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07.28.21

How to Shop For Commercial Truck Insurance

There’s no getting around the fact that commercial truck insurance is a costly but necessary business expense that cannot be avoided. Without adequate truck insurance, the financial consequences of a…
Chantal Giuliani
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07.21.21

Economic Trends on the Rebound and the Driver Shortage

The driver shortage continues to challenge the transportation industry’s capacity to meet freight demand and is stifling the growth potential for many trucking companies. It’s a decades-old problem that has…
Chantal Giuliani
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07.13.21

A Trucker’s Guide to Paying HVUT – Form 2290

Just a few short months ago your trucking company had to pay its 2020 year-end taxes - but it’s not over yet, another truck tax is looming just around the…
Chantal Giuliani
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07.07.21

Is Your Trucking Company Prepared For Growth in 2021?

The trucking industry is volatile by nature – how well your trucking company is prepared to ride wild swings in demand, rates, rising fuel costs and numerous other fluctuating trends…
Chantal Giuliani
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06.29.21

Clearing Through the Cloud of Factoring Myths

Invoice factoring has been part of the trucking industry from day one. In fact, it has supported numerous industries for thousands of years before trucks were even imagined. Yet, despite…
Chantal Giuliani
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06.24.21

Freight Invoice Factoring 101: Solving Your Cash Flow Problem

Managing cash flow is crucial for your trucking business. Truck payments, fuel, maintenance, payroll, insurance, and taxes are costs that don’t go away. We know you need a steady income…
anthony
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06.16.21

What Is a Freight Broker, and What Do They Do?

Any experienced trucker will tell you that maximizing equipment utilization is a key strategy to ensuring the success of your trucking company. Another way to look at it is –…
Chantal Giuliani
Controlling Your Trucking Company’s Cost of FuelBlogBusiness Success TipsFreight Factoring
06.09.21

Controlling Your Trucking Company’s Cost of Fuel

Keeping your costs under control is crucial to the financial success of your trucking company. An increase in revenues doesn't always translate to an increase in profitability. However, a dollar…
Chantal Giuliani
Cost Per Dollar – The Real Cost of FactoringBlogBusiness Success TipsFreight Factoring
06.02.21

Cost Per Dollar – The Real Cost of Factoring

Invoice factoring is growing in popularity as a preferred funding solution to support trucking operations and fuel growth. Yet despite being a mainstream financial strategy, most truck company owners fail…
Chantal Giuliani
Will Your Trucking Company Get Paid? Assessing Credit RiskBlogBusiness Success TipsFreight Factoring
05.26.21

Will Your Trucking Company Get Paid? Assessing Credit Risk

One of the many advantages of working with a specialized invoice factoring company for the trucking industry includes access to a large database of credit information on existing and potential…
Chantal Giuliani
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05.18.21

Why Refer a Friend for Freight Factoring?

Why should you refer a friend to eCapital Freight Factoring? The simple answer is to be helpful, establish cooperative relationships and get cash rewards in the process. When you refer…
Chantal Giuliani
Increase Trucking Company Profits with an Improved Fuel Buying StrategyBlogBusiness Success TipsFreight Factoring
05.12.21

Increase Trucking Company Profits with an Improved Fuel Buying Strategy

By better managing fuel costs and having an effective fuel buying strategy, business owners and fleet managers have the ability to make their trucking businesses more profitable. Fuel costs are…
Chantal Giuliani
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05.05.21

Is Factoring a Good Idea for Your Trucking Company?

Trucking is a great business full of risk, rewards, difficulties and success stories. It is a volatile industry, ever-changing with new technologies, new regulations, fluctuating market conditions and global disruptions…
Chantal Giuliani
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04.27.21

Spot Factoring vs Contract Factoring for Trucking Companies

For trucking companies, operational interruption can have serious negative impact on customer relations and your bottom line. Having preventative programs in place to avoid disruption is a key strategy to…
Chantal Giuliani
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04.21.21

How to Qualify for Freight Factoring

If you own a trucking company there are a number of issues that continuously occupies your mind – ensuring readily available access to working capital is one of the most…
Chantal Giuliani
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04.14.21

Typical Freight Factoring Terms You Should Know

Reliable access to working capital is a critical necessity for any trucking company. The choice to start factoring freight bills to support operations and fuel growth is a sound business…
Chantal Giuliani
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04.07.21

How Working Capital Can Challenge Trucking Companies

A company’s working capital is a core part of funding its daily operations. Despite the extreme importance of over-the-road services, freight carriers and brokers continue to experience difficulty in meeting the…
Chantal Giuliani
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03.31.21

Company Driver vs Owner Operator – What’s the Difference?

