Moving Words – Success Tools Part II

Timothy Brady “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”  – Edward Everett Hale In my last blog post, I discussed how to apply some of the top reasons businesses succeed as moving and storage companies. In this post, I’ll continue the discussion with more reasons to adapt and apply, […]

Moving Words – Success Tools Part I

Timothy Brady “This is the Eleventh Hour…and we are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” – Hopi Elder Say what? More simply, whatever economic arena in which you find your moving company currently situated, the only people really going to come to your rescue are yourself and those whom you employ or contract. It’s a […]

Moving Words – Slip-Sliding

Timothy Brady “Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.”  – John Wayne You are traveling through another dimension, a dimension of not only sight and sound, but of moving. Making a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of furniture, odd objects, and interesting people. That’s the signpost up ahead: […]

Moving Words – Brainstorming

Timothy Brady “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” – Henry Ford What does it take to be successful in any business venture? I know nearly everyone reading this article has been in the moving/storage/relocation business for years, if not decades. However, every so often it’s an innovative idea to […]

Moving Words – Tax and Insurance Review

Timothy Brady “The U.S. tax code was written by A students. Every April 15, we have to pay somebody who got an A in accounting to keep ourselves from being sent to jail.”  – P. J. O’Rourke It’s that time of year again, and it’s not something that needs to wait until after January 1, […]

Moving Words – Succession

Timothy Brady “One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.” – Josiah Gilbert Holland I’m sure you have a retirement fund set up and are contributing to it on a monthly basis. However, have you thought about who’s going to lead […]

Moving Words – Self-Evaluation

Timothy Brady “You see things; and say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say “Why not?” – George Bernard Shaw It’s always a suitable time to look at what we’re currently doing and determine if it’s heading us in the correct direction to achieve our goals. Any time is a great […]

Moving Words – Fans

Timothy Brady “Customer service is just a day-in, day-out, ongoing, never-ending, unremitting, persevering, compassionate type of activity.”  Leon Gorman Regardless of whether someone mows your lawn, or you purchase an appliance, or ship thousands of items worth millions of dollars cross-country, communication is the base. That communication foundation is the point from where you develop […]

Moving Words – Recruiting Women

Timothy Brady “Being a female trucker means having the courage to break through barriers and blaze new trails” – Kim O’Brien: American Trucking Associations’ ATRI Research Advisory Committee developed a Top Priority research program in March 2023 to better understand the challenges women truck drivers face. Trucking offers secure incomes, decent benefits, and job variety; […]

Moving Words – In the Dust

Timothy Brady “You either make dust or eat dust” – . H. Jackson Brown, Jr. If there weren’t other moving companies, van lines and relocation companies competing for their share of the shippers for which you haul their household goods, would there be any money to be made in that market? Therefore, a medium-to-high amount […]