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Start Your Own Freight Brokerage Business : Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success.
Title:
Start Your Own Freight Brokerage Business : Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success.
Author:
Press, Entrepreneur.
ISBN:
9781613080726
Personal Author:
Edition:
3rd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (132 pages)
Series:
StartUp Series
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction to the Freight Brokerage Business -- Chapter 2. What Does the Business Require? -- Chapter 3. Operations -- Chapter 4. What Can Go Wrong? -- Chapter 5. Locating and Setting Up -- Chapter 6. Staffing Your Company -- Chapter 7. Marketing -- Chapter 8. Sales -- Chapter 9. Financial Management -- Chapter 10. Tales from the Trenches -- Glossary -- Appendix: Freight Broker Resources -- Index.
Abstract:
Looking for an easy-to-start business that can turn a profit in a very short time? As a freight broker, you can make good money, right from your home, matching carriers with shippers for a fee. It's a very easy business to start, requiring no special training or knowledge of the shipping industry needed. Let our experts help you get going! Taking you step by step, the experts at Entrepreneur show you how to start a freight brokerage business, from industry overview to day-to-day operations. Learn basic requirements for getting your business off the ground, how to create business partnerships, avenues to successfully market your services, how to prepare for and avoid common problems, and much more. Our experts provide real-life examples, sound business advice and priceless tips to put you on your way to startup success! Learn how to: Establish your business Define your services Find reliable carriers Set rates and commissions Choose the right avenues for marketing your services Hire a support staff And more Find success in freight—join this billion-dollar industry today!.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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