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Create Your Own Stimulus Package - Start Your Own Business
[Business:Small-Business] President Obama says "The time for action is now ..." as he tries to turn our financial system around with his new stimulus package. Opponents reply that "Doing something wrong quickly does not make it right".

As a Freight Broker, How Do You Take an Order From Your Shipper Customer? - Part II
[Business:Small-Business] Just like any relationship between a service provider and his or her customer, you have to know "how to take the order". But that's just the start. What else is needed?

As a Freight Broker, How Do You Take an Order From Your Shipper Customer? - Part I
[Business:Small-Business] Just like any relationship between a service provider and his or her customer, you have to know "how to take the order." Here are some of the first items of importance.

What's it Like Brokering Produce?
[Business:Small-Business] Sometime in the month of March, produce will start moving out of south Texas. And when it does, there will be so many loads, it may be difficult to find a truck when you want them and where you want them.

Freight Brokering - How Much Money & Do You Need Expensive Software?
[Business:Small-Business] There is a lot of confusion about how much money is needed to get into freight brokering. The confusion also extends to what exactly should be the first item of importance when starting the business.

Freight Brokers - Building Your Business - Part II
[Business:Small-Business] How do you get a sneak peek at your competition? Well, there may be more than several ways to do it.

Freight Brokers - Building Your Business - Part I
[Business:Small-Business] There is a time to rely upon others and there is a time to rely upon yourself. Most successful business owners, just seem to find the right combination on these two approaches.

Freight Brokering - What is the Most Important Thing When Getting Started?
[Business:Small-Business] When starting a freight broker business, how do you know where to start and what are the most important things to do when getting started? These questions confuse many beginners and the following article will provide a good solution and the answer.

Freight Brokering - A Simplified Guide
[Business:Small-Business] The freight broker industry is as gigantic as the network of highways you see stretched throughout our country. It is a $162 billion industry and encompasses all types of products and services such as transportation of all kinds including trucking, logistics and other support services such as software development, consulting and money-handling assistance to name several.

Learn More About Freight Brokers & the Trucking Industry
[Business:Solo-Professionals] If you are not familiar with the freight broker and trucking industries, you may be surprised. They are big businesses that offer many opportunities for people, just like you and me, to make big bucks. Is this for everyone?

Looking For a Career Change - Consider Freight Brokering
[Business:Careers-Employment] If your career is getting you down, there are many options out there to make good money that you may have never thought of before. One of those often overlooked options is freight brokering. It is a field that is easy to get started in if you have contacts.

Freight Brokering - What is Dead-Head Pay?
[Business:Small-Business] You'll hear the word "dead-head" in the transportation industry quite often. I remember my very first job as a brakeman on the TP&W railroad in East Peoria, IL. They dead- headed me to the Illinois-Indiana border about 120 miles east.

Freight Brokering - Stuck in the Middle
[Business:Small-Business] What happens when a motor carrier has damaged cargo or has missing pieces upon delivery? What should the broker do and who is responsible? There are many situations revolving around these and other similar questions. Here are a couple of pointers.

Freight Brokering - Industry Overview
[Business] What is a freight broker? Who are the major players? What are shippers, carriers and brokers looking for?

Freight Broker Software
[Computers-and-Technology:Software] A lot of people love looking at new computers and software. There's something addictive about it for many of us. It's a challenge of a sort. Of course, a lot of people dislike computers and software. These "devices" are stumbling blocks for some. But this is usually a "generational" thing.

A Typical Day in the Life of a Freight Broker
[Business:Careers-Employment] The life of a freight broker is anything but routine. Find out here what a freight broker is, what a freight broker does, how they do it, when they do it, with whom they do it and why they do it.

7 Tips on Freight Brokering
[Business:Small-Business] There are enormous demands placed upon freight brokers in their daily routine. Some demands simply involve the negotiations between shippers and motor carriers. Most demands, however, are various details and procedures that enable a freight broker to function in knowing what to do, how to do it, when to do it and with whom to do it. Here are 7 tips that successful freight brokers cannot ignore.

Freight Brokers & Broker Agents
[Business:Small-Business] There's some confusion in the industry between the duties and responsibilities of freight brokers and broker agents. This article will help clarify these two positions.