Advances in technology have enabled us to extend our reach in both our business and personal lives. These advances have allowed businesses far more flexibility, empowering them to operate 24/7. Additionally, with social media and the likes of Skype and Zoom, it’s now much easier to stay in touch with friends, family and business colleagues around the world. In your business life, online solutions like the Bartercard mobile app can greatly expand your business network, helping you move old stock and increase profits.
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Four Helpful Ways to Make Your Workday More Productive
Every business owner knows there just aren’t enough hours in the day. Working 50, 60 even 80 hours a week seems to have become the norm. Perhaps sometimes that’s what it takes, but maintaining such a strenuous pace over an extended period can take its toll.
Read MoreTopics: starting up your business, attract new customers, unrealised potential, increase sales, business needs, trade dollars
How to Revive Your Business with Bartercard
No matter how long you’ve been in your business or how smoothly you run it, you can be sure that at some point there will be challenges. That’s simply the nature of business. There are times when you’ll get off track, experience a downturn or hit a plateau. It doesn’t mean you have to stay there for long. Here are four tips on how you can revive your business with Bartercard and get back on the path to success.
Read MoreTopics: attract new customers, save cash, unrealised potential, increase sales, business needs, networking, customer loyalty, trade dollars
What to Buy with Your Bartercard Trade Dollars
Trade dollars can benefit your business in numerous ways. Beyond the simple concept of exchanging good and services, Bartercard takes the barter system a notch higher by employing technology to provide businesses access to an expansive network of like-minded businesses. This allows businesses to exchange products and services and increase business sales by up to 10% within the first 12 months of being a member. Together with the help of experienced Account Specialists, Bartercard makes sure your business’ excess stock and downtime translate into increased sales.
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Why SMEs Should Lean More on a Supportive Business Network
Being a business owner requires being decisive when it comes to risk-taking, but going in it alone can be challenging without the help of a community around you. In a competitive industry where you’re up against both the big and small players, joining a supportive network is essential to thriving. Today, we explain why collaboration is essential for your business’ growth.
Read MoreTopics: growing your business, small business, build business networks, unrealised potential, increase sales, business needs, networking
New Customers Vs Returning Customers: Which are More Important?
Customers, new or old, are crucial for running a successful business. However, while all types of customers are equally important, new and old customers require different marketing strategies. What is even more daunting is the fact that they both react differently to certain marketing strategies, and thus need to be approached differently as well.
Read MoreTopics: increase profit, buyer demand, attract new customers, increase sales, business needs, customer loyalty
Embracing Change to Grow Your Business
Building a business into a stable, profitable enterprise takes an enormous amount of time, effort, investment, and resources. For that reason, it probably comes as no surprise that many business owners become very cautious about making major changes once they do achieve such stability and profitability. Unfortunately, those instincts can get in the way of their business’ continued growth and long-term success.
Read MoreTopics: growing your business, increase profit, strategy, small business, attract new customers, increase sales, business needs
Does Gender Equality Within Your Staff Affect Your Profit Margin?
Have a look around your office. What do you see? If the answer is just a bunch of men, then you have some work to do. The facts are in: Gender diversity in the workplace is more than an ethical imperative in our modern culture. It’s also just plain good for business.
Read MoreTopics: growing your business, increase cash flow, attract new customers, Leadership, unrealised potential, business needs
How is Technology Changing B2B Networking?
Plenty has been written about how technological advances allow businesses to better connect with their customers, but what about with each other? How well is your business keeping up with changes in the B2B networking arena? These days, keeping pace with change in the business world is harder than ever. However, for those ready and willing to put in the work, these rapid changes to B2B networking represent a terrific opportunity to separate yourself from your competition.
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Dispelling the Biggest Bartercard Myths
Bartering has been around since ancient times. Our ancestors were practicing it long before us – especially in times when money didn’t even exist. It’s a simple concept. Barter is the exchange of goods and services for other goods and services people offer. Today, the barter trading system has been refined to fit modern day business models and businesses’ needs. Though it still follows the same concept, barter has now opened more opportunities for businesses to capitalise on their unrealized potential. Still, some people misconstrue how the whole Bartercard system works. Is it a scheme? Is it a way to avoid taxes? These are valid questions and today, our blog will clear up some misconceptions surrounding incorrect Bartercard reviews, and hopefully give an insight into how Bartercard works. Let’s take a look!
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