All In A Week's Work

It's late and I can't sleep. Sometimes this job gets to you, but in a good way. There are so many deals to complete that it's hard to make your mind stop even if it is 1:00 on a Friday night (Saturday AM).

Helping companies succeed and helping my clients save cash is rewarding. Some of the accomplishments I am most proud of this week...

I booked a trip for the owner of an answering service company. He's taking his family of six on a week-long Jamaican vacation at an all inclusive resort (that comes complete with nanny service for the 4 kids!) (Bartered it for $4000)

For a gift basket company owner, I booked a private condo for his family of 7 for their Disney World vacation they are taking next week. FULL week for just $600 trade.

An owner of a carpet cleaning company just saved $1040.00 by trading floor cleaning jobs for print media.

We landed a $2,000.00 internet marketing, complete web package sale, for an e-commerce solution company and in turn, they're using that $2,000.00 in trade to pay for much needed medical care and a life insurance policy for their staff. One of the partners is also expecting a baby and they've placed an order for baby clothes from one of the other retailer's that takes trade.

One of my clients sells portable warehouses and we helped them sell a building for $16,999 in trade. That trade is going toward a down payment on a log cabin home they're building on barter.

The owner of a wholesale clothing company is planning her wedding on trade and let's see so far... The dress $410 barter. The ring $625 barter. The photographer $1999 barter. The honeymoon $1600, the caterer $3500.

One of our art galleries is hosting an event and they are using one of the restaurants that accepts trade to provide food and spirits.

Another restaurant is getting $2,000 in equipment repair and installation for their refridgeration system from the HVAC company...who in turn, is using that $2,000 to purchase a marquis diamond engagement ring to go with his upcoming proposal.

In the last 10 days I've completed about $50,000.00 in barter transactions. That boggles my mind.