Take that treadmill in your bedroom that you purchased with good intentions, but now use for a very expensive clothes rack, and trade it for something your really want, like a gym membership, or some new clothes.
Remember the beautiful dishes you got for a wedding present that were totally not your style? Now the box of brand new dishes sits in a box in the cupboard. Trade those for a nice dinner out, a haircut, a collection of books…
The wedding ring you no longer wear…because you got a divorce…trade it for that vacation to where you’ve been wanting to go but never had.
The video games your 13 yr old has beat over and over and never picks up now because “that’s lame” can be turned into $50 in trade for something else he wants, like a new game.
Are you the lucky one who inherited Grandpas record collection? Do you even have a record player? Why you’re stuck with these old albums no one knows. Offer them up on NuBarter and give a tax deductible donation in Grandpa’s name to a non-profit member of NuBarter.
Unexpected litter of puppies? Offer them on NuBarter to an approved home and accept trade dollars for the rehoming fee.
What in the world did he drag home now? Another fishing rod? More tackle? Clean out the storage shed to make room. Sell a pre-owned rod and reel on NuBarter. Use your trade dollars for something you’ve been wanting…some name brand body treatment lotion and a subscription to your favorite magazine…maybe even a fishing magazine for him.
Ready for a different look? Changing furniture or appliances? Other NuBarter members are probably looking for what you have and would love to trade. Sell your living room set on NuBarter and use your trade dollars for a lovely framed art piece for above the mantle.
Moving to the city? No longer need the shovels and rakes? Other NuBarter members are ready to buy your pre-owned lawn tools and equipment.
Maybe you don’t own a business right now but you’ve always wanted to start one. Talk to NuBarter about intrest free business financing.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Who Nu This Was Possible?
Who Nu?
A Tallahassee FL a photographer traded for:
A year’s lease of office space
A Jacuzzi tub
Pavers for landscaping
Hair, Nails, Massage, Permanent Makeup, and other personal services
Clothing and Shoes
Computers - Hardware and Services
Signage
Furniture
Print Advertising
Hotel Rooms
Concrete Patio
Restaurants
Who knew a photographer could do this much by trading services with NuBarter?
Who Nu?
In Boca Raton FL an owner of a human resources firm traded for:
A billiard table
Office Furniture
Event Tickets
Restaurants
Who Nu trading custom employee handbooks could offer you so much?
In Savannah GA a hotel and convention center traded for:
Commercial ashtrays
Uniforms
Employee awards/gifts
Vacuum Cleaners
Lobby Cleaning
Catering
Graphic Design
Printing
Who Nu a hotel could obtain so much trading empty rooms with NuBarter?
In Savannah GA a Mexican Restaurant traded for:
Plumbing
HVAC repairs
Mortgage Refinancing
Print Advertising
Family Vacations
Who Nu a restaurant could trade tacos for these kinds of goods and services in NuBarter?
Maybe your company needs some Nu ideas. Out with the old and in with the Nu.
A Tallahassee FL a photographer traded for:
A year’s lease of office space
A Jacuzzi tub
Pavers for landscaping
Hair, Nails, Massage, Permanent Makeup, and other personal services
Clothing and Shoes
Computers - Hardware and Services
Signage
Furniture
Print Advertising
Hotel Rooms
Concrete Patio
Restaurants
Who knew a photographer could do this much by trading services with NuBarter?
Who Nu?
In Boca Raton FL an owner of a human resources firm traded for:
A billiard table
Office Furniture
Event Tickets
Restaurants
Who Nu trading custom employee handbooks could offer you so much?
In Savannah GA a hotel and convention center traded for:
Commercial ashtrays
Uniforms
Employee awards/gifts
Vacuum Cleaners
Lobby Cleaning
Catering
Graphic Design
Printing
Who Nu a hotel could obtain so much trading empty rooms with NuBarter?
In Savannah GA a Mexican Restaurant traded for:
Plumbing
HVAC repairs
Mortgage Refinancing
Print Advertising
Family Vacations
Who Nu a restaurant could trade tacos for these kinds of goods and services in NuBarter?
Maybe your company needs some Nu ideas. Out with the old and in with the Nu.
Friday, May 23, 2008
All In A Week's Work
My job is to get people/businesses something they want for something they have. This week I helped with over $20,000 in trades of goods and services. Hotels purchased waste recepticals. Retailers booked travel accommodations. Restaurants gave incentives to their staff. Maintenance companies paid for payroll and accounting services. Fashion retailers purchased wholesale products for resale. This and a lot more took place because of barter.
