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IMS Adds New Mobile App Service For Members

International Monetary Systems (ITNM.OB) has announced that it has released a new iPhone application in the iTunes App Store.

Paul Woltman, International Monetary Systems IT manager, commented, �The IMS Barter Mobile app currently allows access to many of the IMS Barter web functions on your iPhone or iPod touch. More mobile platforms are scheduled to follow in the future. Our technology gives users the power to locate nearby dining establishments that accept IMS trade dollars, view their accounts, process transactions, and much more.�

Some of the other IMS phone app features entitle clients to:

• Locate nearby restaurants that accept multiple dining scrip or the IMS Barter Card for payment

• See detailed information about those trade members

• Request authorizations

• Retrieve account information

• View transactions

• Search accounts for specific activity

• Find IMS office and broker information

The new mobile app is free to those IMS members that desire to have the power of the IMS web site in their hand, along with instant member information that is constantly being updated.

Founded in 1985, International Monetary Systems serves 23,000 cardholders in 52 North American markets. Based in New Berlin (WI), it is one of the largest publicly traded barter companies in the world. The company�s proprietary transaction clearing software enables businesses and individuals to trade goods and services online using an electronic currency known as trade dollars.

The IMS network allows companies to create cost savings and connect to new customers by incorporating barter opportunities in their business models.

For more information click here.

Is Your Trade Exchange Missing Out On Valuable New Business?

If your barter company�s listing on BarterNews.com isn�t current, you are definitely missing out on new business. The web site BarterNews.com receives heavy traffic � with over 150,000 page-views every month. Entrepreneurs and corporate executives check the thousands of articles, the weekly �Tuesday Report,� and the �Contacts Section� of our site. They use the latter to find barter companies with which to do business.

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Empty Space Traded By Hoteliers For Valuable P.R.

Given today�s economic condition, we can look for more smart business managers to take a page from Thomas McCarthy. After spending three years in hotel marketing with Hilton, Marriott, and his own hotel marketing/consulting company, McCarthy (writing in an issue of Hotel & Resort Industry magazine) offered the following advice:

�Take a cue from the experienced general manager of the major hotels in your market, as most of them are particularly aware of the organizations within the community (civic, service, religious, political, fraternal, business and professional) that influence public opinion in a meaningful way.� They know that being a contributing member of a community organization certainly helps to build the image of the hotel as a good neighbor, and also results in many leads for substantial business.

McCarthy says that smart hoteliers trade their empty space for valuable public relations by providing otherwise vacant meeting rooms as freebies for committee meetings, donating suites and meals as door prizes for special events, and giving help and accommodations that cost the hotel little or nothing.

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