Cheap insurance, check out your employee’s and make sure they are who they say they are and they don’t have any surprises locked away in the closet.  Employment screening is inexpensive and just makes common sense. Your employees will know more about you in six months than your closest friends they will have access to bank records, charge cards, company cars, and keys, identities of yourself and your customers and other employees. If you don’t care about it yourself do it for your customers.  The cost can be less than 49.00 dollars.

Mark was able to trade inventory that was only sitting for a sports car. What is your item that you want lets find it for you! This is the power of trade all you have to do is watch the item give us a call and trade!

This Delorean was sold to Mark by another member what do you have sitting around that we can sell for you?

Pay Attention or Pay Cash!

TraderJoe

Todays tip has to do with finding services that may not already be available in our membership. I am going to use the example of having work done on your house, but it can really apply to most any category of product or service. The process just involves a few steps that you are probably going to do any way and can result in getting some great new ways to use your PC$. You just need to get some estimates, get the owner or manager’s contact information and let them know we will be contacting them to discuss the job.

Step one is to get a few estimates. Let’s say for example you need a new roof on your house. You are probably going to contact some roofing contractors to get an estimate any way. So, you want to contact some roofing contractors that do work in your area and ask them to give you an estimate on the work. This will give you a general idea of how much it is going to cost. You will know that they are able to do the work that you need. And, you will know that they are available in your area.

Step two is to get the contact information for the owner of the company or their main manager. This step might be a little more involved, because you may only be working with a sales person. But, this will lead right into step number three.

Step three is to let them know that we will be contacting them to discuss the job. So, you can just let the sales person know that you are interested in having the work done, but that you are a member of PCX, it has helped to bring you new business, and you would like to have Joe Lopez contact them to discuss handling payment through us. You don’t have to try to convince them to do your job on PCX. It’s our job to explain the system to them.

And step four is to give us the contact information and the estimates. We will contact them and see which one would be interested in doing the work through PCX.

This is a fairly simple process to get new things that you need, which may not already be available in the PCX system. By following this process you are sure to find a company that services your neighborhood and the company will meet the criteria needed for your job. And even if the company doesn’t want to join PCX, we often find that they may be interested in one item that we have just to do your job.

Todays Tip: Find new ways to use your PC$ by getting estimates.

Contact us when you are planning a trip. We have connections with other companies outside of Hawaii. We even have connections that are not listed on the national directory. It will usually take a little time to make the connection, put in your request and then get back a confirmation. But, each thing we are able to get you on your trip is that much more cash you have in your pocket to spend. So, give us at least a month, but contact us every time you are going out of the state.

Today’s Tip: Use PCX for travel planning

Companies join PCX to fill their down time and move idle inventory. So what is available is always fluctuating. Therefore, the best way to spend your PC$ is to buy what’s available when it’s available and be flexible. A perfect example of this is traveling. There are going to be times when a hotel is busy, so they have trouble accomodating the guests they already have. So, this isn’t a good time to fill their rooms on PCX. But, if you are flexible with your travel dates, maybe the next month they will be slow. You can imagine this scenario with almost any one of our members. So, remain flexible and take advantage of the PCX opportunities when they are available.

Todays Tip: Buy what’s available when it’s available and be flexible!

Easy Steps for Success with PCX!

Get to know your trade broker so you can develop a close working relationship.

Call your broker at least once a week for updates. They are your best source for finding new products and services. Be sure to read your Hot List for new ideas and other details.

Focus on using your trade account for business purposes, especially those on-going long-term needs. Take action to get such purchases lined up for the year.

Any time you are getting a bid for new services, contact the PCX office to see if the person would be willing to do the work on trade. Even if they don’t join, they might be willing to do a one time trade for something they need. That way you aren’t restricted to trading them your services.

Get to know other members of the exchange. They are looking for the same thing you are - new business! They want to expand their business as much as they can, and they realize the exchange opens a “window of opportunity” for new business.

If you spend your PC$ for personal items, put the amount you budgeted for that back into your business. For example if you buy gifts over the holidays for your employees, family or significant other, and you had planned to spend a certain amount on those items in cash, put that amount back into your business. It is just as if you had taken a draw.

Look for ways to turn your PC$ back into cash. If you see an item which you think you can sell on e-bay, buy it and resell it for cash. Or maybe you have a show room, where you can display things for resale. It doesn’t have to be directly related to your business. As long as you have traffic that will see the item, you have an opportunity to make cash. And don’t be concerned with making a profit when you sell it. You already made a profit when you earned the PC$. Now you just want to turn them into cash.