Tradesource

Category: Benefits of Trade

  • How to avoid these business start-up traps

    When you’re starting your new business venture it’s easy to trip up if you haven’t fully thought through your idea and planned for success. It is true that if you “fail to plan” you “plan to fail.” Through Tradesource, we offer members several avenues that can propel their business toward financial success. Here are our…

  • How to use trade to reward employees

    Times are tight for almost all businesses but you have amazing employees who are working hard and picking up the slack because they not only believe in you and your company’s mission and vision but they truly love their jobs. How can you reward those employees who have stuck with you through thick and thin…

  • Considering trade? Trade myths addressed

    Business owners who are considering getting into trade are sometimes bombarded with incorrect or incomplete information and they sometimes come to the idea of trade with preconceived notions. We know that trade/barter is a great way to help entrepreneurs grow their business while helping the bottom line.  Here are the biggest misconceptions that we hear…

  • How your small business can benefit from barter

    If you’re an entrepreneur who’s been in business for a long while or if you are just starting out, finding ways to save cash to get the enterprise up and running can be crucial to your success. By participating in trade aka barter, you can free up the cash needed to pay rent or utilities…

  • Steps to grow your business in 2011

    Before you opened the door on your business, chances are you did a lot of research and had help from advisors and business partners. You invested a lot of time and effort into getting the business off the ground, right? If you’ve made it through the start up phase and are now wondering what’s next, maybe…

  • Top 5 business New Year’s resolutions

    The end of the business year is a great time to sit down and reflect on how your business fared over the year that’s just passed. It’s a perfect time to see if you achieved the goals you’d set for your business and what goals, both personal and professional, you’d like to attain in the…

  • How to Use Trade Dollars to Reward Employees

    As an employer and a member of a trade association you may sometimes wonder what, if anything, you could offer to your employees either as a reward or as a way to help your bottom line. We have compiled five ways in which you can use your trade dollars to compensate or reward employees: 1. …

  • Holiday Barter

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  • Trade and its tax benefits – tax neutral operation

    Want to increase your business’s cash flow? Of course you do and you can – through trade, commonly known as barter.  Trading products, services or expertise with other companies, can free up cash flow and get the products, services or expertise you need.  However it’s important to understand that whether you participate in trade either…

  • Restaurants mix it up and keep the business coming in by turning to barter

    Barter has been around for centuries. It all began when the patient traded the doctor a chicken for medical services rendered. Today, barter has evolved to include anything from hair cuts to oil changes to enjoying a nice night out in a restaurant.