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Some Innovative Uses Of Barter

Imagine a situation where every time you spend a dollar on a business purchase you are guaranteed a dollar back in new business! That’s exactly how more than 350,000 U.S. companies now operate—profitably trading billions of dollars worth of products and services.
They do so through formal organizations known as barter networks or trade exchanges. (A [...]

Barter Economy

From the Craigslist Blog:
As we’ve seen during down economies in the past, growth in usage of the “barter” section of craigslist is accelerating, up more than 100% in the last year alone:

How Merchants Barter Exchange Can Save Doctors Money

Healthcare is at the forefront of everybody’s minds these days; the news is filled with the slow progress of the proposed Healthcare Bill and whether it will actually make a difference or just cost us more money. In this testing and trying economy, with many businesses still feeling the pinch financially and not being adequately [...]

Ecomomics 101

An insight on how the U. S. conducts business these days.
It is a slow day in the East Texas town of  Madisonville.
It is raining, and the little town looks  totally deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt and everybody lives on credit.
On this particular day a rich tourist from the  East is driving through [...]

History of Barter

Barter both as a form of direct trade, and as a book-keeping entry, has been around much longer than the current “fiat” money that operates in society today. “Barter Dollars” today are essentially commodity-backed money, something which has been in existence since time began.
The origin of barter [commodity-backed] money requires goes back to the beginning [...]

If The Big Guys Do It; Why Wouldn’t You?

Please allow me to take you back to the 1984 Summer Olympics. Head of the U.S. Olympic Committee, Peter Ueberroth bartered the promotional value of his Olympic logo for a mass of products and services needed by his staff and athletes. United Airlines provided free transportation, Buick the use of 500 autos, Fuji Film 250,000 [...]

Barter: A Smart Alternative To Cash

Not a day goes by without my hearing or reading about economic, credit, or cash flow problems. That’s what happens when you work in the barter industry. Thankfully it is very refreshing to be able to talk to people I meet about the solution and not just agree with them and be part of the [...]

The History Of Money

Barter both as a form of direct trade, and as a book-keeping entry, has been around much longer than the current “fiat” money that operates in society today. “Barter Dollars” today are essentially commodity-backed money, something which has been in existence since time began.
The origin of barter [commodity-backed] money requires goes back to the beginning [...]

Building Your Business With Barter

It’s an eye-opening statistic: 35 percent of all world trade is accompanied by barter, accounting for nearly $700 billion in commerce a year.
In fact, the viability of the barter industry and the benefits of membership in a trade exchange have been reported by such authorities as The Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger’s, CBS News, Marketing Concepts, [...]

To Barter, or Not to Barter…

NOTE: This is a great article written by a colleague of mine, Shawn Cressman. It’s very informative and I wanted to share.
ENJOY!
Elsewhere in the world, bartering is as commonplace as accepting credit cards, and an integral element to almost every business model. Here in the US , predominantly due to the fact we have been [...]

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