It’s become commonplace that a large proportion of business will be transacted overseas.  The world-wide web has opened up opportunities we couldn’t have dreamt about years ago.   Online retail stores are replacing the high streets.  With so many opportunities presented to us, where do you start to market your business overseas?

Did you know that Bartercard's Property site contains millions of dollars in listings each with a trade component? Sound property investment could provide an ideal way of using Trade Dollars to achieve long-term financial prosperity. 

With everyone now walking around with a great camera attached to their smartphone, few industries have been disrupted by technology quite so much as photography – just ask Kodak.

Today the most successful brands are engaging with their customers around the clock – leaving the standard 9 to 5 working day a thing of the past. While customers’ expectations have changed, so have the expectations of work hours as there’s increasing demand on real-time conversations and collaboration through multiple channels. So what’s an SME business owner to do? How can you meet the challenges of the new ways of working? How can you increase productivity?

For small business owners in particular, maintaining a decent cash flow is fundamental to staying afloat. It’s a simple equation really: no cash = no business, and so keeping on top of your cash flow has to be a top priority. Bartercard knows small businesses inside out, and in this article we share some tips on how you can maximise the cash flow in your SME. 

Done right, exhibiting at a trade show or business expo can be hugely beneficial to growing your business. Your brand gets exposure, you can prospect and receive new business contacts with an active, engaged audience and although they tend to be long days, you can get so much more done in one or two days than a regular business day, saving you time and money in the long run.

In today’s world of instant information, many businesses have shifted their attention to what’s being said about them in the digital space.

Building a trusted brand is critical in a digital age, but why should you have a strategy and laser-sharp focus of where and how you do so? In this blog we explain why you should strategically build trust in the right places to maximise impact, brand reach and market sway - and also increase profit. 

Content marketing is the new buzz word in the digital world right now- I know what you are thinking. Another new thing to learn, another new way to do things. But don’t stress content marketing has been around for years and chances are, you are already doing it.

Email. Can’t live with it. Can’t get your job done without it. Am I right?

Last year we sent over 2.5 billion emails. And here’s the bad news. In spite of a good amount of loathing, that number is only expected to grow. The volume is an issue, as is the time you spend on it. In fact, reports say you check it about 36 times per hour. 36 times. In a single hour.