Category: Benefits of Trade
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Your Company Should Be A Reflection of ‘You’
When it comes to running your business or even finding a business partner with whom to work, do you operate under a system of core values? Do you know what your core values are, both personally and professionally? When you step back and look at it objectively, it is your inherent personal values that you…
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How Do You Measure Productivity?
As an entrepreneur, how do you measure productivity? Whether you manage a group of employees, a handful of independent contractors or are merely keeping track of your own productivity levels, you need to ask yourself: How productive am I? At what level are your time management skills? Was getting organized at the top of your…
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Five Sure-Fire Small Business Marketing Strategies
Entrepreneurs know they need to set their business apart from the competition and they’re always looking for a new marketing strategy that will propel them above all others. There really is no one true marketing strategy that will do it all; savvy business owners know they need to have a well-rounded battery of marketing tools…
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How Effective Is Social Media For Your Industry?
If you’ve ever wondered how well social media works for your particular industry segment and how your competitors are using social media, we offer information on five broad industry segments that are reaping benefits from their involvement in social media and how you can implement their ideas into your social media marketing plan: The entertainment…
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Five Ways To Amp Up Your Facebook Presence
There are close to 800,000,000 individuals and businesses on Facebook. Are you? Does your business have a Facebook presence and are you making the best use of your presence on there? If, for some reason you haven’t jumped into the Facebook fray, you’re missing out because chances are your competition is making their business presence…
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Use your customers as your ‘brand ambassadors’
To make money in your business you need to convert leads and bring in sales. That’s the bottom line, right? Well, how do you get those leads and convert them into sales? Branding is one of the best ways. You should tap into current satisfied clients to help spread the word about your brand. Developing…
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What is Social Media ROI and How Do You Measure It?
How do you measure your return on investment (ROI) with your social media efforts? It’s not as simple as analyzing the Facebook weekly reports, the number of Twitter followers your company has or the number of connections you’ve made on LinkedIn. ROI means many things to many entrepreneurs who are looking for ways to determine…
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‘Tis the season for employee bonuses
You’re a member of Tradesource and know there are ways you can reward your employees through the use of your barter dollars. Here are a few ways in which you can use the trade dollars you’ve accumulated all year as a way to reward your employees for their loyalty and great work throughout the year.…
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Last minute Tradesource Holiday Barter Tradeshow checklist
By now, we hope you’ve ordered your stickers for the Tradesource Holiday Barter Show. Not only is it a great place to get your Christmas gift shopping, employee bonus and incentive items purchased, it is a great way to meet and greet potential new clients for the following year. When you’re at the Tradesource Holiday…
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Tradesource Holiday Event Makes Gift Giving A Breeze
The holidays are drawing near and with budgets still being stretched to the limit for many people, it’s not always easy to plan for the gifts you need to purchase for friends, family and colleagues. Shoppers are looking to buy local and patronize local merchants and work with Tradesource partners, and for the local economy…