BARTERCARD

By: Bartercard Australia If you are a business-owner or about to become one, you know that the process to make it successful will make you bleed from business registration  to advertising , even down to the employees you’re hiring. It is an arduous task to manage and it can take a toll on someone’s health along the way. Bernadette Lewis, when she was just starting Aunty Bea’s Designs in 2013, she had to work for long hours each week exhausting her every time. Not only that she had to establish herself she also had t o pitch in clients to increase her income and buy more cotton fabrics for babies' and children’s wear that she sews and sells. But she found a way to make things a bit easier for her after some time.  A lthough it was a little late when Bernadette came across Bartercard , the leading trade exchange company that only uses trade dollars , she instantly found it to be “a good idea” and decided to utilise the benefits to her advantage. After some time of le

By: Bartercard Australia  Long before there was money, our ancestors acquired their necessities by means of negotiation and trade . This act of negotiation and trading is called “ barter ” and it is the system of exchanging goods and services without using cash.   Today, the idiomatic expression “ money makes the world go round ” makes sense due to the fact that money has become a universally recognised fundamental commodity ,  whereas “barter” is less widely known. Luckily, the barter system hasn’t completely  faded. Because companies like Bartercard , the world’s leading company for trade exchanges , has revived the barter system with a modern twist which uses technology for accurate record keeping to fit the trends of the modern world. And guess what, it's been working for over 27 years now.  Naomi Spies, head of  Ruby Communications One such person utilising Bartercard since her membership in 2013 is Naomi Spies, head of Ruby Communications . Ruby Communi

How a single mother was able to afford a trip to Fiji.  By: Bartercard Australia In a survey conducted by New York Enterprise Report , it was found that small business owners work twice as much as regular employees with 33% of the respondents working more than 50 hours per week while 25%  disclosed working for more than 60 hours a week. Would you say they’re hard-working? Yes. Would you say it’s too much? Absolutely, especially for a regular employee. With the figures shown above, it would be no surprise to most of you that owners skip fancy cocktail-sipping while floating on a six-feet pool in a beach resort in front of a magnificent sunset view. Well, not for business owner Paula Brand, a Bartercard member. Being a small business owner herself, Paula knows the amount of work and effort she has to exert for her business, Small Business Expos . The values that Paula built her business upon centers on aiding small business owners to aggregate sales by inviting th

By: Bartercard Australia  For business-owners, idle-time in their business can mean many things, but increasing profits is definitely not one of them. Reduced work activity results in less income which can spiral to some of the worst days for any business-owner, affecting such things as • not enough income to cover payroll ;  • the need to update and maintain equipment;   • retaining good employees;   • the most feared of all, possible bankruptcy However, having downtime in your business can be prevented. During these downtimes, people resort to different solutions with some people utilising their creative ability to find work. We focus on Allen of Eyejam Media Solutions , a Bartercard member who utilized his downtime by building web sites for other Bartercard members. Allan’s business has been around for many years and is well established in the industry of multimedia services . In this field, customers do not consistently flo