What Else Is Needed To Become a Freight Broker?
You guessed it! You need to find the Shippers willing to let you move their freight. You will have to do the following to be successful: Build personal contacts and build relationships with shippers by making many phone calls, knocking on doors and using the internet. Yes, working from home doesnt mean you get to stay home all the time especially at first when you have to build your client base to make your telephone ring or your email account fill up with requests to move freight. You can utilize the internet to locate freight from shippers but do anticipate the shippers wanting references before they entrust you with their freight. The road to become a freight broker is not the easiest to take but you can make good money with hard work and a knack for building relationships with the shippers, transportation companies and truckers. Keep in mind one person can only be in so many places at a time or do so many things in a given day. If you want to make the upper six figure income, that