With positive projections of healthy market conditions stretching out over the next two years and more, there is no better time to launch their own trucking company. As the massive…
Chantal Giuliani
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03.24.21

How to Prepare Your Trucking Company for Autonomous Driving

Does the thought of self-driving freight trucks cause you concern for the viability of your trucking company or your career as a truck driver? According to truck industry experts, it…
Chantal Giuliani
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03.18.21

How to ready your truck company for a rebound year in 2021

Top industry analysts are expecting a very strong market and an improving environment for trucking companies to achieve greater profitability in 2021. The rollout of vaccines marks the beginning of…
Chantal Giuliani
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03.11.21

How To Avoid Trucking Scams

The unfortunate reality is that as people and organizations become more vulnerable, scammers become more active. Since the beginning of the health crisis, there’s been a considerable increase in fraud…
anthony
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03.04.21

How To Start A Trucking Company With Just One Truck

Starting a trucking company is a big decision. Becoming a business owner operator is, without a doubt, a huge responsibility, and taking the first steps can feel overwhelming. Take a…
anthony
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02.24.21

Bank Loan vs Freight Factoring

Lock and Load Your Backup Financial Plan – Get Ready for High Demand 2021 is shaping up to be a good year in trucking with growing demand for capacity and…
Chantal Giuliani
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02.10.21

Is being an owner operator in 2021 worth it?

Last year proved to be a significant year for the trucking industry as the entire globe faced the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Trucking was declared an essential service for…
anthony
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01.26.21

3½ Ways to Grow Your Trucking Business

If there’s one thing we know about trucking businesses, it’s that owner-operators and fleet owners are focused on growth. When we talk to trucking business owners, the majority of them…
anthony
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01.20.21

How To Improve Your Trucking Company In 2021

Operating a trucking company is not for the faint of heart, it takes road experience, an entrepreneurial spirit and a tough hide. Be sure you are prepared for the road…
Courtney Ford
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01.13.21

Five Tips for Following Up on Accounts Receivable

It can be one of the greatest frustrations of owning your own trucking company – you do a great job delivering safely and on time, but your customers won't pay on…
Alma Bailey
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01.06.21

How Factoring Helps Assess Credit Risk & Improve Cash Flow

Providing payment terms to customers is common practice in the trucking industry. Failure to do so will undoubtedly lead to a dramatic loss of business. Shippers expect at least net…
anthony
6 Reasons Successful Trucking Companies Use FactoringBlogBusiness Success TipsFreight FactoringFreight Factoring BasicsFreight Factoring Blog
12.15.20

6 Reasons Successful Trucking Companies Use Factoring

When you start a transportation company, strong cash flow is just as critical to your business success as your trusty semi truck. As you may know, truck factoring or freight factoring can be…
anthony
8 Things You Can Do Today to Grow Your Trucking or Transportation BusinessBlogBusiness Success TipsFreight FactoringFreight Factoring BasicsFreight Factoring Blog
12.07.20

8 Things You Can Do Today to Grow Your Trucking or Transportation Business

If you’re the owner of a small trucking business, you know it’s tough to compete with larger fleets. The obvious advantage of more trucks often means that they can offer…
anthony
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12.02.20

Fleet Fuel Cards vs Credit Cards

Is your trucking company using a credit card instead of a fuel discount card as your company’s fleet card? If so, you’re paying far too much for diesel, your company’s…
Alma Bailey
The History of Invoice Factoring in the Trucking IndustryBlogFreight FactoringFreight Factoring Basics
11.18.20

The History of Invoice Factoring in the Trucking Industry

Invoice factoring is older than you think The concept of factoring is quite old. Factoring has been around since the ancient Mesopotamian times and the code of Hammurabi. It is…
Alma Bailey
The Ultimate Cheat Sheet to Starting and Running Your Own Trucking BusinessBlogFreight FactoringStarting a Trucking Company
11.04.20

The Ultimate Cheat Sheet to Starting and Running Your Own Trucking Business

Congratulations! You’ve decided to start a new trucking company and be your own boss. Trucking is one of the best ways to become a business owner. To succeed you will…
Alma Bailey
Calculate Your Cost Per Mile to Maximize ProfitsBlogFleetsFreight FactoringOwner Operators
10.28.20

Calculate Your Cost Per Mile to Maximize Profits

In the trucking industry, we know that profits are everything and it's important to know your truck operating costs for every load. As an owner of a trucking company, making…
anthony
How Do Trucking Companies Make Good Money?BlogBusiness Success TipsFreight Factoring
10.21.20

How Do Trucking Companies Make Good Money?

