Tag Archives: barter

The Opportunity of Holidays

It’s been brought to my attention that many barter brokerages aren’t taking advantage of the opportunity of ALL holidays. One of the exchanges I work with squandered the opportunity of putting together Mother’s Day packages for its members… Here’s the basic concept: You work with business owners. Business owners, by nature, are busy. Busy people [...]

Some Thoughts on Currency Value

I’ve been reading a lot of stories lately about the value of currency. There are a lot of people that are worried about the value of the American dollar, assuming that the value of the dollar is going to plummet in the very near future. Many radio pundits and survivalists are declaring that we need [...]

Two Things the Barter Industry Needs to Learn NOW

I’ve been coaching a number of individuals for the last six months, and I keep tabs on the barter industry through the BarterNewsWeekly.com website, which I own and manage, and two related themes have floated to the surface of the industry chatter and experience. Both are subsets of one major idea: the barter industry isn’t [...]

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 [...]