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Grow Your Business with Barter! • Can you use new business? • Do you have unutilized or underutilized products or services? • Do you have products and services you need to purchase for your business? • Are you finding it difficult to compete with the "big boys" with the "deep pockets"? • Wouldn't you like to have a competitive edge? Barter is an excellent way to get the new clients you need to grow your business. Barter can help you utilize your products and services more fully. Barter allows you to purchase some of the products and services you need for your business without spending cash.

What is Barter? Barter, also referred to simply as trade, is the oldest form of commerce or business in the world. Barter is simply the exchange of one product or service for another without the exchange of cash. Described another way - barter is using what you have to get what you want or need. Virtually all of us have experienced barter, particularly in our youth - trading baseball cards, doll clothes, etc. Business of all kinds and all sizes, from home-based, self-employed, companies to multi-billion dollar corporations, are trading more than ever for a wide variety of products and services. Barter is now a multi-billion dollar per year global industry. Herein we will show you how you can take advantage of the opportunities afforded by barter to grow your business. How Does It Work? There are a number of ways and types of barter that you can utilize to grow your business. The two types of barter that are the most accessible and easiest to utilize are discussed herein, they are Direct Trade, or one-on-one trading, and trade via a retail Trade or Barter Exchange. Direct Trade, or one-on-one trading, is where you offer to trade your product or service with a business owner or professional who offers a product or service that you want. An example would be a restaurant owner who offers to trade a certain number of meals to a printer to have their flyers printed. A Trade or Barter Exchange is a network of business owners and professionals who have agreed to offer their products and services on a trade basis to other clients of the exchange. The exchange markets your products and services to the other exchange clients. Utilizing a Trade/Barter Exchange is usually the most efficient manner to maximize the benefits of barter for your business since you do not hove to negotiate and account for each trade yourself. Which Products and Services Can You Barter? Anything that can be sold or bought on a cash basis can also be bought or sold through barter. Many people will buy your products or service, or more of it, on a trade basis when they would not do so on a cash basis, due to cash flow, their buying discount with trade, etc.