In the last ten years I have participated in the start up of three different exchanges, one of which started from absolute zero. The first time I started a barter exchange, the exchange had somewhere around 25 members and no one was running it full time. I received very little training. The owners of the [...]
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Why Start a Barter Exchange?
Now is the perfect time to start and run your own barter exchange… let me explain why. Lines of Credit – What does this have to do with a barter exchange? To the bold barter exchange owner, his business of barter can assist businesses and individuals in ways banks and the community can’t, namely in [...]
A Word on Christmas Trade Shows
My first introduction to the barter industry was as a sales person for a local exchange, United Business Exchange. I was trained as a sales person while I was working in another branch of the company doing networking groups for business owners, but fell in love with the idea of trade exchanges and the power [...]
Ask Questions Or Make Statements, but Not Both
I’ve noticed something in my consulting practice over the last month or so. It may be something you struggle with or someone you know struggles with. It’s a tendency that sales people in any realm struggle with, not just owners or sales people in barter and trade exchanges. Here’s how you know you’ve been infected: [...]
