Episode #31 Dispatching In My Own Lane with Akira Barlow, Founder of Dispatch With Barlow

In an era when independent dispatch services are popping up left and right, differentiation is everything. Join us to learn of the ways Akira is putting her marketing genius to use to make her company stand out from the crowd. 3.30.2022 Powered by ⁠Atlanta Dispatch LLC For Dispatching Services: www.atlantadispatch.org Podcast Website: transportationandlogistics.club Join our newsletter: transportationandlogistics.club/newsletter Learn how to dispatch: Physical Book Copy: transportationandlogistics.club/amazon eBook: https://books2read.com/u/4jqlzX Stay updated with our happenings: https://linktr.ee/transportationandlogistics?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=601f8834-e86c-4ff1-a555-2d9ff17f1735Listen on Youtube:https://youtu.be/c-Vljyj3S0g Intro/Outro Music Shoutout: Positive Hip-Hop by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ----0:00 Intro and background 3:05 Duration she took to get the day to day task of dispatching on lock 6:04 Number of material she had produced for herself before training her virtual assistant 7:08 Mindset for getting into dispatch 8:49 Duration for getting her first virtual assistant to speed 12:28 How she separates being able to speak to the broker and book loads vs having somebody else do the onboarding process like reading BCAs and submitting paperwork 14:40 What it entails to grow a team, and getting clients 22:10 Does she feel like she has a strong base of contractors in her network? 23:25 What's next for her organization? 26:07 Outsourcing and the role it plays in day-to-day operations of her organization 29:14 How she found her dispatchers, and getting the people she trains to pay her for imparting her intellectual property 36:17 Dispatcher vs carrier consultant. Is there a difference? 40:31 How she ensures synergy between her and the carrier plus ensuring everybody wins 45:10 What is her focus when she is working? Is it on the individual relationship with the dispatcher and the driver or the dispatcher and the fleet owner? 49:52 How she handles fleet owners who do not want to sign a long term contract 55:15 Platform she uses to send text messages 58:23 What is her phone system? 1:00:02 Cost effective method she uses to pay her employees 1:02:17 Additional points and measures she takes to prevent theft of her business model 1:04:40 Audience members flowers for Akira and note of thanks 1:07:25 Note of thanks from Jorie 1:08:35 Words of motivation from Akira 1:10:50 Jorie's take 1:11:22 Guest's social media handles and charge fees for training 1:13:35 Parting shot 1:16:09 Outro