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By Darrell Zahorsky, About.com Guide to Small Business Info since 2002

Bartering Helps Small Business Grow

Thursday February 23, 2006
Preserving cash is vital for launching and growing a small business. An often-overlooked method to reducing cash expenses and improving revenue is bartering. "I am convinced that most companies don't maximize their barter possibilities. Instead of aggressively reducing costs by trading their services with those of their suppliers, they seem content to pay top dollar for everything," as stated by Mark McCormack in What They Still Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School. The International Reciprocal Trade Association has a helpful bartering quiz to determine if bartering can benefit your small business. "Discover 5 Things You Need To Know About Business Barter".

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