While creating or updating the business plan, the entrepreneur needs to designate those items he requires to operate his business. Through networking with other members of a barter system, he finds sources for supplies, advertising venues, or anything else that can be traded. Networking helps people build relationships. In a barter system, relationships help entrepreneurs build their businesses.

The barter system team of trade managers help the Orlando Barter System Members smooth the transition through an ebbing and flowing economy. They promote and introduce the products and services of members who may not cross paths in prosperous times. When the economy plummets, the Barter System Staff will help to ferret out ways to help members avoid lay-offs or discounting their services.

 In Summary

 When launching a business or growing an existing one, the first step begins with a foundation of business relationships. “You have to be relationship building, and that is never going to change,” says Ralph Proctor, owner of BarterFirst International. “Even with all this technology–it is an added benefit, a tool. That is where you build your business. It’s still the personal touch that matters.”