Before accepting a load, buying a new truck, or signing any contract for your expedite business, make sure that you're happy with the terms. But when presented with an unfair offer, how should you respond? Do you have the negotiation chops to arrive at a more favorable agreement? Try this quiz to find out. #1. True or false: Your voice has no significant impact on your ability to negotiate favorable terms. #2. Which is a more powerful tactic for winning people over to your po...

Social media can be a powerful tool to connect with people, increase your exposure, and build your personal brand. But if you're not careful, what you say on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Instagram can damage your reputation, hurt your business, and waste a ton of your time in the process. So, if you're an expedite owner-operator, driver, or fleet owner, how can you capitalize on the opportunities that social media offers to help grow your business while avoiding the pote...

Whether you're a driver looking to become an owner-operator, an owner pursuing the next step toward fleet ownership, or a fleet owner in growth mode, you can purchase a reliable used expediter straight trucks with relatively low miles - 250,000 to 500,000 miles - at a significantly lower cost than comparable new models. But with the freight slowdown in 2019 that has carried into early 2020, what has been the impact on the used expediter truck market? What does the market look...

This assault on the public by the "protesters" has gotten way out of hand....

All you mask wearing, afraid of your own shadow people that get their marching orders from the mainstream media, I have something to tell you, if your new religion comes from the gospel of 24 hour news, keep that follow the herd mentality to yourself....

Most automakers plan to start reopening plants the week of May 18, which is good news for expedited trucking companies that have built a substantial share of their business providing just-in-time parts deliveries to those facilities. But uncertainty remains as to what expediters can realistically expect with how the plant reopenings will impact their business - at least, in the near term. For example... When will demand for vehicles get back to "normal"?In the latest jobs re...

Isn't he cute? There are a lot of truckers who have dogs and cats with them on the road....

I've seen a lot of things in my driving career. Not much surprises me anymore....

What in the Sam Hill is all the truck drivers complaining about?...

In the early weeks of the COVID-19 crisis, many expediters have been staying busy. But after the initial panic buying and need for urgent deliveries slow down, will you have enough cash to get through a potential lull? Or if, God forbid, you test positive for the coronavirus and need to self-quarantine, unable to earn revenue for the next two to three weeks, what's your cash strategy to keep your business afloat? As of this writing, no one knows when the U.S. economy will ful...