Each week I reflect on my work and try to pick out a good "chain of trades" that I can be proud of. Although each transaction is done in bank-like, realtime, online dollar for dollar trades and not direct product for product, it is still amazing to see the ripple effect of being in a barter organization.
This week my favorite synergistic story is... A retail store owner uses their NuBarter dollars for family counceling as their wedding is in a few weeks and they're blending a family; the family counceling practice purchased human resourse services as they expand their center; the human resource agency purchased office suppies; the office supply company purchased expo space at a tradeshow; the tradeshow company is getting a quote from the cabinet company for his kitchen; the cabinet company is working on a marketing plan they will launch this summer. All the above mentioned trades make over $10,000 in cash saved for these businesses.
In this economy that seems for the most part to be on a downward spiral, NuBarter is happy to say that it's numbers for the first quarter are 64% above the same time last year. New clients are coming into NuBarter daily because they see the positive impact we're having in the business community.
Each week I reflect on my work and try to pick out a good "chain of trades" that I can be proud of. Although each transaction is done in bank-like, realtime, online dollar for dollar trades and not direct product for product, it is still amazing to see the ripple effect of being in a barter organization.
This week my favorite synergistic story is... A retail store owner uses their NuBarter dollars for family counceling as their wedding is in a few weeks and they're blending a family; the family counceling practice purchased human resourse services as they expand their center; the human resource agency purchased office suppies; the office supply company purchased expo space at a tradeshow; the tradeshow company is getting a quote from the cabinet company for his kitchen; the cabinet company is working on a marketing plan they will launch this summer. All the above mentioned trades make over $10,000 in cash saved for these businesses.
In this economy that seems for the most part to be on a downward spiral, NuBarter is happy to say that it's numbers for the first quarter are 64% above the same time last year. New clients are coming into NuBarter daily because they see the positive impact we're having in the business community.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Meeting Needs Results In Paradigm Shift
My long-time friend owns an HVAC company and he’s pretty anti-barter…or should I say WAS anti-barter. He just fell in love with a woman. He called to tell me he found “The One,” and then said, “Hey, do you have three carat diamond engagement rings on that barter thing?” “We have dozens of jewelry stores so take your pick,” I told him. He told me over the phone what he wanted and I called a couple jewelers that accept NuBarter as payment. We found the perfect ring for his perfect girl.
Now I had to find a NuBarter member that needed some HVAC work done so he’d have the barter to buy the ring ($3000.) Just so happens that Coosh’s Bayou Rouge in Tallahassee needed some refrigeration equipment installed and serviced. They were able to save their restaurant $2000 in cash by trading for the work from this gentleman’s company. My love struck friend was still shy by $1000 so we found another NuBarter member that is building a home and they gave him a $1000 down payment to install their HVAC unit and duct work.
All three parties benefited. Truly a win-win-win situation. The restaurant has a working system and saved $2000 in cash. The home builder is saving $1000 on the install of their HVAC system. My friend has a $3000 ring for his bride.
My friend and I talked a little longer about the whole deal that had just transpired. I let him know that he’d really be needing to trade now. The ring was just the start. I said, “Now you can trade for the wedding dress, tuxedos, photographers, bands, DJ’s, caterers, even a honeymoon. Just think of the next $3000 you can trade for!”
I suppose with barter, like anything else, nothing beats first hand experience. I’ve been friends with this person for a long time and I think they thought I worked for some kind of MLM, or scam, or backwoods horse trading thing. It’s funny how perceptions change when something meets your needs. If you’ve been skeptical about barter companies, perhaps it’s time to do a little research on the industry. Did you know that barter companies like NuBarter account for over 9 billion dollars of annual spending? If your business isn’t trading, then you’re missing out on your share of that 9 billion.
Don’t own your own business? Ask me about how a NuBarter personal account can help you save cash. If you have something of value, you can trade what you have for what you want today.
Now I had to find a NuBarter member that needed some HVAC work done so he’d have the barter to buy the ring ($3000.) Just so happens that Coosh’s Bayou Rouge in Tallahassee needed some refrigeration equipment installed and serviced. They were able to save their restaurant $2000 in cash by trading for the work from this gentleman’s company. My love struck friend was still shy by $1000 so we found another NuBarter member that is building a home and they gave him a $1000 down payment to install their HVAC unit and duct work.
