Value Card Alliance using social media to build business awareness

Did you all see this news on a recent survey by Merchant Circle on how social media can help your business. We are excited about the future of using social media for Value Card Alliance.

At Value Card Alliance in Arizona, we've taken barter to a new level. Sign up to join our member ranks, then work within our network of 56,000 members and you're sure to find a partner to fit your needs. That's what Value Card Alliance is all about - matching business through our network for mutual benefit.

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"MerchantCircle, the largest online network of local business owners in the nation, today shared results of its quarterly Merchant Confidence Index survey of over 8,500 small and local business owners across the U.S. The data reveals that local merchants, who have very limited time and money for marketing, are gravitating towards simple, low-cost online marketing methods such as Facebook and other social media, as well as towards tried-and-true methods such as search and email marketing. The research also demonstrates that while new marketing services such as mobile marketing and group buying are generating significant buzz in the media, local merchants have yet to tap these unproven marketing methods.

"Online marketing continues to be a challenge for most local businesses, and many merchants are working with very small budgets and almost no marketing resources," said Darren Waddell, Vice President of marketing at MerchantCircle. "The marketing methods we see gaining the most traction are therefore the ones that offer merchants simplicity, low costs and immediate results."

Using Value Card Alliance barter for everyday items

The more than 400,000 small businesses in Arizona today are looking to creative ways to hedge against the recession, and one way is looking into the buying power of barter trade.

And one of those creative ways is barter. Did you know that being part of the Value Card Alliance barter exchange allows you to pay for things that you would normally have to pay cash for?

VCA members can take advantage of using their barter dollars to obtain everyday items like specialty physician visits (dentists, chiropractors), meals out (restaurants, diners), services (dry cleaning, printing, car washes, etc), clothing, home improvements and more. Additionally, professional services, such as attorneys, accountants, and medical services, are also available on barter.

Barter has become a viable tool for small businesses unable to provide medical and dental insurance to their valued employees due to budget cuts. Using barter dollar allows businesses to offer quality medical and dental plans to key employees without having to spend precious cash.

"It amazes me how few people are even aware that this service is available," says Christie Acevedo of Value Card Alliance. "It solves so many problems that plague the small-business owner today. Once small business owners who have never used a professional bartering service understand the value of barter business, they learn how to incorporate it into their lifestyle permanently. It does require a tad bit of creativity and out of the box thinking, however."

Using Barter to Grow Your Business

More now than ever, it's important for you to consider barter as a business model form. With your unique goods and services, it's only a matter to time to find others who need you to boost their business and vice-versa. Barter offers that to both parties.

At Value Card Alliance in Arizona, we've taken barter to a new level. Sign up to join our member ranks, then work within our network of 56,000 members and you're sure to find a partner to fit your needs. That's what Value Card Alliance is all about - matching business through our network for mutual benefit.

In the coming weeks, we'll be profiling various members of Value Card Alliance ad noting the success that they are having in the Value Card Alliance network of barter companies in Phoenix.

Read more at our recent press release.

Value Card Alliance Life-Safer for Arizona Small Businesses

The Arizona-based barter company, Value Card Alliance, has been the mighty sword of success for hundreds of small businesses in Arizona. For small businesses that have limited cash flow, barter or trade can be a means to an end, particularly for the owners of such small business that have to deal with constantly present liquidity issues. Being a member of Value Card Alliance affords them the opportunity to trade and barter services with hundreds of other small businesses for things like movie tickets, meals, hotel stays, hair cuts, car repairs, dental work and just about everything else in between.

 

“I've seen entrepreneurs put deals together where they save up their credits, buy a hard asset in trade, turn around and sell it for cash to fund their way out of short term cash crunches," says Christie Acevedo of Value Card Alliance, located in Glendale, AZ

 

Learn more at http://www.valuecardalliance.com/

AZ Small Business Owners Turning to Barter to Defeat Cash Crunches

Small businesses across Arizona are faced with the always present task of finding liquid cash, especially during crunch times like the summer, when their budgets can be very limited. One way that many small business owners are defeating the cash crunch is by using trade through an Arizona-based barter company, Value Card Alliance.

 

Value Card Alliance boasts an impressive array of hundreds of members, other businesses, service providers and members that trade barter services with other members.

 

This enables small business owners to be able to get by during hard times by using trade or barter instead of cash. They can pay for things like meals, doctor appointments, legal fees, car repairs, plumbing and nearly anything by using the line of credit in trade that they have with Value Card Alliance.

 

“For most, we have just what they are looking for. We have full time service reps that all they do is put business people and their needs together,” says Christie Acevedo of Value Card Alliance, located in Glendale, AZ.

 

She adds, “Everybody needs something!”

 

Learn more at http://www.valuecardalliance.com/

Small Business Owners Seeking Liquidity Relief Through Barter & Trade

For the small business owner, there are many hurdles that they must pass through in order to ensure that they do not fail. One of the biggest issues facing most small business owners during the present day is liquid cash flow. They have to offset costs by keeping up their inventory, paying employees and other bills and still somehow keep cash coming through the door in order to stay alive.

 

The answer that many are finding to resolve these common cash woes happens to be Barter or Trade.

 

Value Card Alliance, an Arizona-based barter company with hundreds of members that trade or barter services, presents a viable solution for small business owners.

 

“Barter allows you to pay for things that you would normally have to pay cash for like Marketing, Dentists, Chiropractors, Dining, Dry Cleaning, Printing, Clothing, Employee Benefits, Home Improvements, Car Washes and more,” says Brian Beal of Value Card Alliance, an Arizona barter company.

 

“These professional services, such as attorneys, accountants, and medical services, are also available on barter,” Beal further adds. “For small businesses unable to provide medical and dental insurance to their valued employees due to budget cuts, barter has become a viable tool to keep in stride. Now small businesses can offer quality medical and dental plans to key employees without having to spend precious cash.”

 

Learn more at http://www.valuecardalliance.com/

Barter Heading into Mainstream Thanks to AZ’s Value Card Alliance

Small businesses have many budget concerns that they have to deal with; their overhead, their employees, their payables and receivables, and so forth. This can make maintaining a steady liquid cash flow very unlikely. Couple that with the up and down nature of the economy, and many small business owners are struggling to keep business coming through the door and to pay their bills.

 

But there is a light at the end of the tunnel: Barter.

 

Many innovative small business minds are turning to barter, or trade, through reputable industry leaders such as AZ’s Value Card Alliance barter company. The barter company offers memberships for businesses so that they can trade or barter services with hundreds of other Arizona business, presenting them with a unique method of paying for things that they need when times are tough.

 

“Many small businesses are offering steep discounts to keep cash coming and their doors open,” says Brian Beal of Value Card Alliance, an Arizona barter company. “But there is a better way – a way to cut costs, increase profits and accelerate sales revenue: 'Barter!'”

 

“Barter can fill empty seats in restaurants, fill vacant billable hours that are sitting useless, move excess inventory at retail rates and generate cash referrals,” Beal explains.

 

Learn more at http://www.valuecardalliance.com/