I have to say here at the beginning that the quality of video being produced by the barter industry is improving a bit. First, the graphic representation is getting more creative and interesting, and second, the pace and dialogue of the videos are improving. This is a good thing for the entire industry…I mean, what [...]
A three part audio series aimed at the first time barter-er appeared on YouTube this week. Featured in the audio/video segments are Ron Whitney, Executive Director of IRTA and ACX President Mark Tracy. Watch/listen to part 1 below.
Elizabeth Kirk and Henry Sossa, the owners of Southern Barter Club, have taken to YouTube to promote barter by following a couple of members through a day of bartering, plus plug members, explain barter, tout 50,000 members (?), and ask for business owners to join. Check it out.
The Barter Group is joining the ranks of the myriad of exchanges using YouTube to promote their business. Congratulations to them!
Tom McDowell posted a new video on YouTube about why a person would want to join a trade exchange and what they are. Check it out.
In a short and semi-amusing new YouTube video, some students approach the workers in a gas station to barter a chicken for a tank of gas. The employees decline.
I ran across this interview with Don Mardak of International Monetary Systems. He does a great job of explaining barter and its appropriate uses. Check it out.
In my daily scouring of the Internet for barter related news, I often run in to articles written in major publications and on popular websites that describe a post-apocalyptic reality based around direct barter scenarios. YouTube is a great repository of such stories, with wild-eyed survivalists encouraging the masses to invest in the three G’s [...]
I found this YouTube video about a man who traded a broken down moped for a nice banjo. Both parties in the deal were happy.
