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  • Barter—Part 4: How Does It Compare to Cash?

    Posted on Friday August 29th, 2008 at 08:20 in barter, trade exchange

    Question from a reader: Would you ever perform a service for “trade dollars” when you can get an equivalent amount of “real dollars”? Answer: Of course, if there is a choice, cash is usually preferable. However, I have accept...

  • Barter—Part 3: Who Does It?

    Posted on Wednesday August 27th, 2008 at 06:12 in barter, trade exchange

    Question from a reader: What percentage of small business owners would you say uses a trade exchange? And what is the typical small business owner’s perception of the concept? I ask because at first, I really thought it was a stupid idea. I mea...

  • Barter—Part 2: What Is the Benefit?

    Posted on Saturday August 23rd, 2008 at 18:06 in barter, lillie's news, trade exchange

    Question from a reader: One of the examples that you used [in Trade Exchanges] was that you had some “used plants” that you sold for half price on “trade.” However, why couldn’t you just sell them for half price, except...

  • Barter—Part 1: What Is It?

    Posted on Thursday August 21st, 2008 at 18:03 in barter, trade exchange

    A few months ago, I received an e-mail from someone who had read my post Connecting – Part III: Trade Exchanges. He asked several questions that I thought others might find interesting. In this post, I’ll discuss what barter/trade exchanges are, ...