Archive for March, 2010
Whether you are in roofing, asphalt paving, plumbing, electrical, janitorial services, remodeling, lawn care or any service industry, your challenge is keeping your schedule full and generating income. Tradebank recognizes that idle time is lost revenue. Tradebank fills the empty times in your schedule.
As a Tradebank client you will work closely with our barter specialists to assist you in generating steady income for your business utilizing the resources barter provides: new sales, turning excess time into billable hours, keeping your staff busy and more productive, while conserving your cash and improving your bottom line.
Looking to grow your business? In addition to the new business you acquire by accepting Tradebank as an additional method of payment, the revenue you generate through Tradebank can be used to increase your name recognition and credibility in the marketplace through advertising and marketing opportunities designed to bring you additional cash customers.
We also know that happy Tradebank customers will refer additional cash customers to you and the more people who know you and the quality of your work, the better for your company’s growth. Besides advertising and promotional opportunities consider using your new Tradebank revenue for printing, accounting and legal services, vehicle maintenance, signage, uniforms and health care which are just a few additional ways you are able to turn your former “down time” into new purchasing opportunities and conserve your cash.
If you have time to accept additional business, then Tradebank has work for you.
Today, the home and garden industry is dominated by corporate stores with expansive advertising and marketing budgets and ad campaigns designed to capture the lion’s share of business in the marketplace.
This leaves other independent business owners in the home and garden industry with the dilemma of how to acquire new business without offering steep discounts or increasing their advertising and marketing budgets beyond their means. Tradebank provides that solution.
Tradebank clients receive additional new business, business that they would not have received if not for Tradebank. Tradebank clients use this new revenue on business and personal expenses, allowing them to conserve their cash.
Whether you have a need for new customers or a desire to move some of your excess inventory, Tradebank brings you the customers you need to allow you to start maximizing your resources and improving your bottom line. The wholesale purchasing power you acquire once becoming a Tradebank client provides you the opportunity to purchase your most common overhead expenses at your cost of doing business.
Overhead expenses such as advertising and marketing, printing, building and property maintenance, vehicle maintenance, health care and travel can all be purchased through Tradebank. Wouldn’t you rather purchase these items with new sales as opposed to your hard earned cash? Now you can with Tradebank.
Contact Information:
T: 888.568.5680
Tradebank client, Dr. Trella Dutton has structured her practice so that her patients receive the most up-to-date treatments and a less stressful experience when it comes to their dental care.
“I did not immediately see how bartering through Tradebank could help a dental practice, but with a little imagination, researching and thinking outside of the box, many opportunities became more and more obvious. The more acquainted that I become with Tradebank the more benefits I discover,” says Trella Dutton, DDS.
Just mention the word “dentist” and many people cringe. Some dislike the experience because they are afraid of pain and had past experiences that were unpleasant. Others know that the visit will cost them and don’t want to spend either their time, or their money, at the dentist’s office. Dr. Dutton has created her dental practice, Oasis Dental Services, to be able to address and alleviate a patient’s most common concerns. From a financial position, joining Tradebank enables Dr. Dutton to reach out to Tradebank clients and provide proper preventative care, treatment associated with periodontal disease, and cosmetic dentistry to those who otherwise may avoid visiting the dentist because they do not have insurance or the cash resources to pay for their care. “I joined Tradebank because it was recommended to me by a friend and marketing expert who said it would help increase traffic and overall awareness about my practice. It has,” explains Dr. Dutton.
She continues, “In addition, I want to provide my dental services in the most comfortable setting possible. Oasis Dental Services is a cosmetic and general dentistry dental spa. In addition to our general and cosmetic dentistry we offer complimentary spa procedures in a relaxed and soothing environment. We offer warm fuzzy blankets if you should get chilly. Warm neck wraps with lavender or cool eye masks to soothe tension. Some patients say the complimentary massage and warm paraffin hand wax really makes them feel cared for and pampered. It makes going to the dentist a little less stressful, too!
In this hard economy any money saved is beneficial for both my patients and me. In November and December I participated in Tradebank’s Holiday Trade Expos in Atlanta, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga and met hundreds of Tradebank clients from across the southeast. I understand there is a bit of a learning curve and talking with other seasoned clients was a real benefit. My Tradebank Broker, Mike Hardin, has been especially helpful in always looking for things I can purchase with Tradebank that I would find useful in my office and will help me to achieve the long-term goals that I have set for my practice. So far, I have used Tradebank for gifts, dining and lodging. However, that is not the primary way I will be using the trade dollars. My office is evolving and discretionary cash is tight everywhere, but thanks to Tradebank I am now able to use my Trade dollars for billboard advertising, embroidery, T-shirts, advertising the practice, additional office furniture, logo design, organic soaps, coffees and spa products for my office. I can even use my trade dollars to acquire new dental equipment for y practice.”
Although many dental practices and dentists offer a more traditional approach to providing dental services, using trade dollars for dental and other medical care is another wise use of Tradebank. Tradebank is always looking to add additional dentists into our trading network. So if your current dentist is not a part of Tradebank please introduce them to your Tradebank regional owner, show them this article, and as Dr. Dutton recommends, “Save your cash, do your due diligence and give Tradebank a try.”
Contact Information:
Dr. Trella Dutton
Oasis Dental Services
T: 256.864.9571
Oasisdentalservices.com
In cash-strapped times, Tait Carson of Tradebank is building a cash-free economy in Orlando.
Businesses in the Tradebank network trade their products and services for “trade dollars,” which they can use to buy from any of the companies in the network — with a range of companies from, as Carson says, “accountants to zoos.”
The bartering system allows companies to do business with one another without using financial resources, something Carson said has become an increasingly appealing proposition in recent years.
When money was falling out of the sky three years ago, [businesses] weren’t really thinking of new ideas,” Carson said.
That was then. Now, just more than a year after he opened his Orlando office, Carson claims an ever-growing client list. According to Carson, more than 200 businesses signed up with him in his first year alone, making his the fastest-growing region in the national company’s 20-plus year history.
As the regional owner of Tradebank of Orlando describes it, the key to Tradebank’s success with bartering is that it doesn’t rely on one-on-one trades……
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-tradebank-fast-growing-region-20100310,0,948681.story
Matt Llewellyn, Managing Partner of 23rd Street Brewery, has been a Client of Tradebank for four years. Llewellyn states, “If you are not with Tradebank you really should be. It’s a great way to grow your business as well as saving on dollars that you might not want to spend on essential things.”
A savvy trader, Llewellyn explains, “The first place I call is Tradebank to see if they have anybody that I may be able to utilize that instead of using cash dollars I can use trade dollars for that kind of thing.
Llewellyn continues, “I certainly welcome anyone who comes into my restaurant and uses their trade dollars. The way Iook at that, it just saves me money in the long run because I am able to buy things that otherwise I might think twice about if my restaurant may truly need.”