Written for brokers, not for vendors

AI guides for freight brokers

Everything here is written by Josh, who spent eight years brokering freight at TQL, running a million-dollar business solo by getting AI to work for him. Now he coaches freight brokers to do the exact same thing for their businesses on‑site in person 1-on-1 across the Greater Houston area.

• AI for freight brokers: what it does, what it doesn’t, where to startThe five workflows worth automating first, the hard limits, and how to start this week — inside the TMS, load board and inbox you already have.5 min read →
• ChatGPT for freight brokers: how brokers actually use AIWhat brokers actually do with AI day to day — lane and RFP analysis, a morning market brief, carrier scorecards, and the places it falls apart.6 min read →
• What AI should never do in a freight brokeragePermits, carrier vetting, credit terms, anything a customer sees before you do — the work to keep away from AI, and the rule for telling the difference.8 min read →
• Stop retyping tender emails and rate cons into your TMSGet AI to pull stops, dates and reference numbers out of tender emails and rate con PDFs — with the two prompts and the review step that keep it honest.8 min read →
• Freight broker back office automation: the five workflows that pay off firstDocument intake, exception handling, billing, carrier packets and reporting — ranked by hours saved per hour of setup, inside the tools you own.5 min read →
• Freight broker virtual assistant: what to hire and what to automateWhat a freight broker VA really costs, the three things a person still does better than AI, and how to split the list before you take on a monthly bill.5 min read →
• Freight broker work hours: why the job runs into the nightWhy the day never ends, why the weekend is a different problem, what is actually eating your evening, and which of those hours can be handed off.6 min read →
• Can a freight broker work from home? Yes — here’s what makes it workWhat you actually need to broker from a home office, why the evenings get worse, and what to automate when you are the entire back office.5 min read →
• Are freight brokers going out of business? What the numbers actually sayThe closure counts from FMCSA authority data, why the cost side decided it, and the one thing the brokerages still standing had in common.5 min read →
• Will AI replace freight brokers? The honest answer, task by taskWhich broker tasks are already automated in production, which stay human, and the competitive risk that is much closer than replacement.5 min read →