INTRODUCTION TO THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY
THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY CREATED 800 BILLION IN REVENUE DURING THE PANDEMIC OF 2021. THE INDUSTRY PLAN TO INCREASE BY 66% FOR THE YEAR OF 2022. THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVING 70% OF FREIGHT IN THE US. THIS INDUSTRY GENERATES MORE REVENUE THAN ANY OTHER INDUSTRY IN THE US. THE LARGEST REVENUE STREAMS IN THE NATION'S ECONOMY. THE US TRUCK LOAD MARKET IS MASSIVE.
BENEFITS OF DISPATCHING
- WORK FROM HOME OR ANYWHERE
- WORK AT YOUR OWN PACE
- MOST COST-EFFICIENT WAY INTO THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY
- START OF BUILDING A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS
- MEETING DIFFERENT PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
- KEEP DRIVERS' ACTIVE AND INDUSTRY GROWING
- EFFECFTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH BROKERS
- ADVANTAGE OF SALARY DETERMINATION
- POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING A FRANCHISE
LET'S DISPATCH
LEARN THE ROPES OF DISPATCHING. LEARN THE ROLE OF A DISPATCHER AND THE MAIN CHARACTYERISTICS IN DISPATCHING. LEARN HOW TO GET ESTABLISHED AND GET STARTED.
GETTING TO THE MONEY
LEARN HOW TO BOOK LOADS USING LOAD BOARDS AND COMMUNICATING WITH BROKERS. LEARN ABOUT FACTORING COMPANIES AND WHY THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
LET'S GET MOVING
LEARN ABOUT THE CARRIERS, DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT USED IN THE INDUSTRY AND THE WEIGHT CAPACITY. LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ZONES. WHEN AND WHERE TO SEND CARRIERS.
Example Curriculum
MEET THE INSTRUCTOR
HELLO! MY NAME IS LATOYA A. BLISSETT. I AM THE CEO OF LCG DISPATCHING LLC WHICH I ESTABLIISHED IN 2021. I AM ALSO THE FOUNDER OF BIG FYNE COLLECTION, ONLINE CLOTHING BOUTIQUE THAT LAUNCHED IN 2021 AS WELL.
LET'S LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME AND MY BACKGROUND. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF 5 CHILDREN (4 BOYS, 1 GIRL). I GRADUATED FROM RULEVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN 2003. I ATTENDED A COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHORTLY AFTER RECEIVING MY HS DIPLOMA BUT DID NOT GRADUATE. AT THE TIME I WAS STRUGGLING BETWEEN WORKING AND ATTENDING SCHOOL. IT CAME TO A POINT WHERE I HAD TO CHOOSE, SO I CHOSE THE JOB BECAUSE I HAD CHILDREN
IN 2008, I LOST THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN TO GUN VIOLENCE. I WAS LEFT TO RAISE 5 CHILDREN BY MYSELF. AFTER YEARS OF BEING A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT, I DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I STEPPED INTO THE WORLD OF MANUFACTURING AND I SPENT SO MANY YEARS UNHAPPY. I KNEW THERE HAD TO BE SOMETHING BETTER FOR ME, SO I WENT FOR IT.
IN 2020, MY DAUGHTER LAUCHED HER ONLINE BOUTIQUE WHICH GAVE ME THE IDEA OF FULFILLING MY PASSION. SHORTLY AFTER THE LAUNCH OF HERS, I LAUNCHED BIG FYNE COLLECTION WITH THE PLAN TO PARTNERSHIP WITH HER IN 2022. UNFORTUNATELY, MY DAUGHTER WAS MURDERED JUNE 2021. AT THAT MIOMENT I HAD GIVEN UP ON EVERYTHING. AFTER FASTING AND PRAYING, I DECIDED TO GET BACK IN GEAR. I USED MY FRUSTRATION AND ANGER TO PUSH ME HARDER. IN HONOR OF MY BELOVED DAUGHTER, I NAMED MY DISPATCHING COMPANY AFTER HER.
DEALING WITH ADVERSITY WAS MY BIGGEST FACTOR. MY RESILIENCE INSPIRED MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORD,
"FAILURE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPING RESILIENCE." -MICHELLE OBAMA