It seems simple enough to make money as a trucker; pick up freight here, deliver it there, bill the customer. To a layman being an owner operator or trucking fleet…
Alma Bailey
How to Improve Cash Flow and Enhance Your Trucking Company’s ProfitabilityBlogCash Flow TipsFreight Factoring
09.30.20

How to Improve Cash Flow and Enhance Your Trucking Company’s Profitability

How do trucking companies make money? The basic principle is simple; trucking companies make money by driving loaded miles and charging a higher rate-per-mile than the company’s cost-per-mile. The greater…
Alma Bailey
The Best Key Performance Indicators for Trucking CompaniesBlogBusiness Success TipsFreight Factoring
09.03.20

The Best Key Performance Indicators for Trucking Companies

If you own or manage a trucking company, knowing the key performance indicators (KPIs) is crucial to the success of your organization. KPIs may differ per organization and certainly per…
Alma Bailey
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08.10.20

Factoring Trivia: Little Known Facts about Invoice Factoring

What is Invoice Factoring? In short, it is the selling of accounts receivable invoices at a discount in exchange for immediate payment. This practice provides instant business cash flow allowing…
Alma Bailey
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07.21.20

How to Get Your Trucking Business Invoices Paid Faster

It's frustrating; you work hard, make tight deadlines and deliver the goods, then you have to wait around to get paid. Meanwhile, expenses mount up as your equipment burns fuel…
anthony
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05.15.20

3 Reasons Why Trucking Companies Use Freight Factoring

Why do so many trucking and transportation companies include freight factoring as part of their financing toolkit? The business rationale for choosing factoring for trucking is largely based on the…
anthony
How to Easily Calculate and Improve Your Trucking Company Profit MarginsBlogBusiness Success TipsFreight FactoringTrucking Company Tools
05.08.20

How to Easily Calculate and Improve Your Trucking Company Profit Margins

Just like any other business, your trucking company needs to run at a profit or it will quickly fail. Sounds like stating the obvious doesn’t it, yet it’s surprising how…
Tre
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04.27.20

How a Factoring Line of Credit Trumps Factoring and a Line of Credit

Regardless of whether it’s riding through a pandemic, battling against freight shortages or going flat out to keep up with demand, maintaining positive cash flow is a constant challenge for…
anthony
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04.17.20

Freight Factoring Helps Trucking Companies Turned Down By Banks

Trucking companies cannot depend on the banking system to provide working capital solutions or trucking business loans. Prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, carriers and brokers had great difficulty getting…
Tre
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04.09.20

How Shavings Make a Pile – Trucking Tax Deduction Tips

It was late on a Friday afternoon and I was already thinking of what seasoning I was going to put on the steaks when I took that last call.  I…
anthony
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04.02.20

How Financial Bank Covenants Affect Your Trucking Business

During this period of national crisis, the extreme peaks in demand for capacity combined with a faltering economy have heightened the difficulty of maintaining positive cash flow for truck company…
anthony
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04.01.20

7 Ways to Get Loads for Your Trucking Business

No matter how much the world changes around us, one thing that remains constant is the need for truckers to know how to find loads to haul. Through freight recessions…
anthony
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03.23.20

Why Trucking Can’t Shut Down During a Pandemic like Coronavirus

The COVID-19 global pandemic is an unprecedented health threat, and the trucking industry is taking its place in history as an essential service during this crisis, which is why the…
anthony
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02.27.20

How Factoring Strengthens a Trucking Company

Invoice factoring puts trucking companies at an advantage over the competition and lets them run a stronger business. How, you ask? Let’s break it down. When you factor invoices, you…
anthony
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01.24.20

Protect Your Trucking Business from Bank Loan Covenants

It’s a good thing that truckers are a tough breed as these are certainly tough times we’re in. During the first half of 2019, approximately 640 trucking companies went bankrupt…
anthony
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11.19.19

Freight Invoice Factoring – Know the Pros and Cons

If you’ve been in the transportation industry for a while, you’ve heard of factoring. It is far from a new financial service. And there’s a reason it’s been around forever:…
anthony
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10.08.19

Top 10 FAQs About Invoice Freight Factoring

We factor a lot of freight invoices for transportation companies and truckers and therefore get a ton of good questions thrown our way. Here are the most common questions we…
anthony
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08.27.19

When Will Your Business Benefit from Freight Factoring?

