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�  Trade Exchange,

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�  Offset & Countertrade,

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�  Real Estate,

�  Community Barter, and

�  Restaurant & Entertainment

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ITEX Corporation (OTCBB: ITEX) has filed its Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission and announced results for its fiscal 2013 third quarter ended April 30, 2013. (ITEX is the largest trade exchange in North America with over 23,000 members.)

Third Quarter 2013 Highlights � Compared to same quarter 2012:

• Income from operations increased 9% to $354,000, compared to $324,000.
• Earnings per share increased 43% to $0.10, compared to $0.07.
• Revenue declined 8% to $3.475 million, compared to $3.787 million.
• Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 21% to $345,000, from $435,000.
• Quarterly cash dividend increased 25%, to $0.05 per share.
• During the nine-month period, the corporation repurchased and cancelled 23,763 shares of common stock.

On May 31, 2013, the board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share payable on June 20, 2013. 

On May 14, 2013, a new look and refresh of the ITEX website was launched. To view the new site, 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.

Is your barter company�s listing up-to-date?

To keep your listing current is very easy. See the links below to (A) update any changes to your company�s listing, such as new location, phone number, web site or other information, and (B) if your company has not been listed.

Here�s how to get on board:

To make changes to your listing click here.

For new listings click here.

Regardless of whether your business is just getting off the ground or you�ve been around a long time, when the press gives you good publicity it�s time to swing into action.

Use that article in ten powerful ways to enhance your visibleness, memorableness, and credibility.

• Mail a copy of it along with a formal announcement about a scheduled special event or the opening of your business to clients, colleagues, friends, and relatives.

• Use it as the basis for building a media kit for getting future publicity, or for getting booked to give speeches and stage seminars.

• Send it along with sales letters to prospective customers.

• Staple your business card to it and give it away at networking meetings in place of a flier or brochure, as a way of telling who you are and what you do.

• Use a quote from it in a flier, brochure, or promotional newsletter.

• Include it in a portfolio of testimonials and/or samples.

• Add it to handouts you distribute at networking groups, special events, demonstrations, or presentations. 

• Have it blown up and mount it on an easel for display at a trade show or exhibit booth to attract attention.

• Make reference to it in your biography, and incorporate it into written proposals. For example, �Joe Smith of XYZ Company has been featured in such publications as ...�

• Display a large copy in your office, near your front door, or where it will be visible to passers-by.

By following the above suggestions, the publicity that you obtained will have an extended life. One that�s beneficial for both you and your business.

A large Southern California printing company used this strategy when they entered into the intense bidding for a large job with the prestigious Walt Disney Company. In the end the printer was successful in landing the job. They believe they cracked this valuable new account by thinking differently, when they told Disney, �You don�t have to pay us in all cash.�

In short, they struck a deal with the Walt Disney Company wherein they agreed to take 25% of the payment in Disney�s products � baseball tickets and hockey tickets. (At the time Walt Disney Company owned the Anaheim Angels baseball team and the Anaheim Mighty Ducks hockey team.)

By putting on their barter cap the printer obtained great seats, which were terrific gifts for their numerous employees as well as special vendors and clients. Some of the tickets were moved into their local trade exchange for credit to their account.

And Disney certainly benefited by saving on cash outlay. Plus they filled empty seats, which added to the atmosphere at the games as well as profits ... fans would be paying cash for parking, souvenirs, food and beverages. Since then, Disney has begun demanding reciprocity from all of their vendors according to the printer.

You too can get your foot in the door by following the same creative strategy when calling on new accounts. Use the greatest closing there is by accepting whatever products or services they sell. Then take that trade payment and use it in your operation, or move it into your trade exchange for credit if it�s not useful to you.