All three parties benefited. Truly a win-win-win situation. The restaurant has a working system and saved $2000 in cash. The home builder is saving $1000 on the install of their HVAC system. My friend has a $3000 ring for his bride.
My friend and I talked a little longer about the whole deal that had just transpired. I let him know that he’d really be needing to trade now. The ring was just the start. I said, “Now you can trade for the wedding dress, tuxedos, photographers, bands, DJ’s, caterers, even a honeymoon. Just think of the next $3000 you can trade for!”
I suppose with barter, like anything else, nothing beats first hand experience. I’ve been friends with this person for a long time and I think they thought I worked for some kind of MLM, or scam, or backwoods horse trading thing. It’s funny how perceptions change when something meets your needs. If you’ve been skeptical about barter companies, perhaps it’s time to do a little research on the industry. Did you know that barter companies like NuBarter account for over 9 billion dollars of annual spending? If your business isn’t trading, then you’re missing out on your share of that 9 billion.
Don’t own your own business? Ask me about how a NuBarter personal account can help you save cash. If you have something of value, you can trade what you have for what you want today.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Why I'm All About The Barter
I'm getting married in June and so far there's NOTHING we've had to pay cash for. I'm so happy to be getting married and to NOT go into debt for it.
My beautiful dress was purchased in trade through NuBarter from http://www.thebridalshop.com/.
The engagement and wedding rings came from NuBarter member, Harkleroad Jewelers in Savannah GA.
Coosh's Bayou Rouge (www.cooshs.com) will be catering for the reception, paid NuBarter.
The flowers from the table displays to the boutonnières to the brides bouquet are comming from Flowers at Whitemarsh, paid in NuBarter
Our photographer, Bunny Ware, of Southern Events will be trading us her services through NuBarter as well. www.southernimagesphotography.com
The Honeymoon (which we haven't decided exactly where yet) Will either go to Hilton Head SC, or Savannah GA - Or maybe both! But we're trading for the hotels, restaurants, attractions tickets and shopping using NuBarter.
Wedding planning is one thing...now we have to combine two lives/households. He has two kids, I have two kids, we plan to have one together. Right now we have 4 acres with a 3/2 Mobile Home. NOT GOING TO WORK!
Our dream is to build a log cabin on our land...Just so happens that's on trade too! No really, we just put $181,230.00 in barter dollars as a down payment on a $439,000.00 log cabin home. Mountain Creations is a barter member. www.mountaincreations.com Go see the Fox Chase model on their site to see our house.
Mountain Creations is just for the kit. We also have to have someone put it together, and get all the other materials we need for it. NuBarter is helping us there too! Ruffin Trading, a NuBarter member, sells building materials on trade. www.ruffintrading.com is where we will be acquiring a lot of supplies from for our GC.
For our appliances like hot water heater, lighting, bathtubs/sauna, stove, range, fridge, etc we're going to trade with www.materialsdirect.com
Heath Allabaugh, HVAC, will be trading us for the work to put in our duct work, furnaces/air conditioner.
Your Plumber, will be plumbing the house for NuBarter dollars.
Premier Tree Service is clearing the land where the log cabin will sit. And getting site work complete for the basement to be poured.
Now we have to furnish the thing. Well when the time comes for that....we're going to be using barter for it as well! There is so much furnature available on trade.
www.blackseagallery.com
How do I have the trade to do this? We have a couple of retail stores. One brick and mortar in Tallahassee, and two online stores. We accept trade and actively promote our products and then spend our trade on what we need for our lives.
Do you want to TRADE for a better life? I'd be happy to show you how we do this.
My beautiful dress was purchased in trade through NuBarter from http://www.thebridalshop.com/.
The engagement and wedding rings came from NuBarter member, Harkleroad Jewelers in Savannah GA.
Coosh's Bayou Rouge (www.cooshs.com) will be catering for the reception, paid NuBarter.
The flowers from the table displays to the boutonnières to the brides bouquet are comming from Flowers at Whitemarsh, paid in NuBarter
Our photographer, Bunny Ware, of Southern Events will be trading us her services through NuBarter as well. www.southernimagesphotography.com
The Honeymoon (which we haven't decided exactly where yet) Will either go to Hilton Head SC, or Savannah GA - Or maybe both! But we're trading for the hotels, restaurants, attractions tickets and shopping using NuBarter.
