Tradesource

Category: Small Business or Entrepreneur

  • Phoenix conference focuses on restaurant owners

    Read what Phoenix Insight Business Examiner Denise Meredith had to say about the Phoenix restaurant conference industry. Click here.

  • Blog as a marketing tool

    Everywhere you look every company has a blog – and it’s a good marketing strategy. Blogging gets the word out there about your business but offers visitors to your blog an insight into who you are and what your company has to offer. A blog should offer your readers valuable information, not be simply a…

  • 5 mistakes you don’t want to make when prospects call

    You’ve spent considerable time, effort and yes, money, in an attempt to market your business. You’ve participated in networking groups, run ads in the local newspaper, gone on speaking engagements and you’ve made cold calls. Finally, though your efforts are paying off and the phones are ringing with prospects wanting to purchase your goods and…

  • Want to be a chosen service provider? Eight great tips

    When you’re looking to do business with owners of small, but growing enterprises, you know they are deeply invested in their company’s day-to-day operations. When it’s a small business, the owner is involved in virtually every aspect of the operation. Because the entrepreneur is so busy they simply don’t have time to listen to endless…

  • 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.

  • Grow Your Business with Barter

    In the 1800’s, barter was commonplace as people would pay the town grocer, the town doctor or the town barber with chickens or vegetables that they had grown on their farm. The problem was this system was inequitable. The doctor’s service was paid for with whatever the patient had on hand at the time, irrelevant…

  • Check out this funny old Schoolhouse Roc

    Check out this funny old Schoolhouse Rock video! http://youtu.be/J7hNOt2Y0J8 I’m big on trading services and if you have something to offer, we should talk. What can barter do for your small business?