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Overdrive Radio
Donāt have to be a āone-and-doneā: Know your customer to survive/thrive in the first year with carrier authority
For most new independent owner-ops, emphasizes Kevin Rutherford in this edition of Overdrive Radio, the customer (fundamentally the entity that pays your business for its service) is one, a few or several brokers. Too many owner-ops fail to see or treat their brokers like a customer, without which failure is any businessā destiny. And: A view from the other side with small broker Al Zellmer.
April 20, 2018
Business
Expedite Expo staging in Ky. July 20-21
According to the organizers behind the Expedite Expo show, set to kick off July 20-21 at the Lexington Center in downtown Lexington, Ky., attendeesā two-day, time-only investment at the Expo (itās otherwise free for owner-ops, drivers and fleet owners) will pay dividends in āexpanding your industry knowledgeā and more.
April 20, 2018
Business
Two-day biz-topics meeting for owner-ops
Expediter Services, offering capacity solutions and ownership opportunities within the trucking industry, will host its latest ES Group Gathering (EGG) event April 27-28 in Southaven, Miss., at the Landers CenterĀ just south of Memphis and located off I-55.
April 19, 2018
Overdrive Extra
A few points on scoring better rates from owner-operator coach Kevin Rutherford
Rutherfordās take on rates, deadheading, ācheap freight,ā broker relationships and more.
April 18, 2018
Overdrive Extra
What is your time worth?
āHow many of us, if asked, could accurately quote what our time is worth, per hour, based on actual and complete data?Ā No emotion, no pie in the sky guessing, just the cold hard facts.ā Gary Buchs on numbers analysis toward establishing per-hour rates for healthy profit.
April 3, 2018
Business
Ariz. Senate candidate Joe Arpaio advises anti-ELD advocates keep up the fight
At a small event held Saturday, March 31, in Nashville, recently pardoned former county sheriff Arpaio admitted that, before Saturday, āI was in the dark about the occupationā of trucking and the regulatory strains on its small businesses. āThis is a public relations thing ā youāve got to get the word out.ā
April 2, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Podcast special edition: Lay of the land for owner-ops, by the numbers again with ATBSā Todd Amen
This special edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast features audio from ATBS President Todd Amenās March 20 conference call for owner-operators outlining annual mileage, revenue and income averages from 2017, among other metrics, for segments among its clients ā with a look ahead through this year.
March 20, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Technology and maximizing your most precious resource
How technology is āchanging some of what I want to believe about my business,ā in the words of owner-operator Gary Buchs, in this his debut on the Overdrive Extra blog. Among techās benefits: freeing up the resource of time āto study the markets and pursue new customers, making my business more efficient.ā
March 20, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Managing ridiculous expectations handed down from brokers
A talk with small fleet owner Leander Richmond for this Overdrive Radio podcast reveals some brokers have gone so far as to make it a contract stipulation that the carrier will be required to send proof of delivery within an hour of offload ā or lose all claim to payment for that load. Sound outrageous? We thought so, too, but thereās more. Take a listen.
March 7, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Partners in Business podcast: Managing your money and time
This installment in the podcast series of Overdriveās Partners in Business, excerpting portions of the manual coproduced with ATBS, covers how to develop and use profit and loss statements, and how to understand your revenue, earnings and costs.
February 23, 2018
Business
Rates up, volumes neutral to down year over year: The story so far in February for van, flatbed
With ELD proliferation constraining capacity in trucking and pushing up rates, thereās evidence of some competition from rail/intermodal moderating volumes in van. Flatbedās generally volume-neutral compared to this time last year.
February 15, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Partners in Business podcast: Getting started as an owner-operator
This Overdrive Radio podcast covers the first four chapters from the Partners in Business manual ā from making the transition to self-employment, choosing a financial services partner, creating a strong business plan and establishing your bookkeeping.
January 31, 2018
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