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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 in...

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, cust...

By: Bartercard Australia “I just love Bartercard which helps us to afford the lifestyle we are able to live!” Annie Noon of Fotoforce Photography has been a Bartercard member for 19 years and still speaks highly about the services it provides. Bartercard is a barter-trading system where a business can barter their goods and services with another business within   Bartercard network without using cash. So, when Annie organized her birthday party, she saved a hefty  amount of money and had a grand celebration. Annie called her account manager and stated her plans. The account manager then contacted several businesses to engage their services for Annie’s party. Businesses were keen to help and gain this new business by providing their goods and services to Annie. Through Bartercard, Annie was able to get several party supply services on barter, such as;  b alloon decorations, a 2-tier cake birthday cake. It wouldn’t be a birthday party without a cake...