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April 21st, 2010 - 10:07 pm § in Business, Education, Finance, Investment, Smart Ideas

“Trade School”; Bartering for Education

What If You Could Trade a Block of Cheese for a Lesson on Crochet? Have you ever wanted to learn how to weave? Maybe you need help with your grant writing, or perhaps you just want to pick up some cool strategies so you can beat your friends at Scrabble on Friday’s game night. Well, at Trade[...]

April 16th, 2010 - 9:38 pm § in Business, Education, Finance, Investment, Smart Ideas

New Barter Exchange Gives 1,000 Trade Dollars to New Members

ATLANTA, GA — 04/14/10 — Uber Trade, the first B2B barter exchange to charge no membership or accounting fees, is giving 1,000 trade dollars to new businesses. Businesses save their cash by trading their products or services with other members. It’s not one-to-one swapping; you tr[...]

April 7th, 2010 - 2:03 am § in Business, Education, Finance, Investment, Smart Ideas

First Take: The New Barter Economy, Conservatives Worry About Census Backlash, Falling Down the Corporate Ladder

Alex Goldmark here with a late night update. We’re calling everyone we can in West Virginia about the deadly mine explosion that has killed seven and trapped nineteen miners. Tomorrow morning we’ll have an update for you on the status of the trapped men and on the conditions that led to[...]

April 7th, 2010 - 2:02 am § in Business, Education, Finance, General, Investment

What Is International Barter?

Barter is the trade of goods or services for other goods or services, instead of receiving cash in exchange. International barter involves a trade between people or organizations in different countries. International barter is an ancient invention that makes an exchange possible when one trader doe[...]

April 4th, 2010 - 12:14 am § in Business, Education, Finance, General, Investment

New Book “The Art of Barter”

In bookstores and available online later this month, The Art of Barter promises to be a guide to learn “How to Trade for Almost Anything”. Barter is today’s best currency. Learn how to barter in this comprehensive, up-to-date guide. Just because you don’t have cash doesn’t mean you can[...]

April 4th, 2010 - 12:14 am § in Business, Education, Finance, Investment, Smart Ideas

Barter Cents – Getting What You Want

With today’s economy, ‘Barter Trade’ is just a great way to get the things you really want, without spending any money. You just trade or swap one item or service for another of equal value. I was first introduced to bartering over 30 years ago when my newlywed husband offered to [...]

April 4th, 2010 - 12:13 am § in Business, Education, Finance, Investment, Smart Ideas

Learn 5 – A Barter Exchange Transaction example that works

Hi Guys and Gals…. Barter Exchanges Can work, and are not always subject to straight swapping: This is a working example, called BarterCard: quote: TRANSACTION EXAMPLE A restaurant wishes to “barter” for £10,000 worth of printing using meals and drinks. No printer would ever want[...]

April 3rd, 2010 - 12:13 am § in Business, Education, Finance, Investment

Learning to Barter…

Over the weekend, my husband was reburying some electrical lines because they were dangerously close to the surface when he stumbled across a mysterious concrete pad in the middle of our backyard. Rather than recover the pad with dirt and walk away, he wanted to jackhammer it out. Heaven forbid a [...]

April 2nd, 2010 - 1:15 am § in Business, Education, Finance, Investment

The New Social Currency

“A revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new tools, it happens when society adopts new behaviors” –Clay Shirky It was my third day at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi), and, predictably, many conversations in both the panel discussions and in line at the taco trucks outside wer[...]

April 1st, 2010 - 1:53 am § in Business, Education, Entertainment, Investment

Barters Can Ensure Effective Marketing For Small Productions

The last decade has been a crucial one for the movie business in India.  Multiplexes have spread nationwide, digital projection is a cheaper alternative to prints and increasingly, large numbers regularly head to cinemas. File Photo of a Cinema in Mumbai (Associated Press) As a result, the volume o[...]