All about making connections. You not only want to start finding carriers as soon as possible, you also want to make connections with shippers and brokers. A good place to start is with an online directory, like Truck Dispatch Service, that makes it easy to find any partners you could want. Truck Dispatching is included free with a 247 truck dispatch $180.00 subscription, and provides contact information so you can reach out to potential partners and start making connections.
How to Find Carriers and Loads as a Truck Dispatcher 7/24
Once you have created your business, you need to start finding carriers and loads. When it comes to finding carriers and small trucki dispatch companies to work with, there are a few approaches you can take. These include:
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lets you contact carriers and tell them about the services you’re providing. Paid ads on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Google help you share your message with targeted audiences.
A factoring company can send emails to its contact list promoting your services. If a carrier is already working with a factoring company and finds itself in need of a truck dispatcher, seeing that email could be all you need to get a new partner.
Facebook groups for carriers in the transportation industry can be a good place to promote your business for free. You can join and get your name out there by commenting or creating posts offering your independent truck dispatcher services.
Once you have carriers, it’s time to start finding loads. If you have a subscription to the load board of your choice, you can start using it to find loads right away. You can either post the trucks you have and let the system find a match, or you can perform a search. Just put in all the information about the truck you’re trying to fill including the type, any special features it may have, and the lanes, origin, and destination you are looking for.
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With a load board like 247 Truck Dispatch Service, you can save your searches so you don’t have to reenter the information each time you search for loads for the same truck. You can even set alerts on your searches so that if there isn’t a perfectly matching load right now, you will be notified as soon as one is posted — which shouldn’t take that long with hundreds of thousands of new loads being posted daily.
Once you find a load that matches the carrier or owner-operator’s needs, you can begin negotiations with the broker.
Running a successful truck dispatcher business is hard work, but if you follow the steps laid out above you should be able to find partners who can help your business thrive. Finally, I want to leave you with my two most important tips for becoming a successful truck dispatcher.
Tip One: Find a Mentor
I firmly believe that a good mentor can be the key to a successful truck dispatcher business. I had a mentor when I first got started and now I act as a mentor for my students. In fact, the students who have had the greatest success — expanding their truck dispatching companies and even becoming carriers themselves — are the ones who have made the most of having a mentor and have never feared reaching out whenever they have a question or problem.
No one is born knowing how to become a truck dispatcher — there is a learning curve that leads to success. Finding a mentor and making the most of that resource by asking for guidance whenever you need it can help your business thrive.
Tip Two: Invest in Your Education
Picking the right education resource is critical to success. You should pick a course that goes beyond the basic facts of truck dispatching to give you the knowledge and insight you need to effectively implement those facts into your business. Good courses — many of which are online — will cover much of the same information I spoke about in this piece, including registering your business, building your website, and making the most of load boards. They will also address the best methods of promoting your business through key marketing techniques. That knowledge is critical because you could be the best truck dispatcher in the world, but if no one knows about you, that achievement is useless.
Getting Started on your Truck Dispatcher Business
I hope these tips have given you a good idea of how to start building your truck dispatching business. If you want to learn more, you can check out my YouTube channel, where I go into greater detail on many of the topics I addressed here, or sign up for my comprehensive online course.
