% of the shots you don't take" please keep us posted, and when you've achieved succes mentor a newbie.

 

I truly appreciate this kind of feedback and some of the other tips I've been getting from some of you. I'm just going to ignore the naysayers and continue hustling like you said. I know I'm going to face a lot of hurdles but its part of the game and I accept that. I will most definitely keep you and everyone on this forum updated on progress.

 

I rarely deal with a broker in the same time zone as the customer...


Maybe it is like casting fishermen -- those on shore try to cast out to the center. Those in boats try to cast next to shore...

 

double yellow - without sounding accusatory, that sounds kooky. Why wouldn't you?

 

I would -- I don't care where the broker is located. I'm just saying that the broker might be in Florida and the shipper in California. There's no way that broker goes and personally visits each customer so while it may be a nice way to differentiate yourself as a broker, it certainly isn't necessary and it may not be a good use of your time.

 

LOL. I had this one broker on a dedicated run that always forgot we were in different time zones. I had to remind her almost every time we spoke that she was calling me an hour before I had to check in and was still en route.

 

What do you have to offer your customers besides ignorance?

 

You need to have a truck following before you get customers

 

If you want to be in brokerage business, you need to be on phone early as 0700EST
What time is that in California you need to get up ?