Start Your Own Transportation Service (your Step-by-step Guide To Success)

By (author) Kimball Cheryl
Description
Start Your Own Transportation Service shows readers how to create a revenue stream by thinking outside the traditional transportation box. Features information on how to start businesses in the areas of ridesharing, executive car service, special events, medical transport, and pedicab/party services. The personal transportation business is the hottest trend in the service industry, offering riders an alternative to traditional taxi, bus, and shuttle services. The perfect business for the entrepreneur, a transportation service allows business owners to go as big or as small as their market allows, from a single-car rideshare service to a full-fleet operation with multiple drivers. Featuring Entrepreneur''s trusted branding and strategies, this title gives readers the keys to success.
Biographical note
For more than 30 years, Entrepreneur Media has been setting the course for small business success. The Entrepreneur Media family is regarded as a beacon within the small to midsized business community, providing outstanding content, fresh opportunities, and innovative ways to push publishing, small business, and entrepreneurship forward. It is headquartered in Irvine, CA. Cheryl Kimball is a trusted writer and the author of several Entrepreneur Press titles. She lives in Middleton, NH.
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From taxis to limousines to bicycle rentals, moving vans, and long-haul transport of refrigerated goods, the transportation industry has a wide range of entry points. Whether you’re interested in starting a long-haul operation or an in-town service, this detailed guide will help you decide which transportation service is right for you.

The experts of Entrepreneur deliver step-by-step instructions on how to start a successful transportation operation, specializing in the niche that’s right for you. This guide will help you:

Find the right option for your transportation service: taxi service, bicycle rental, limousine, trucking, moving vans, specialty transport, air transport, marine shipping, medical transport, or senior services
Establish your business and define your services
Create a solid business plan that gets you funded
Get the right licenses codes, permits, and insurance for your operation
Promote your business and services using direct mail, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and other social and online (and offline) marketing tools
Develop proposals, agreements, contracts, and manage day-to-day operations
Hire a staff that will help you succeed

Plus, gain valuable insights from interviews with transportation experts and stay on track with checklists, worksheets, and a valuable resource list.
Everything you need to start your transportation business is in your hands—get started today!