Freight Brokerage Business. The Staff of Entrepreneur Media, Inc.

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СКАЧАТЬ within a traditional classroom setting. Depending on which training program you choose, the cost will range from just under $500 to several thousand dollars, and the time commitment required will typically be between one week and several months.

      Some of the organizations that offer the specialized training that you ultimately need include:

       • Brooke Transportation Training Solutions (www.brooketraining.com). Offers classroom training in multiple cities across the United States, as well as an online program that can be done from home. The course price starts at $2,495.00 for the intensive, five-day (40-hour) program, although a two-week (80-hour) course is also offered that’s designed specifically for people looking to start their own brokerage business as opposed to working as an agent or as an employee for a broker.

       • Ed2go (www.ed2go.com). Offers a six month, classroom-based course (in conjunction with Palm Beach State College), which starts at $1,895.00.

       • FBC Freight Brokerage Course (http://freightbrokerscourse.com/products/freight-broker-training/). Offers home study and online-based programs ranging in price from $99 to $699.

       • TIA Delivers (www.tianet.org). Offers a home study course.

      Optionally earning a Certified Transportation Broker accreditation will provide you with the textbook knowledge needed to establish yourself in this industry. However, absolutely nothing can replace the need for real-world training and experience, which you can only obtain from actually working for an established freight brokerage, or by working in other aspects of the ground transportation/freight industry.

      While this work experience is optional prior to starting your own freight brokerage business (or becoming an agent), it’s an extremely savvy business practice to acquire at least some industry-related, real-world experience before attempting to launch your own freight brokerage business.

      Beyond the industry-specific training and knowledge that’s required, running any type of business requires the business operator to juggle many responsibilities, and wear many different proverbial hats, so you’ll also want to develop general business and bookkeeping experience. In other words, you need to be able to efficiently handle the core responsibilities of being a general business operator.

      Thus, taking general business, marketing, and technology-related courses will help you develop and fine-tune the core business and marketing skills you’ll need. If you’re not technologically savvy, learning how to operate a computer and use industry-specific software, as well as general business and bookkeeping software, will all ultimately be essential if you opt to launch your own freight brokerage business.

      • Further Your Education Online

      General business classes can be taken online, at your own pace, from a wide range of accredited institutions. It’s also possible to participate in free, online-based classes from iTunes U, for example, by downloading the free iTunes U app onto your Mac, iPhone, or iPad. The iTunes U app is available from the App Store. Once you launch the free app, you will be able to browse an extensive course catalog, choose which classes to participate in, and then sign up and participate in each selected class.

      University of Phoenix (www.phoenix.edu/colleges_divisions/business.html) is just one example of an online, accredited institution that offers fee-based business classes. Open Culture (www.openculture.com) and Alison Learning (http://alison.com), however, are other resources for participating in free, online business classes that range from accounting, human resources, operations management, leadership skills development, marketing, business writing, and negotiation to business communications, sales management, and fundamentals of business law.

      It’s also essential that you develop strong written and verbal communication skills, since you’ll continuously be interacting with other people in person, in writing, via email, and over the phone. At the same time, becoming a savvy negotiator will help you. These skills can be acquired through the use of self-help courses, or by participating in evening classes, community college classes, or online classes, for example.

Before Becoming a Freight Broker or Agent, Get the Proper Training

      Reading Start Your Own Freight Brokerage Business is a wonderful first step toward obtaining the knowledge and skills needed to start a freight brokerage business or becoming an agent for an existing business. However, it is just a first step.

      After reading this book, if you decide this is a career path you want to pursue, seriously consider investing the time and money needed to acquire the proper training and education. This can be done by taking a live, hands-on training program that requires between 40 and 80 hours in a classroom environment, or it can be done at your own pace, by participating in an online-based training course.

      As you’ll soon discover, the people who want to acquire the most comprehensive training begin by completing an online training program, and then take a live, hands-on training program, so they can interact with and learn from experienced instructors in person.

      When it comes to finding a training program, you have many options to choose from. One option is Brooke Transportation Training Solutions (www.brooketraining.com/our-courses). Founded by Jeff Roach, this organization offers both an online training program, as well as 40- and 80-hour live training programs that are taught in multiple cities throughout the country.

      Roach has spent his entire adult life working in various aspects of the ground transportation industry and for the past two decades has operated a highly successful freight brokerage business called Brooke Transportation Services, which is based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

      It was back in 2001, when he was looking for a training program for his own employees but could not find a good one, that he decided to create Brooke Transportation Training Solutions and began developing an ever-evolving and extremely comprehensive training program, which is now available to the public.

      Over the years, tens of thousands of students have graduated from Roach’s training programs and have gone on to pursue their own successful careers operating a freight brokerage business or working as an agent for an established company.

      In this interview, Jeff Roach shares valuable information about how to acquire the education and training needed in order to operate a successful freight brokerage business or become an agent for an existing freight broker.

      “When I started in this business, unless you already knew someone working within it, you didn’t know what it was. The concept of a freight brokerage or freight broker agent was simply unheard of, even though these companies existed. What I have seen over the past few years is that knowledge about this type of business has become much more mainstream. It used to be people who got into the freight brokerage business were migrating from the trucking business, for example, because they were the only ones who knew about this opportunity. Today, people are graduating from high school or college and are choosing this as a career path,” explained Roach.

      “Today, companies in many different industries, and of all sizes, are using freight brokers or third-party logistics companies, which are basically the СКАЧАТЬ