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Freight Dispatching: CAN YOU WORK FULL TIME & FREIGHT DISPATCH??!

Covenant Dispatch LLC · 2,662 words · 13 min read · EN-ORIG

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[music] >> What up, y'all? This is Francisco with Covenant Dispatch LLC, and welcome back to my YouTube channel. If this is your first time viewing this channel, do me a favor. Right under this video, go ahead and hit that subscribe button. Smash that like button so that this video can reach a broader audience and help those

who are looking for this kind of information. And then lastly, hit that notification bell so that you can be alerted for when we post videos in the future. Uh and then you know, for things like when we go live and all that stuff, you'll get an email right to your uh email address, and you'll be able to

join from the link that we send. So, I want to get right into this video. I know it's been a little bit since I posted, guys. Please give me a little bit of grace. I got my collared shirt on shirt on. I just left church, so uh kind of like an impromptu video. But, the reason why I

actually want to make this video is based on a discussion that I had with somebody uh yesterday. And um the question basically was because this person worked a full-time job, and they were interested in getting into freight dispatching. And so, their question basically was, is there a way to manage a full-time job and also

dispatch a truck [snorts] or multiple trucks um while they do the full-time job to kind of just make passive income or income on the side. And so, you guys have seen some of my other videos where I talked about how you can kind of do it passively um on automation and stuff like that.

So, I actually want to dive a little bit more into detail with that. And I actually want to give you eight steps, practical quick eight practical steps on how you can work a full-time job and also dispatch uh freight dispatch and have a freight dispatching company on the side. So, let's get right into this starting with

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step one. Step one, that goes without saying, is learn the dispatching industry. So, you kind of got to know the basics. I get a lot of people that reach out through email or in the comment section on YouTube. You uh they used to be truck drivers, but just because you used to truck drive or even I get a lot of

people like this, too, that they used to be freight brokers. Just because you've done one or the other, the freight logistics industry is so complex and there's so many moving parts and variables depending on what you're doing. So, you want to know what are the basics to freight dispatching as far as organizing, as far as

uh planning and prepping and all that stuff and then, you know, learning all the other variables that come into it. So, step number one I would say is learn the dispatching basics. You have to understand the basics. Now, shameless plug, of course, I have to say that. We do offer an online freight dispatching

course broken down into two components. One of the first part is the basics where you learn everything from A to Z. People ask me, "Does it teach you literally everything from A to Z?" It essentially is like is walking your hand through the process of setup, uh, equipment you need, all that good stuff.

And then the other component is, um, carrier acquisition. There's a section of it that it I labeled it or titled it carrier acquisition where it essentially shows you how to go out and get carriers, some of the different methods you can use, all that stuff. Aside from me, there are plenty of other people on

YouTube. I wouldn't say plenty, but there are others on YouTube, uh, who have great channels and offer great courses. If you're interested, I'm not saying you necessarily have to take the course that we offer. Shoot me a DM and I'll share some of the other people that I would consider credible, um, that you could also take their

course. But step number one is you have to learn the industry. Um, finding loads for uh carriers, communicating with brokers, some of the different things you need to know in communicating and negotiating freight. You have to be familiar with the load board, uh, all that stuff. So, step number two is setting up your basic dispatching

tools, which would be like a laptop if you're kind of mobile or a desktop. You know, I have just a single screen. I used to have a double screen, uh, uh, desktop. Uh, but you do need a laptop, desktop, a good um uh, good um processor. I think I'm saying that right. Basically, you can't

have like a 1988 operating desktop or laptop. You got to have something that moves pretty fast. A VOIP uh, line or like a business line, you want to have that. Load board access, of course, we talk about that on our course and stuff. And I have plenty of other videos talking about that. So, you want

to have make sure you have the basics for dispatching, the basic tools. Number four uh, step number three, I'm sorry, is finding your owner-operator. So, if you have a full-time job what I would say, to be realistic, is you have to have some kind of flexibility at your job. If it's the kind of job where you go in and from the

time you clock in to the time you clock out you're you're you're being micromanaged and you can't even look at your phone, it's 10 times out of 10 it's just not going to work, you know. So, uh, and we're going to get into automation and stuff like that, but you got to have some kind

of flexibility to some degree. Um, and so, uh, but if you do, then I would recommend starting off with just one carrier and seeing how it goes on automation. So, step number three would be finding your one owner-operator. So, your goal isn't necessarily off the jump, let me just go get five 10 drivers

while I work my full-time job. It's going to be tough doing that. Uh, though though it is possible that you can get to that point eventually, maybe again automation, hiring a freight dispatcher once you built it up and just kind of have it running, outsourcing all those responsibilities. But, you want to go

into Facebook groups. How do you do that? Go into Facebook groups, Instagram groups, go on TikTok. Find anywhere where truckers are at, maybe physically go to truck stops and uh, locate owner-operators. And so, again, we talk about this stuff in our course. I can't go too much into detail for the sake of time of this video, but

find out where truckers are communicating on social media, DM them. Don't be weird and don't be like have like an ad that looks like real soliciting, even though you are soliciting your services, but be like creative. Think of Think outside the box. Get it in touch with them. Offer like a one-time offer, something like

that. And uh eventually you'll stumble stumble across a couple conversations, and then the rest is just sealing the deal by um you know, offering your services to dispatch them. Now, I would recommend the way freight dispatchers typically charge is anywhere from 5 to 8% per gross of the load, which I'll get to at the end of

