Freight Brokers - Building Your Business - Part I
When you begin to build your freight broker business you are usually treading on new ground. You are trying different things. Then you zero in on one or several strategies and then monitor and record the results of your effort. Sometimes you may feel uncomfortable in the new ground that you are treading. This is normal. Other times, you may be uncertain about what path to take. This is normal too. With most business start-ups there is seldom any absolute assurance of success. The tactics that you employ may or may not bear fruit. Franchises may be an exception and more successful than others because there IS a comprehensive set of procedures that one dares not to change or ignore.
Freight Brokers - Building Your Business - Part II
Let's imagine yourself for a moment: Let's say you are beginning your freight broker business and you are working off or your kitchen table or from your office in your bedroom. You are searching but you are not finding shippers with cargo as quickly as you would like. And you may be thinking, "Where can I go to get some help? " What if you could pick up a pair of binoculars and start peering out of your window where you could zero in on about 10 other freight broker businesses. Let's say these 10 businesses are doing extremely well and they are getting tons of loads every week and every month.
Is Your Business Saving Money?
I love to help people whenever I can so I try to share my tips and tricks for various things that affect business and life in general. My tips for today are for saving your business money. I know this is a topic that is important for everyone and sometimes the solutions for saving just seem impossible. Believe me I know how you feel! So with the price of gas and the way the economy is going now a days and the heat of the Political Conventions I thought I would share some of my tricks on how I manage to save in the office. Go Paperless - Yes that's right - one of my green tips saves you money too!
Small Business - Your Opportunity
Over the years, it seems as though small business opportunity have increased. With downsizing, cut backs, and basic decreases in the number of personnel in large business, having a small business is the way to go. But how do you start a small business and what kind of business do you form? Understanding what is needed for you to start and exploring the options you have will greatly help you in seeking the perfect small business opportunity for you. There are a great number of small business opportunities in our market today. People desire the least expensive business and the fastest way to get a job done.
Freight Brokering - What is the Most Important Thing When Getting Started?
The freight broker business involves the customer (shipper), the motor carrier and the broker - three separate persons or entities striving to put together a deal. As the middle-person, the freight broker has to learn how to get set-up and how to work with each person or entity. While the business concept is quite simple, there are many details and procedures that tend to confuse many beginners. To complicate matters further, many business owners get bombarded with all sorts of offers every day through regular mail and from the Internet as well. These offers may be overwhelming. They may even be confusing and end up paralyzing some people.
How to Start a Loan Modification Business - 6 Key Elements to Include in Hardship Letters
You probably figured it out by now. A lot of money is being made in the loan modification business. So how do you get started in this business? The one question that a lot of folks ask me about starting a loan modification business is what specifically needs to be in my borrowers' hardship letter? In this article I am going to show you how to coach your clients on the preparation of their hardship letter. The hardship letter is one of the most important components of your borrower's loan modification request package. This letter needs to focus on how the borrower became behind in his or her payments.
Large Confusion in Business is Not Good For Small Business
Beyond answering the Why are you in business, there is a lot of confusion in the marketplace. This confusion keeps a lot of small business owners just scrambling to stay alive by just barely achieving their goal to meet or increase sales. Years ago when I first established my consulting practice, I had the opportunity to listen to several gentlemen who shared their wisdom with me and continue to do so. They have become my friends, mentors and coaches. Their willingness to share has kept me focused and is part of the reason why I am still a small business owner some 10 years later. The first wisdom came from Doug Brown.
Common Objections Part 2
How many of you have come across the same objections over and over again? I'm sure many of you who own affiliates in network marketing and small businesses currently come across them. This article is for those of you that need a little assistance in what to tell your customer when they do come up with an objection. Sometimes even tackling the objection before your client asks can help too, but be careful you aren't "planting" something in their head that they weren't even thinking about in the first place! Whatever you do, make sure you acknowledge your customer by saying that you understand their concern, or qualify the question further by asking what they mean by what they are asking - have them tell you more and further explain.
To Hire, Or Not to Hire - That is the Question
And the answer is... it depends. There comes a time in many small businesses when you have to consider whether or not you're going to hire employees. Maybe you've reached the point where you need to grow, but you're not sure you're ready to bring on more people. Or maybe you want to stay small and lean, and don't want the bother of having employees. Or maybe it's just been a bad year (totally understandable in this economy! ) and cash flow is crunched. Whatever the reason, there's still work to be done. And today there are more ways than ever to get the work you need taken care of without hiring.
Common Objections Part 3
How many of you have come across the same objections over and over again? I'm sure many of you with network and small businesses have. This article is for those of you that need a little assistance in what to tell your customer when they do come up with an objections. Sometimes even tackling the objection before your client asks can help too, but be careful you aren't "planting" something in their head that they weren't even thinking about in the first place! Whatever you do, make sure you acknowledge your customer by saying that you understand their concern, or qualify the question further by having them tell you more.