Welcome
to the OFL Team Intranet!
This is a living, breathing work in progress, meant to arm us with the tools,
tips, tricks and info we need to be successful!
Suggestions are always welcome!
Since learning is a continuous process, you should consider getting in the habit of watching videos, reading industry-related journals and listening to podcasts. Be a student of Logistics and Sales.
Below are lists of links to popular Freight Industry professionals Videos and Podcasts.
VIDEO LIBRARY
Dennis Brown – https://www.youtube.com/@FreightBrokers
Brandon Scott – https://www.youtube.com/@brandonthefreightbroker
Freight 360 – https://www.youtube.com/@Freight360
Luis Uribe – https://www.youtube.com/@freightskills
World Of Logistics – https://www.youtube.com/@LogisticsWorldz
PODCASTS
Freightonomics – https://freightonomics.simplecast.com/
Put That Coffee Down – https://put-that-coffee-down.simplecast.com/
Freight Caviar – https://freightcaviar.com/podcasts/
Logistics of Logistics – https://www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com/latest-episodes/
Freightcasts – https://freightcasts.simplecast.com/episodes
Remember that a large part of logistics is sales, and a large part of sales is mindset.
BROKER AGENT TIPS
- Diversifying Your Revenue
- Scaling and Efficiency
- The Human Touch
- The Art of the Negotiation
- Freight Forwarding vs Freight Brokering
- Building a Network of Carriers
- Handling Claims and Disputes
- The Impacts of Severe Weather
- Marketing a Brokerage
- Working with the Big Guys
- The Value of Freight Brokering
- Personalized Value
- Who's in Your Network?
- Is Your Script Ready?
- Rolling with Objections
INDUSTRY NEWS
- Proficient, in midst of huge upheaval for auto carriers, is cautious in analyst earnings call
- Check Call: 2024 quarterly earnings miss the mark on Wall Street
- Pamt Corp. books big loss in Q4
- In 3 months, Jack Cooper went from discussing new funding to closing its doors
- Analyst: Shippers’ tariff fears could keep trans-Pacific container rates up during February ‘dip’
- Short line eyes Cali market, buys hydrogen locomotive builder
- US hit its highest-ever trade total with any nation in 2024: $840B with Mexico
- The cost of shipping air is rising. Shared Truckload can help your business stay competitive.
- EXCLUSIVE: Gaia Dynamics uses AI to help shippers save on compliance, tariffs
- All quiet on the diesel front: Second week of small increases in DOE/EIA price
- Project freight allows Radiant to overcome ‘pretty tough’ market
- Trump tariffs see retailers boosting US container imports
- Feds respond to egg shortage by easing truck driver work rules
- Auto hauler Jack Cooper shutting down: CEO letter to workers
- Spot rates slip 10%; licensed customs broker talks tariffs; stolen chassis ring | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?