Working in the trucking industry is no walk in the park. Everyday demands keep you busier than you ever thought you’d be. There’s so much to do: Finding loads Hauling…
anthony
How To Choose The Right Factoring CompanyBlogFleetsFreight FactoringFreight Factoring BasicsOwner Operators
07.08.19

How To Choose The Right Freight Factoring Company

There are so many freight factoring companies to choose from that it can be overwhelming. So, how do you decide who to work with? Choosing the right freight factoring company…
anthony
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05.20.19

20 Easy Ways Trucking Companies Can Increase Profit Margins This Month

You’re a great truck driver. You know how to choose the best routes, are always reliable and deliver on time, every time. But it takes more than being a great…
anthony
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05.10.19

How to Find a Great Online Load Matching Service

If you’re a truck owner-operator, finding loads is one of your main priorities. It’s imperative to increase your loaded miles in order to maximize your profits and mileage. A great…
anthony
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03.22.19

Top 10 Commonly Missed Tax Deductions

Are you unsure of the deductions available to you as a trucking business owner? Don't worry, we're here to help! We've teamed up with Jim O'Donnell, owner and CEO of…
anthony
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01.14.19

Freight Factoring Solutions – Improving Cash Flow for Driver Incentives and Retention

The American Trucking Association just released some interesting data on the trucking industry that points to some positive performance and economic trends. Here are some highlights from their release: In 2014, trucks…
anthony
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09.08.17

8 Free Apps for Truckers

While on the road, apps can help get you where you need to be, save time, money, and make you skinnier... okay, maybe not skinnier! 1. GasBuddy With fuel being…
anthony
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03.17.17

Five Ways to Grow Your Trucking Business

As the owner of a trucking business, you understand well that competing with bigger fleets can be challenging. High driver turnover, maintenance, and a host of other obstacles can make…
anthony
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10.05.16

Top 5 Ways for Busy Truckers to Make More Money

If you’re good at your job as a truck driver, it seems to make sense that your experience would make you an awesome business owner. Yet, you’re so busy working…
anthony
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08.25.16

Top Ways to Finance Your Fleet

Many trucking companies experience growth and the need for additional financing simultaneously. Demand can be good and yet, with high start-up and operational costs, creative solutions to fund growth may…
anthony
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06.30.16

Top 11 Ways to Reduce Your Commercial Trucking Insurance Premiums

Trucking insurance is one of your biggest monthly expenses as an independent owner-operator or small fleet owner. Unfortunately, rates have been increasing by as much as 20% across the board.…
anthony
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08.17.15

Top 10 Ways to Save on Fuel Costs

Fuel is the largest operating expense in the trucking industry. A typical commercial truck will use 20,500 gallons of fuel and can easily consume more than $70,000 of diesel fuel…
anthony
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08.13.15

10 Lessons for Running a Better Business From Popular TV Shows

TV shows are great at illustrating themes of real life; inspiring heroes and leaders, tales of success and hard work paying off, and the overarching theme of accomplishing more as…
anthony
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07.31.15

7 Smartphone Apps to Improve Truck Driver Health and Fleet Productivity

Most (if not all) truck drivers today travel with a smartphone or tablet in their cab. It’s become a vital planning tool that can help improve productivity while saving time…
anthony
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05.19.15

5 Ways Trucking Companies Can Access Cash for Growth

There are a few truths to owning a trucking business that many people don’t fully comprehend – unless of course you’re a trucking business owner. The adage ‘it takes money…
anthony
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03.06.15

Three Common Invoice Factoring Questions Answered

Invoice factoring may be a relatively new concept to some, but it’s actually been around for centuries as a financial practice. It’s used quite frequently in the transportation and trucking industry, and often…
anthony
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01.15.15

Top 10 Apps for Owner-Operators

Do you carry a smart phone or tablet with you on the road? There are several apps on the market that can truly help with planning, productivity, and budgets, but…
anthony
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01.05.15

5 Free Smartphone Apps for Truckers

Back in June, I posted the top 10 Smartphone apps for truckers to use while on the road. Those apps listed are still great and relevant, but there are some…
anthony
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10.29.14

3 Reasons Your Customers Will Like Invoice Factoring

Companies of all sizes use invoice factoring (a.k.a accounts receivable financing) to get the capital they need to grow their businesses. Not only has invoice factoring been around for a while,…
anthony
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12.20.13

Trucking Types

Are you just breaking into the trucking industry? With so many trucking types and jobs to choose from, it may be difficult to choose what’s right for you. In this…
anthony
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12.13.13

Top 5 Tips to Consider when Choosing a Freight Factoring Company

Do you know how factoring your invoices can help your business with cash flow? Simply put, factoring is a process where a company purchases your invoices then pays you a percentage of…
anthony
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12.12.13

The History of Factoring

Since Mesopotamian times, savvy merchants were trying to find ways to acquire the funds they needed to continue producing their goods. Fast forward about 2400+ years, and their idea is…
anthony
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12.09.13

Common Freight Factoring Terms Defined

If you’re new to factoring, you might come across terms that you’re not familiar with. It’s important that your factoring company explains how factoring works and what each term means.…
anthony