this video. So, you're charging a percentage per the gross amount that you dispatch them or the loads that you book them, the amount. Uh you don't want to over promise. You don't want to be fake. Be genuine. Let them know what you're doing. And uh but just make sure your services are legit and your pricing

isn't too overpriced. That way it makes it, you know, attractable for these owner-operators. And again, don't come off as scammy. Don't come off as soliciting. Don't come off as weird. Just be yourself. Be genuine. Be authentic. And and uh have something good to offer them. Uh step number four, get the driver's information. So, you

want to make sure once you land that driver, you want to get the MC number, the insurance certificate, W-9, all these things that you need from the driver to move forward. Again, we cover this in our course. And there are other people that offer courses where they go more into depth on those things. And

then look at all of our videos that we have on our YouTube catalog. You can see all that stuff where we talk about these things as well. Step number five, start searching for loads once you have access to a load board. Now, people ask me, "How do I access a load board unless I

have a DOT or an MC number?" It's a great question. Some of these load boards used to give access like DAT a few like 5 years ago. Now, they changed it. So, what I always say is when you find your carrier, you be open and transparent. Let them know what you do, and then reimburse them for

whatever whatever the subscription fee might be by them adding you as an admin user on their account. It's no different, guys, than if you worked for a trucking company, a carrier, and dispatch their trucks, the manager of that company, the owner, whatever, is going to give you user admin access to their load board. It works the same way

for a third-party company, like a home at-home freight dispatch company. You just let your carrier know, and then as a way to kind of attract them into allowing you to do that. Uh have a legit company, don't look scammy, you know? But, um you want to reimburse them on whatever the subscription fee is, or at

least reimburse them 70% depending on how much it is. So, then you'd start looking for loads. And uh you know, DAT, Truckstop, Central Dispatch for those uh who might be car hauling, look into some of the different load boards. That'd be step number five. Step number six is send the load details to the driver. And now I'm getting kind

of into the dispatch process. We do have a video on here of the process of what it looks like step by step. I'll try to put it somewhere in here. If not, I'll put it at the end of the video um towards the the credits of the video. Uh but, you want to send those details to

the driver, the pickup address, the delivery address, whatever, the rate, all that good stuff, so that they know where they're going. And then step number seven, you'd be on the back end handling the paperwork. So, basically what happens is when you book a load, the broker is going to send you, if you're not if their carrier if your

carrier is not set up with that broker already, they're going to send you a carrier packet, you fill it out, get them set up. If you're already set up, your carrier is already set up, then you're just they'll send you over what's called a rate confirmation or a load tender outlining you know, the details

of the load, the price, all that good stuff. You basically sign it and send it back, and there's tools that you use to do that. Um and so, we cover that in some of our YouTube videos and stuff like that, but definitely in our course. Um by this point, you're probably thinking, man, he's really trying to get

us to get the course, and I promise you that's not my intention. Though we have a great course, again, there are other people who offer courses and have YouTube channels that talk about this stuff. I just recommend just know what you're doing before jumping in and looking like a fool um in the end. So,

uh if you can tell by now, all of this or most of this is really just paperwork, back-end stuff, but it's really simple. So, how do you do that when you're at your job? This is where systems, AI, automation, and those sorts of things come into place. If you have uh everything in order, automation

let's say for example when a load gets booked, it automatically sends your driver the details. Um and then whenever he you know wants to communicate with you, maybe you have him communicate through WhatsApp or like another third-party messaging app, and then you have that connected to a an automation system where you send them

auto- automated uh information to the point where if they continue to call you, you know it's an emergency. But, you want to have this automation set up basically to where it's simple and it's easy and you can just dispatch uh essentially and and handle your driver while you're at, you know, your job. So,

now what does this look like practically? Suppose you're getting your driver 5,000, and this is on the low end, you're making your driver 5,000 a week um gross, and you charge 7%. If I did the math, that's $350. That means you're making 400 $1,400 per month by booking one driver grossing on the low

end 5,000. Of course, that could be up to 8,000, up to 10,000 depending if they're doing a little bit of long hauling. And so, that's more or less kind of like what where the numbers would be at. You could be anywhere from 1,400 to even closer to 2,000. And then of course, if you add trucks, then

obviously the more trucks, the more money. And then I guess it just just depends on the job that you work and the flexibility that you have that'll determine whether or not you can handle multiple trucks. You know, I know guys that they're so flexible in their job that, you know, they're they're essentially not being managed from the

time they clock in to the time they clock out as long as their job's getting done. If If one of those jobs, this would be perfect for you. If you're being micromanaged, it'd be tough. Uh but, uh you know, I feel like anything's possible. So, you know, you can make it work. So, if you aim for one driver, you

can definitely make it happen and make yourself some passive income if you have the automated systems in place. Uh a lot of these things again we go over in detail. Another thing I'd uh in in our course and then it when we go live for Q&A's, I'd love to go live shortly. I'd like to set up like I used

to do it uh uh a a live maybe once every Friday in the beginning of the month or something. Once I get it situated, I'll email you guys. If you want to be updated, go on our website and I'll put it in the description under this video and subscribe. That way when you subscribe,

we can send out emails and you'll get our email if we update schedules and stuff like that. I hope the information that I provided so far was good information. If you're working a full-time job and you thought about this, hopefully this video will help you out. If you know it'll help somebody else out, shoot this video to them so

that way they can get some understanding and clarity in this in this topic as well. Other than that, guys, I'll see you in my next video. Peace.

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