Florida Barter Exchange

The epitome of customer service involves saving your customers money, making your customers money and/or solving a problem and doing so in a manner in which they enjoy doing business with you!  That’s what the Tradebank barter experience is all about.

The Barter Jigsaw Puzzle–Offering The Epitome In Customer Relationships

“When it comes to excellence in maintaining positive customer relationships, Tradebank Brokers know what it takes to put the pieces together to create a picture of prosperity for our barter clients. Being a successful barter Broker with Tradebank is analogous to identifying puzzle pieces and continually putting different pieces together to form an ever changing  picture. Those pieces and the subsequent picture are used to foster constant and enduring ways to attract new customers and improve a business’ bottom line through barter,” says Marcy Yaffe, VP of Trade for Tradebank International.

Anyone who has ever put a jigsaw puzzle together knows the first step is to turn over all the pieces and see what’s there. Only after you have identified all the pieces can you begin to construct your picture. Tradebank barter clients develop a  business relationship with their brokers. For a Tradebank Barter client, this means having a new member on their marketing and purchasing team working with them to attract new customers and improve cash flow. For the Tradebank Broker, these customer relationships mean getting to know their clients and fully understanding what their business is all about:

• What do they sell?
• Who buys their products/service?
• Why do their customers buy their products/services-What are the benefits?
• Why should someone do business with them rather than a competitor?
• How do they reach potential customers–do they have a brick and mortar facility? Do they travel to the client? Is the business Internet based?

“How can you properly respect and service your customers when you don’t know anything about them? It’s all about forming new barter relationships. Tradebank Barter Brokers are trained to look beyond the obvious and learn about our client’s businesses, goals, and interests. We know how to ask the important questions and be able to interpret and apply the information we receive,” according to Tait Carson, Regional Owner, Tradebank of Orlando/Tampa/Altamonte Springs. Carson continues, “Once we know what the intentions and objectives of each client are, we can help them fulfill their personal and business goals using barter through Tradebank.”

The barter picture is the integration enduring customer relationships with progressive business owners, well trained Tradebank barter brokers, and corporate and regional offices who understand how to manage a successful Barter network with experience and integrity. For more information on putting the barter pieces together for your business contact tcarson@floridatradebank.com or tgerry@tradebank.com.

By Marcy S. Yaffe, VP of Trade, Tradebank International, www.tradebank.com

An Interview with Tait Carson, Regional Owner, Tradebank of Orlando
by Marcy S. Yaffe, VP of Trade, Tradebank International
Part I
 
Marcy Yaffe: Tait, how aware do you think today’s business owners are of Tradebank and barter in general?
 
Tait Carson: In today’s marketplace barter has become main stream. Most business owners have at least a cursory understanding of the benefits of barter to their business and how bartering improves their company’s bottom line. For business owners in Florida, the growth of Tradebank has grown tremendously and each day, we add new Tradebank trading partners. The growth of Tradebank in Florida has also opened the door for Tradebank clients in North America to use Tradebank Dollars here with local clients who accept Tradebank rather than to spend cash with our client’s competitors.
 
Marcy Yaffe: To what factors do you attribute your growth?
 
Tait Carson: In today’s competitive marketplace, business owner are looking for ways to attract and retain loyal customers while at the same time, preserving their margin of profit and improving their bottom line. That’s what Tradebank offers.
 
Marcy Yaffe: Is Tradebank and barter for everyone?
 
Tait Carson (laughing): That’s a loaded question. In principle, any business owner who has a marketable product or service, who is looking for new business, a way to conserve cash and increase their profits is a potential Tradebank client.
 
However, we know that business owners are extremely busy and juggle many hats on a daily basis. That’s why we strive to articulate and educate potential clients and existing clients on the fundamentals of trading through Tradebank, how to apply the Tradebank advantage to their specific needs and set realistic trading expectations. Regrettably, some business owners are more open to being a member of the Tradebank team than others. When we determine during the interview process that Tradebank is not a fit,  we just move forward separately. When it happens after the business has become a Tradebank client, we can’t allow them to continue under the Tradebank umbrella. . Unfortunately, no one likes to be told they can’t be part of the team. Out of the thousands of business owners we work with, I can count on one hand the times when we have had to exercise that option. And it is upsetting to take that stance; however, we just can’t jeopardize the integrity of the 30 year old Tradebank trading network.
 
Our entire staff of Sales Agents, Brokers and Regional Owners at Tradebank of Orlando and across the Tradebank organization have dedicated ourselves to maintaining a client base of business owners who understand the principles of barter, respect and appreciate barter and their fellow Tradebank clients and also are willing to work within the Tradebank barter forum. Therefore there are thousands and thousands of business owners who know that “Tradebank IS the smarter way to barter.’

The restaurant industry is one of the most competitive industries in which to be involved. It is an industry that takes a great deal of business savvy in order to be profitable.

Restaurateurs are constantly faced with pressures of competing with other independent restaurateurs in addition to corporate owned restaurants with virtually endless advertising and marketing budgets. Then comes the challenge of turning new customers into repeat business.

As a Tradebank client, restaurateurs can add a powerful marketing tool to their business which is guaranteed to bring you new customers. These new customers will simply be filling otherwise empty tables, allowing you to the opportunity to maximize your resources and showcase your restaurant to a larger audience.

Also, this new business will provide you with valuable word-of-mouth advertising which will inevitably result in new cash customers as well.

Are you finding that your restaurant is open but often under capacity during the weekdays or weekends? Tradebank brings you the additional customers you desire while assisting you in lowering your overhead expenses, improving your cash flow, and increasing your cash profits.

This new trade revenue can be used on your most common overhead expenses such as advertising & marketing, restaurant equipment & supplies, printing, building & property maintenance, uniforms, health care and employee incentives allowing you to keep your cash in the bank.

The advertising industry and barter are practically synonymous. Barter exchanges elevate the cumbersome nature of managing direct trades. As a Tradebank client, you are able to take full benefit of trading excess inventory without all the hassles associated with one-on-one trading. Furthermore, you are able to keep your sales staff concentrating on generating cash business and client retention.

As a Tradebank client, our barter professionals act as your purchasing agent when you need to acquire products and services. This non traditional revenue enables you to purchase advertising specialties, printing, property maintenance, office equipment, signs and banners, fine dining & entertainment and all the other products and services that “just aren’t in the budget”.

As a Tradebank client you have an alternate revenue source, and most importantly, someone outside your staff to focus on trade, allowing you to reap the benefits of barter without distracting you or your staff from making cash sales.

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