Wedding planning is one thing...now we have to combine two lives/households. He has two kids, I have two kids, we plan to have one together. Right now we have 4 acres with a 3/2 Mobile Home. NOT GOING TO WORK!
Our dream is to build a log cabin on our land...Just so happens that's on trade too! No really, we just put $181,230.00 in barter dollars as a down payment on a $439,000.00 log cabin home. Mountain Creations is a barter member. www.mountaincreations.com Go see the Fox Chase model on their site to see our house.
Mountain Creations is just for the kit. We also have to have someone put it together, and get all the other materials we need for it. NuBarter is helping us there too! Ruffin Trading, a NuBarter member, sells building materials on trade. www.ruffintrading.com is where we will be acquiring a lot of supplies from for our GC.
For our appliances like hot water heater, lighting, bathtubs/sauna, stove, range, fridge, etc we're going to trade with www.materialsdirect.com
Heath Allabaugh, HVAC, will be trading us for the work to put in our duct work, furnaces/air conditioner.
Your Plumber, will be plumbing the house for NuBarter dollars.
Premier Tree Service is clearing the land where the log cabin will sit. And getting site work complete for the basement to be poured.
Now we have to furnish the thing. Well when the time comes for that....we're going to be using barter for it as well! There is so much furnature available on trade.
www.blackseagallery.com
How do I have the trade to do this? We have a couple of retail stores. One brick and mortar in Tallahassee, and two online stores. We accept trade and actively promote our products and then spend our trade on what we need for our lives.
Do you want to TRADE for a better life? I'd be happy to show you how we do this.
Three Reasons Why Your Trade Exchange Membership Is So Valuable
1. Lower your Customer Acquisition Cost!Your cost for customer acquisition in the barter marketplace, by working through your trade exchange, is lower than in the cash marketplace. Unlike the cash world, where you have to hunt and pay for every lead and sale through the expenditure of time, effort, and money, your barter business is “pushed” to you through the efforts of the exchange (and your trade broker)
2. You’re fishing where the fish are…and that’s quite a difference!Greater Customer Retention! Mail order catalog consultant Jack Schmid says that only 50% of first time buyers ever come back for a second (catalog) purchase. Ouch! In the barter world the percentage of first-time buyers returning, is much higher. Why? Simply because every one of us operates in our own best interests. The trade exchange system rewards one for doing business in this manner, because you’re buying products at one’s “barter cost.” It is always the best and most economical way to make a purchase. So a trade client is more of a “core customer” than a cash paying customer. They’ll always frequent your establishment if all things are equal.
3. Ever Increasing Sales! The real measure of a healthy business lies in the strength, depth and length of it’s relationships with it’s core customers. A satisfied barter customer will go out of their way to continually do business with you…buying more as well as placing larger orders.
2. You’re fishing where the fish are…and that’s quite a difference!Greater Customer Retention! Mail order catalog consultant Jack Schmid says that only 50% of first time buyers ever come back for a second (catalog) purchase. Ouch! In the barter world the percentage of first-time buyers returning, is much higher. Why? Simply because every one of us operates in our own best interests. The trade exchange system rewards one for doing business in this manner, because you’re buying products at one’s “barter cost.” It is always the best and most economical way to make a purchase. So a trade client is more of a “core customer” than a cash paying customer. They’ll always frequent your establishment if all things are equal.
3. Ever Increasing Sales! The real measure of a healthy business lies in the strength, depth and length of it’s relationships with it’s core customers. A satisfied barter customer will go out of their way to continually do business with you…buying more as well as placing larger orders.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Could Your Company Use Barter To Be Better Equipped?
This world is geared toward technology. We simply can’t live without it. It’s not he way of the future, it’s the way of right now.
Companies spend billions of dollars each year on technology services and products. If your business is a member of a trade exchange you have the dynamic advantage of trading for what your competition pays cash for, goes in debt for…
Internet services, web stores, e-commerce solutions, software, repair, updates, design, hosting and more. If you’re paying cash for these services you are spending cash unnecessarily. You could be trading your own products or services for the technology solutions you need.
Companies spend billions of dollars each year on technology services and products. If your business is a member of a trade exchange you have the dynamic advantage of trading for what your competition pays cash for, goes in debt for…
Internet services, web stores, e-commerce solutions, software, repair, updates, design, hosting and more. If you’re paying cash for these services you are spending cash unnecessarily. You could be trading your own products or services for the technology solutions you need.
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