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 [...]
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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 [...]
Create an Alternative Health Care Package
Small business owners struggle to provide benefits for their employees. Especially in a down cycle, like that which we find ourselves in now, are notorious times of pulling back on benefits and extra spending. Employees are finding themselves with less coverage at a more expensive rate, possibly becoming disgruntled and possibly leading to higher turnover [...]
Be a Consultant, not a Sales Person
I’ve often wondered how much more volume an exchange could do if every broker, trade director, and sales person acted as a consultant and not a sales person. For me, it was a natural progression from understanding and being able to sell barter to being a consultant. It seems it is not such a natural [...]
